Carl
>From: dano <dano at well.com>
>
>Is this guy for real?
>
><http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/08/22/koch/index.html>
>
>Aug. 22, 2004 | NEW YORK -- Calling himself a "liberal with sanity,"
>former mayor Ed Koch -- a lifelong Democrat -- said he decided to support
>President Bush in the 2004 election because of Bush's stance on Iraq.
>
> "While I don't agree with Bush on any domestic matters, there's only one
>matter that's important in this race, and that relates to standing up to
>international terrorism, taking it on -- and George Bush has established
>that he is willing to do that," Koch said in an interview broadcast Sunday
>on WNBC-TV's "News Forum."
>
> Koch crossed party lines earlier this year to endorse Bush. He said
>Bush's unwavering opinions contrasted favorably with what he called the
>"hypocrisy" of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, who Koch said
>wavered on Iraq and gay marriage.
>
> Koch was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to recruit volunteers for
>the national Republican convention later this month, a role Koch conceded
>seemed "strange" to his friends.
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