Kerry: Gaining Edge on Terror

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Kerry: Gaining Edge on Terror
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Sun, 07-25-2004 - 6:35pm

"Senator John Kerry said on Friday he would seek to persuade voters over the next three months that he would do a "better job than George Bush" in protecting the nation from terrorism..." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/politics/campaign/25KERR.html?ei=5065&en=789ba5a17982cc66&ex=1091332800&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&position=


"In response to a question, Mr. Kerry said he has given no thought to the possibility of a terrorist attack taking place in the midst of the presidential campaign. "I don't think about it; I can't control it," he said." http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2004/07/i_cant_conrol_i.html


He certainly can inspire confidence.




Edited 7/25/2004 7:04 pm ET ET by cl-wrhen

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 9:49am
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At least Bush is willing to listen and do his job. Kerry is too busy campaigning to show up at the senate or get security briefings. Shows where his priorities lie

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Bush, willing to listen? The same man who fought tooth and nail AGAINST the creation of this commission? Wow, that is rich.

Is that all you people can do? Ignore the record of the SITTING PRESIDENT and throw barbs at the challenger.

Yes, I do believe it is since that is the track record of this campaign from Bush lovers.

The American public is growing hip to that, that's why Bush continues to lose support as fast the US loses lives in Iraq.


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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 10:14am
So when Bush raises his hand as says: “I don’t want a commission to review 9/11”, he’s being obstructive and unwilling to listen. But when someone points out about Kerry raising his hand and says: “I’m not interested in getting the national security briefing” that’s tossing out barbs and gets a: “Is that all you people can do?” Try a little more balance in your expectations.

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BTW, I opposed Bush’s resistance to the formation of the commission and I also criticized his slow response to turn over documents that the commission requested from him. Guess those opinions didn’t matter either since I’m such a Bush lover.




Edited 7/27/2004 10:19 am ET ET by shmez22

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 11:35am
But there's a marked difference between your posts and Wrens. You are not holding one to a standard the other does not have.

I seem to recall Kerry as saying "Ive been too busy to be briefed", and not saying he's not interested. If he said that, he's showing all the brains of the Herman Munster people make him out to be.

As for 'Bush lovers', yeah you're right. I am going to be bitter towards them, to me it's not about liberalism vs conservatism, but watching many of my politically conservative values being cast aside so PNAC can fulfil their agenda.

I voted and supported Bush in 2000 and I feel abandoned by his administration. I've taken pride in being a Republican for almost 20 years of my adult life until Bush 43.

So I apologize for my lack of tact towards your posts and will be more thoughtful in the future.

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 1:11pm

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Except that Bush's objection to the commission was it's timing. Silly Republicans thought the hearings would be used for partisan grandstanding in an election year.


And as for Kerry, this is his one and only chance to prove that he is presidential, so when he choose to go on vacation & to fund raisers instead of getting a national security briefing so he can address the issue while he's campaigning, he is showing where his priorities are and how seriously he takes threats to our security -- hardly confidence inspiring.


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Bush is running on his record. You don't like what this administration has done, but they aren't back peddling or denying their record. Bush supporters will be voting for him because of his record, not in spite of it, or because we hate Kerry. That's why voters think Bush can handle the issue of terrorism better than Kerry 2 to 1.

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 1:42pm
Oh I see, Bush is running on his record?

If that's true, why do his campaign ads neglect it? I live in a swing State (Virginia) and I've seen them all.

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 2:14pm
What a novel concept.. the US following international rules and conventions. You know, those same rules it claims to enforce in Iraq..... After all, didn't it say its reason for attacking Iraq that it was to 'enforce a UN resolution'?

Geez, why in the world would it do what it tells others to do? That would be so totally .. wrong!

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Edited 7/27/2004 2:19 pm ET ET by nicecanadianlady

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 2:16pm
If Canada is an example, our deficit grew the most when the conservatives where in power (Mulroney era..) and our deficit was cut most by the Liberals. But yet people keep saying that the liberals are the ones spending the money... What they should be saying is that the liberals are spending the money on different things.
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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 2:27pm
"In response to a question, Mr. Kerry said he has given no thought to the possibility of a terrorist attack taking place in the midst of the presidential campaign. "I don't think about it; I can't control it," he said."

He certainly can inspire confidence. "

Hello???? Did you read the same sentence I read? If so, how would you expect him to control anything during the presidential campaign? He has no power until such time as he wins the election? He has no more control than you and I do until then!

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 4:40pm
I would never, ever support or trust a President that would allow the corrupt UN to decide on how the US chose to protect its sovereignity.

Why should the UN have any say on how we protect our own country? They have no say in any other country in the world (except Iraq due to the Gulf War cease fire).

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Tue, 07-27-2004 - 4:42pm
I recently read something that made me chuckle.

It went something like... "Bush is a man of words, while Kerry is a man of action."

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