[demlosers]

Kerry is a flake.

[BenLurkin]

"He said that if he were president, he would be pressing Haitian rebels to back off their goal of toppling Mr. Aristide, perhaps by threatening the deployment of an international peacekeeping force."

Oh brother! How lame can this democrat party hack get?

Does he think the U.S. wants another Carter?

[Howlin]

"I think you've got to be real and threatening," he said. His message to the rebels, he said, would be: "You're not going to take over, you're not kicking him out, this democracy is going to be sustained, we're willing to put in a new government, new prime minister, we're willing to work with you, but you're not going to succeed in your goal of exiling" Mr. Aristide. "And unless that's clear, you can't necessarily stop it in its tracks."

God help us all.

[Unam Sanctam]

purposefully timid approach on the part of the Bush administration — "because they hate Aristide" — could be allowing the rebels to move forward with their uprising.

How ridiculous -- Kerry doesn't want us to do anything without the UN and multilateral approval, and then he turns arounds and blames Bush for NOT invading Haiti?!

[jwalsh07]

Did he write himself up for another medal for these Solomonic words of wisdom?

[Unam Sanctam]

I also note the the Stalinists at International ANSWER are rallying around Aristide -- so I wonder where the talking points are coming from here.

[writer33]

"I think you've got to be real and threatening," he said.

What does Kerry think the War on Terror is about? I'd call that real and threatening. Khadafi anyone.

[exit82]

Kerry thinks Haiti has a democracy.

Since he is wrong on that point, everything else that follows is wrong.

This jerk just loves to hear himself speak---but he says nothing of substance.

Bill Clinton with a long face and a Boston accent--that's John Fonda Kerry.

[Shermy]

"I think I can talk the language of guns," he said. "I think I can go down there and talk the language," which, he said, was "common sense."

Blam?

[MJY1288]

"I think the administration has missed a lot of opportunities, in fact, has exacerbated the situation over the last two years with its cutoff of humanitarian assistance and its attitude towards the Aristide administration," Mr. Kerry said. "So they sort of created the environment within which the insurgency could grow and take root, and now they're trying to manage it, I think."

Aristide is the man who said he enjoyed attending a "Necklacing" because he loved the smell of a roasting human head. And Kerry wonders why GWB cut off Aid to Aristide

"I think you've got to be real and threatening," he said. His message to the rebels, he said, would be: "You're not going to take over, you're not kicking him out, this democracy is going to be sustained, we're willing to put in a new government, new prime minister, we're willing to work with you, but you're not going to succeed in your goal of exiling" Mr. Aristide. "And unless that's clear, you can't necessarily stop it in its tracks."

If this is what John Kerry thinks is leadership, He isn't fit to be a "Den Mother" for a group of Cub Scouts

[FairOpinion]

Of course Kerry doesn't talk about the fact, that the reason we have trouble with Haiti now, is because of another one of Clinton's failed policies.

Bush has to clean up Clinton's messes one by one: Al Qaeda, Iraq, N. Korea, Haiti, and who knows what else.

[the right side jedi]

Alright, let's add Haiti to the list of things that are obviously Bush's fault right next to mad cow disease and everything else that has gone wrong in the world.

"I think I'm talking a different language," he said. "There's no Washingtonese," he said. "It's a very straightforward and simple kind of language, and I think that's what Americans want to hear. They don't want all this razzle-dazzle from Washington, D.C."

How is having it all ways, sticking your finger in the air, and speaking one thing to one group on gay marriage, Iraq, NAFTA, and everything esle under the sun being very straight forward and simple? I'm confused Mr. 4 term senator. Are you talking about your self?

[KellyAdmirer]

"I think I carry more energy in my public speaking than George Bush," Senator Kerry said, adding that he did not think he would have won 14 of 16 contests "if he didn't know how to connect to people."

First sign of a sure loser in a Presidential campaign, when they talk about themselves in the third person. From this and the other quotes in this article, I really think that Kerry is starting to lose his grip. If the Democrats are smart, they will look at Edwards a whole lot closer.

[Young Werther]

...and let's not forget the Earthquake in Iran, the volcano ...well somewhere and the solar flares which have ionized J F'n Kerry's hairdew!!!

[Unam Sanctam]

"The best way to protect gays and lesbians is through civil unions," Mr. Kerry said in the statement. "The issue of marriage should be left to the states, and that the president of the United States should be addressing the central challenges where he has failed: jobs, health care and our leadership in the world, rather than once again seeking to drive a wedge by toying with the United States Constitution for political purposes."

Gay "marriage" and civil unions have nothing to do with "protecting" "gays and lesbians". Rather they are about the government promoting and validating homosexual activity, which people have differing moral views on in this society. Secondly, they won't be left to the states when federal judges overturn the merely statutory Defense of Marriage Act and states will have to recognize gay marriages through full faith and credit. Also, the Supreme Court that passed Lawrence could easily create a US Constitutional right to gay marriage.

[KellyAdmirer]

"Running for president is a good humility builder and going through those desolate months of the summer has made me stronger," he said.

Well, John, glad you feel that way, we'll try to make that lesson really sink in this fall.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Poll: Will the institution of marriage suffer if it fails to be inclusive of gays?

[Hugin]

"I think you've got to be real and threatening," he said.

This from the guy who says he only voted to threaten force in Iraq, not to really use it.

[Libertarian444]

Kerry Assails Bush On Haiti

YAWN!!! How utterly predictable......

[Paleo Conservative]

Kerry Assails Bush on Haiti, Security and Gay Marriage Ban

What the title should have been.

Kerry writes off South!

[Howlin]

Read this one.