Not Concerned" About Kerry Anymore Either

Citizen Journal ^ | 10/14/04 | Lokisfur

[tripolibeans]

If the devil is in the details then the truth of George Bush's successes elude John Kerry by inflection and context.

Take for instance Kerry's attack on Bush for not doing enough to get Osama in tonight's 3rd debate:

"KERRY: Yes. When the president had an opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, he took his focus off of them, outsourced the job to Afghan warlords, and Osama bin Laden escaped.... Six months after he said Osama bin Laden must be caught dead or alive, this president was asked, "Where is Osama bin Laden?" He said, "I don't know. I don't really think about him very much. I'm not that concerned...We need a president who stays deadly focused on the real war on terror.?

Kerry tried to represent the definition of "not concerned" to mean that Bush had lost interest in finding Osama and had tired of doing the work necessary to get him.

But the comment that Kerry was referring to, made by Bush during a Press Conference on March 13, 2002, reveals that when he said "not concerned" it meant the exact opposite of what Kerry had claimed he meant.

THE PRESIDENT: "Terror is bigger than one person. And he's (Osama) just -- he's a person who's now been marginalized. His network, his host government has been destroyed....