sKerry just...plain...scary on GMA today

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sKerry just...plain...scary on GMA today
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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 2:38pm
This interview was painfully funny to read. It looks like he's trying to make sure he doesn't fall into a trap or something. Does sKerry ever stand for ANYTHING? And he accuses a liberal shill of trying to twist his words around. Priceless!

I can't wait for the debates. Who's going to watch? I know I am!

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Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

GMA


John Kerry was apparently on Good Morning America and The Note snippets this baffling exchange:


DIANE SAWYER: Was the war in Iraq worth it?

JOHN KERRY: We should not have gone to war knowing the information that we know today.

DS: So it was not worth it.

JK: We should not — it depends on the outcome ultimately — and that depends on the leadership. And we need better leadership to get the job done successfully, but I would not have gone to war knowing that there was no imminent threat — there were no weapons of mass destruction — there was no connection of Al Qaeda — to Saddam Hussein! The president misled the American people — plain and simple. Bottom line.

DS: So if it turns out okay, it was worth it?

JK: No.

DS: But right now it wasn’t –

JK: It was a mistake to do what he did, but we have to succeed now that we’ve done what he’s — I mean look — we have to succeed. But was it worth — as you asked the question — $200 billion and taking the focus off of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda? That’s the question. The test of the presidency was whether or not you should have gone to war to get rid of him. I think, had the inspectors continued, had we done other things — there were plenty of ways to keep the pressure on Saddam Hussein.

DS: But no way to get rid of him.

JK: Oh, sure there were. Oh, yes there were. Absolutely.

DS: So you’re saying that today, even if Saddam Hussein were in power today it would be a better thing — you would prefer that . . .

JK: No, I would not prefer that. And Diane — don’t twist here.

Notice how Kerry loses his cool and accuses the questioner of “twisting.” Is this guy thin-skinned or what?

In tomorrow’s debate, Kerry will benefit from lowered expectations because his image among voters is something of a caricature right now. But he still has to do better than he did on GMA. You can bet President Bush has a list of zingers that he will deploy if Kerry gives him an opening.

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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 3:02pm
You know it is tough for a flounder out of water to keep from flopping about the deck.
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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 3:36pm
LMAO! Kerry is so pathetic!
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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 4:55pm
Is it time to pull out all of Bush's flub ups, indecisive antics and overall lack of knowledge pertaining to anything his administration has done? His uncomfortably pregnant pauses and mouse-caught-in-a-trap behavior? Is it?
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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 5:21pm
I agree Bush has more than HIS share of flip-flops too! He has our country so deep in debt. I wish all these Bushies would ask the mothers and wives who lost sons and husbands how they feel about BUSH! He has squandered our Social Security, and he continually says he will do one thing, and does the opposite.
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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 5:48pm
There's a big difference between changing your coarse of action because of new information and different circumstances and refusing to commit to any single positon, not believing in anything,

Renee ~~~

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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 5:50pm

Hi sunlovey! Welcome!

Renee ~~~

Renee ~~~