Last paragraph:
We believe a successful political outcome [in Iraq] is still possible; others disagree. But Mr. Kerry's shift on such a basic question after just a few months is troubling and mistaken.
It's not bad enough that Woodward writes a book reporters spin into stories that have no basis in fact that I then use in stump speeches, now the Washington Post skewers me!
CBSs 60 Minutes reported Sunday night that Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward said Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to Washington, promised Bush that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the election to ensure the U.S. economy is strong on Election Day.
If it is true that gas supplies and prices in America are tied to the American election, tied to a secret White House deal, that is outrageous and unacceptable to the American people, Kerry said. Kerry was still saying this on Tuesday!
"'I don't say there's a secret deal or any collaboration on this,' Woodward told CNN's Larry King Live Monday. 'What I say in the book is that the Saudis...hoped to keep oil prices low during the period before the election because of its impact on the economy. That's what I say.'" Well, let's go to the audiotape. Last night on Larry King Alive Bob Woodward is on and via phone is Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan and Larry King says, "All right, Bob. The story that you have about the promise to lower the oil prices by the election. Your government's denied this."
...And this is not -- nothing unusual. President Clinton asked us to keep the prices down, in year 2000. In fact, I can go back to 1979. President Carter asked us to keep the prices down to avoid the malaise. So yes, it's in our interests and in America's interests to keep the prices down. Link
LOL! I knew a Kerry nom would be fun.