Kerry fails to back up foreign 'endorsements'

Washington Times ^ | 3/12/04 | Charles Hurt and Stephen Dinan

[kattracks]

Sen. John Kerry refuses to provide any information to support his assertion earlier this week that he has met with foreign leaders who beseeched him to prevail over President Bush in November's election.

The Massachusetts Democrat has made no official foreign trips since the start of last year, according to Senate records and his own published schedules. And an extensive review of Mr. Kerry's travel schedule domestically revealed only one opportunity for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee to meet with foreign leaders here.

[Just Another Lurker]

[FairOpinion]

[kcvl]

"His counsels are kept private."

Tell that to Vice-President Dick Cheney. Unless, it ONLY applies to Democrats.

[Deb]

I can't believe the title of this article isn't "European Leaders Refute Kerry".

Priority one for any newspaper like the NYT and Wash. Post would be to contact all the European leaders and ask them like the Wash. Times did. Of course, the WT is an actual newspaper not a house organ for the Democrats. Lies told by Democrat candidates are a low priority but trashing GW for his ads is orbital.

[Paleo Conservative]

Here's a few of the foreign leaders supporting Kerry.

[Mo1]

"In terms of who he's talked to, we're not going to discuss that," spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said yesterday. "I know it would be helpful, but we're not going into that. His counsels are kept private."

Mr. Kerry has made other claims during the campaign and then refused to back them up, including statements that Mr. Bush delayed the deal with Libya to give up its weapons of mass destruction program for political reasons

Oh My .. now it looks like Kerry is morphing into Wesley Clark

With all these personalities that Kerry keeps morphing into .. it's no wonder he can't keep his stories straight

[Mo1]

Tell that to Vice-President Dick Cheney. Unless, it ONLY applies to Democrats.

Well of course

[thoughtomator]

Al Gore has nothing on John Kerry. John Kerry invented other countries - try and top that!

[doug from upland]

Aides and supporters of Mr. Kerry have said providing names of the leaders or their countries would injure those nations' ongoing relations with the current Bush administration.
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There are two possibilities:

1. This is a true statement, and Kerry is harming relations with the Bush Administration while we are at war.

2. This is a false statement, and Kerry is harming relations with the Bush Administration while we are at war.

Either way, this traitorous dipwad is harming our nation while we are at war.

[Mo1]

The poll of 800 registered voters, taken in February, showed 60 percent thought terrorists would be happier with Mr. Kerry, while just 25 percent said the terrorists would prefer Mr. Bush.

Seems Chrissy Mathews missed this poll

Hmmmm .. should we email it to him?

[Sabertooth]

This is all a mistake; the foreign endorsements came from Americans.

Occasionally John Kerry forgets what country he's from.

[miltonim]

lol

[claudiustg]

So, bring it on Kerry! The folks are starting to think you're just an empty suit.

[JLS]

Right takes on one of the more endearing traits of Wes Clark. I guess he heard about these endorsements at Georgetown parties?

[Aracelis]

"I've met with foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly," he said. "But, boy, they look at you and say: 'You've got to win this. You've got to beat this guy. We need a new policy.' Things like that."

Oh, well of course they need "a new policy"...tyrants and dictators are never happy when freedom prevails anywhere. It might get their own people to thinking...

[P-Marlowe]

I always thought it was a felony for a private citizen to meet with foreign leaders to discuss or negotiate the foreign policy of the United States.

If Kerry has been having secret meetings with foreign leaders in an attempt to obtain foreign support for his candidacy (in exahnge for...?) then I think that he may have committed a felony.

Is anyone familiar with the US Code that would prevent Americans from negotiating with foreign leaders regarding American Foreign policy without the permission of the executive branch?

[malia]

"Kerry's imaginary friends-" I love that!!!

Charles Hurt and Stephen Dinan of ---- The Washington Times also scoured White House, State Department and other public records for all official trips made to the United States by foreign leaders since the start of last year. That was good reporting!!!

Pressed about the lack of evidence for any such meetings, Ms. Cutter said world leaders are weary of Mr. Bush's "go-it-alone" handling of the war in Iraq. I just wish they had gone all the way and listed the countries that are with us!!!!

Then there is this---- Then earlier this month, Mr. Kerry called for an investigation into whether the U.S. overthrew Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, telling NBC's "Today" show a "very close friend in Massachusetts" had talked with people who had made accusations that Mr. Aristide had been kidnapped.

"I don't know the truth of it. I really don't. But I think it needs to be explored, and we need to know the truth of what happened," Mr. Kerry said.

Haven't we heard that statement before, yet, when we question anything the MEDIA (Hillary) says we are TVRWC.

[nopardons]

Great montage. Kerry may refuse to say which foreign leaders support him,but we know who he means. LOL

[dc-zoo]

Yet another of Kerry's "Barney Fife" moments while he struts around claiming his superiority.

[yonif]

Is anyone familiar with the US Code that would prevent Americans from negotiating with foreign leaders regarding American Foreign policy without the permission of the executive branch?

The Logan Act

[FairOpinion]

I think he put his big foot in his mouth.

What did he think, when he is going around telling people that some foreign leaders prefer him, that people won't figure it out?

I didn't know about that poll -- it certainly wasn't on the front pages of major media.

" And a poll taken by Andres McKenna Polling and Research found that Americans overwhelmingly believe "the terrorists would prefer" Mr. Kerry to win the election.

The poll of 800 registered voters, taken in February, showed 60 percent thought terrorists would be happier with Mr. Kerry, while just 25 percent said the terrorists would prefer Mr. Bush."

So why do half the voters say they will vote for Kerry -- do they want to please the terrorists?

