Lileks is getting alot of play around the web today. He nails Kerry for his answer to a God question during the New York debate:

But let’s press the matter and bring up the central animating issue of Kerry’s persona: was God on our side in Vietnam? You have several answers:

He was.

He was, but He disapproved of the way the war was handled.

He wasn’t.

The first is unacceptable to Kerry. The second just sounds silly. The third is consistent with what Kerry said after he came back from Vietnam; how could God countenance such horrors? But that puts God on the side of the triumph of atheistic communism.

Let’s go back to the answer: I don’t believe the way President Bush does, in invoking it all the time in that way.

It is a rather straightforward question, is God on America's side? Kerry is so mealy-mouthed about every topic, almost as though his answers must not offend anyone (excaept Bush). The public is going to hate the juxtaposition between Bush who sees black and white, and Kerry who sees only numerous shades of gray.