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Bush campaign obsessed with Kerry
| Thu, 07-29-2004 - 7:08am |
Have a look at the two websites. The first thing you see on the Bush site is a big picture of Kerry and the lead story about Kerry’s “makeoverâ€, and links to lots of Kerry bashing. I get the feeling that Bush wants to distract from his lack of ideas.
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Look at the Kerry website and there is not a word about Bush, only what Kerry plans to do for the country.
I may not like Kerry very much, and I may wish that the Dems had chosen a better candidate, but at least he's not directly engaging in smear tactics, and at least his website gives information on exactly what it is he aims to do.
http://www.johnkerry.com/index.html

Elaine
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Also, the Congress gave the President the authority to go in.
Finally, it seems you expect President Bush to have all of the answers, without having adequate intelligence to go on. If you research this you will see that during the Clinton administration, the human intelligence capabilities of the CIA were reduced by over 70%, especially after John Deutch convinced President Clinton that the CIA could rely on electronic intelligence, and did not need the human assets on the ground (boy was he wrong.) Compound that error with the Torricelli principle which basically told the CIA that they could no longer pay "undesireable" people for intelligence information (another mistake) and you have a very ineffectual intelligence gathering agency.
Please go back and read the speech that John Kerry gave to the Senate before the vote to use force in Iraq. He seemed more adamant about going into Iraq than the President at the time. (I dont want to post it here as the text is verrrry long)
Here is a link:
Very compelling speech. With regards to your assertion about Rice and Rumsfeld saying Hussein was well contained, I guess Kerry and other prominent congresspeople felt differently.
http://john-kerry.tonyspencer.com/kerry-speech-10-9-2002.htm#wmd
It is pretty confusing unless you sit and really read into it. I dont know if I fully agree with the idea however.
Elaine
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Please, stop saying the US had UN authority to enter Iraq. There isn't one resolution out there that says the words 'Military Force' used to enforce any resolutions aimed towards the The Government of Iraq.
Your IRRELEVANT United Nations would not allow it, that's why the wording 'Serious Consequences' was used, 1441 would never have passed otherwise.
But until you can acknowledge and respect (Because dude, THEY WERE RIGHT!) the Authority of The UN, there's just no claim or argument to be made. Had Bush put it to a vote, I might feel differently.
But, he FLIP FLOPPED there too.
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