[P-Marlowe]

Yeah that's it. Too bad Ashcroft is in the Hospital right now. But from a strategic standpoint I think it would be nice if the the FBI could wait until after the Democrat Convention before they slap him in irons.

[nopardons]

There appears to be far more idiots,queried by poll takers,than those who have brains.

Kerry, in the next 8 months, is going to make an utter ass of himself, but that won;t hurt him with some people either.

And I had NO idea about the "terror poll", either, until just say it posted here.

[PhilDragoo]

Thumbs up for Jean the second black president!

[BigSkyFreeper]

It's no wonder Kerry can't define himself! Add to that... No one can define Kerry!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Another Dimo suffering from Clinton running off at the mouth diesease (= a bald faced lier).

[BunnySlippers]

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[Political Junkie Too]

Aides and supporters of Mr. Kerry have said providing names of the leaders or their countries would injure those nations' ongoing relations with the current Bush administration.

I love this part.

Which leaders who would support Kerry have relations with the USA that he doesn't want to injure? England? Spain? Italy? Poland? Australia? Those are countries with good relations.

France? Germany? Russia? China? North Korea? Iran? Why would Kerry want to protect their relations with the USA since he's already bashing Bush over Bush's relations with them?

It doesn't make any sense to me.

-PJ

[bluefish]

Kerry is such a dork. Why should any American care if a foreign leader prefers him?

Yo, Kerry! U.S. Presidents are elected by U.S. citizens, to protect U.S. interests. Not by foreign leaders, to protect foreign interests. You dufus!

[C210N]

They refused to give any hints about the leaders such as what region, what continent or even which hemisphere they're from.

But, when campaign aides were pressed to disclose which Planet they're from, there were strong indications that it was Mars or perhaps Venus.

[maryz]

I would have thought he's morphing into Howard Dean:

"I don't know the truth of it. I really don't. But I think it needs to be explored, and we need to know the truth of what happened," Mr. Kerry said.

[binger]

[GATOR NAVY]

Classic!

[BlessedBeGod]

Aides and supporters of Mr. Kerry have said providing names of the leaders or their countries would injure those nations' ongoing relations with the current Bush administration.

How convenient.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told Australian radio this week ... it's not right either for leaders to make those comments or for a candidate to make them public.

Which goes to prove how unpresidential Kerry is.

[texasflower]

"Kerry's imaginary friends have British and French accents," Mr. Gillespie said.

That sounds like a good tagline for someone. I like mine so I won't be changing it, but it would be a great line!

[TN4Liberty]

Yo, Kerry! U.S. Presidents are elected by U.S. citizens, to protect U.S. interests. Not by foreign leaders, to protect foreign interests. You dufus!

I agree with you completely. However, Kerry's stated interests in the feelings of foriegn leaders is not a slip of the tongue, but a matter of his policy. He has stated his intention to use the military only with the concurrence of the UN. If that isn't ceding power to other nations, I don't know what is. This is not a slip up, but a matter of stated policy.

Kerry's Gore-like, Clintonesque moments of lying and exageration, are viewed as bad by conservaties, but the mainstream media just laps it up. I have found effective in discussing Kerry with friends is to bring up his desire to require UN approval before ANY US troop deployment. Even the least political savvy can understand that when we give up our military options, we give up our independence and risk our freedom.

Kerry's foriegn policy initiatives during his entire career (since Vietnam) have been based on the assumption that America is bad and cannot be trusted with power. In the south, that speaks to people of all political stripes. This statement by Kerry must be shown to others as a part of that pattern. I think it will hurt him badly if it can be woven into the larger concern about his lack of trust in America.

[WhiteyAppleseed]

And a poll taken by Andres McKenna Polling and Research found that Americans overwhelmingly believe "the terrorists would prefer" Mr. Kerry to win the election.

I think Mr. Kerry watched Woody Allen's movie, "Zelig" too many times.

[WhiteyAppleseed]

Your photo reminds me of Woody Allen's movie, "Zelig", the story of a man whose metamorphosis into a cariacature of those people he moves among is like Kerry's waffling on the issues, knock-out artist that he is.

[jrlc]

Kerry has a long history of Communist supporters:

[mewzilla]

LOL. Can you add Ayatollah What's-His-Name from Iran? Kerry's been e-mailing him mash notes.

[GraceCoolidge]

I think I've figured it out. Kerry is referring to enthusiastic private expressions of support from someone foreign born, with great power and funding, who controls an empire based largely overseas. It's Teresa! Remember, 57 of her 79 factories are overseas....

[2nd amendment mama]

Well...he does have previous experience harming our country while we're at war....

[alwaysconservative]

Great job! This horse's patootie is so stupid he doesn't even realize what a moron he sounds like with this angle, since everybody knows that the terrorists and those who harbor them want President Bush out.

Yesterday was a good day for President Bush: 1) Kofi Annan's son was implicated in the oil for food scandal, making Kofi's stance against GWB suspect; 2) a staffer who worked for FOUR Democrats is charged with spying for Saddam and is carried off ranting and screaming; 3) People find out that the insane dictator from North Korea is one of the traitorous "friends" supporting JF'nK.

[kinsman redeemer]

Kerry is a compulsive liar.

[Samwise]

Either way, this traitorous dipwad is harming our nation while we are at war.

Dipwad? I have no clue what that means, but it sounds scummy enough to be accurate.

[SamAdams76]

No doubt the foreign "endorsements" include the countries of North Korea, Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria, Iran, Cuba, Iraq and France.

Unfortunately for Kerry, he lost three of those endorsements over the past year or two due to changes in government (Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti) and Castro is getting very old.

[zook]

Can you make one of these that says "Kerry * Bin Laden" ?

[proud American in Canada]

Re #3--LOL! I love the Osama composite. :)