Tonight President Bush and John Kerry square off, should be interesting. According to Democrat Vice-Presidential candidate John Edwards it's "a test for whether this president is finally going to come clean and be straight with people."

Seems to me that the one who need to "be straight" is John Kerry. He's the one who's flip flopped around the issues. He's the one who's record is one of lying, be it Vietnam, his medals, his positions. Kerry has shown himself to take any position, to say anything, if he thinks it is politically expedient.

Bush on the other hand knows who he is, what he believes and where he wants to go. Whether or not you agree with him, you know where he stands. With Kerry you have to constantly guess on his stand de jour.

If you happened to see the Bush interview with Bill O'Reilly you couldn't help but see his resolute determination, his command of the issues.

Bush's sometimes weak command of the English language has led the left to characterize him as an intellectual light weight. That's because the elitist liberals are superficial in nature and put more weight on style than substance.

I believe he proved them wrong. No one, I mean NO ONE, reaches the level of business and political success Bush has unless they know the arena.

Then there's this business of the "Monday morning quaterbacking" the Kerry team has been doing regarding Iraq. Any one, even myself, can make a decision on what to do when looking back with historical perspective.

Those questions, "would you have done it knowing what you now know?" are unworthy of serious debate. No one can make a decision on what they will know in the future. Decisions are made on the best available information at the time. To wait and see what the outcome will be before making a decision is to relegate oneself to doing nothing.

To criticize on the basis of "what we now know" is cheap. Leadership must make the best decision before knowing how it will all play out, then stand regardless the consequences. Kerry doesn't know how to be decisive and fearless in leadership.

His history is one of running from the battle, whether political or otherwise, and sticking a wet finger in the air to "decide" his course. While that may work in politics or a popularity contest, it doesn't make for a good leader.

We don't need him trying to assume that position for our nation. Strong leadership will only be a mask for John Kerry to rip off when the going gets tough and strong, swift judgment must be used. He will end up quivering in the corner, or worse, selling out the American people to the UN and our enemies.

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