[chance33_98]

If they had more questions, designed to find the truth and how to prevent future such events, instead of pontificating and blabbering in a partisan manner then maybe they would have gotten the answers they were seeking. But as usual those on the left don't want answers, they only want to raise questions.

[Support Free Republic]

Does this scare you?

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[hgro]

For someone who was involved in atrocities in Nam, Kerrey seems to be in CMA mode.

[PROUDAMREP]

Seems to me Kerrey and his cohorts have already issued their report and that the Bush administration is at fault.

[kevao]

"I simply don't like a conclusion that says we Bush didn't make any mistakes," Kerrey said

[syriacus]

"I simply don't like a conclusion that says we didn't make any mistakes," Kerrey said after he questioned Rice as part of the 10-member commission in Washington.

Someone tell Kerrey that it is against the law to coerce confessions.

Kerrey is "fiddling" while the US is under attack.

It reminds me of Schumer's "shot across the bow" handling of Ashcroft's confirmation. It's one more piece of Democratic obstruction in the way of GWB's attempts to protect us.

BTW, let's demand a commission to investigate the behavior of the Democratic Senators pre-9/11. They stubbornly delayed confirmation of Bush's appointees. Ashcroft could have taken control of the DOJ and the FBI two weeks earlier than he did.

Perhaps "Independent" Jim Jeffords should bear some of the guilt, too.

[The Other Harry]

Bob Kerry's performance was repulsive. Physical histrionics, badgering, etc.

I used to think he was okay. Not no more.

[Ole Okie]

But as usual those on the left don't want answers, they only want to raise questions.

No, they want to blame Bush in order to oust him from the presidency. Ben Veniste and Kerrey both were out on the "gotcha" trail. She punched both in the gonads and handed them their heads.

Somehow, this whole farcial kangaroo court reminds me of fat and drunken Edward Muckhead 'Teddy' Kennedy pontificating about morality.

[sandlady]

About the "swatting flies" statement:

Rice said Bush believed the CIA was going after individual terrorists "here and there" and that the president was using a "figure of speech."

"I think it's an unfortunate figure of speech," Kerrey said. "After the attack on the (USS) Cole in 2000, it would not have been a swatting of a fly. There were a lot of military plans in place in the Clinton administration."

BK did a lot of pontificating and little listening. To be part of an effective fact-finding commission one has to listen. His mind is already made up.

[jim_trent]

I don't know why ANYONE is surprised at Bob Kerrey's performance. He was as liberal-left, anti-gun, pro-abortion as you can get when he was back in Nebraska.

He did win the Congressional Medal of Honor and he still carries the wounds he sustained doing it. There is no doubt he is brave. However, he never represented the people of Nebraska. Unfortunately, far too many people here said that he deserved to be elected (first governor, then senator) just because of the medal and they voted that way. He may have lived in Nebraska, but he is not "of" Nebraska. I am glad he is gone.

[bray]

Yeah Kerrey, she wouldn't allow you to Grandstand and Bloviate on national TV. She handed you your head and you didn't expect it! Condi Rice ROX!!!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Kerrey is just upset that the mistakes were made repeatedly before the Cole bomb was assembled.

He doesn't like the idea that Clintox was swatting at flies and Bush wanted to FIX the problem.

[sr4402]

At one point, after one of several times Kerrey referred to Rice as "Dr. Clarke," as in former terrorism aide Richard Clarke, Rice said: "I don't look like Dick Clarke."

Way to go Condi! Perambulate the Nerds!

[cyncooper]

Lord have mercy.

First, Rice was very charming when she finally corrected being called "Dr. Clarke". It garnered warm chuckles from the crowd. Here it sounds like she was brusque and terse.

Second, I am sick of seeing this type of "reporting":

During Rice's testimony before the 10-member commission in Washington, Kerrey referred to an Aug. 6, 2001, memo to President Bush that said the FBI had uncovered patterns of suspicious activity consistent with preparation for hijackings.

Dr. Rice brought up the hijacking reference in the memo herself much earlier in the testimony. I resent the implication from various and sundry reporters that Bob Kerrey "revealed" this aspect.

Clearly the effort is to make it appear Rice was concealing this information from the public when she did not.

[veronica]

Kerrey made a complete jerk of himself. LOL.

[FairWitness]

"I simply don't like a conclusion that says we didn't make any mistakes," Kerrey said - - -

I don't believe that is what she said. He just doesn't like the examples of mistakes she mentioned (i.e., mis-communications, lack of communication between agencies).

[<1/1,000,000th%]

"I simply don't like a conclusion that says we didn't make any mistakes," Kerrey said after he questioned Rice as part of the 10-member commission in Washington.

But he's OK with clinton's answers and a quick lewinsky.

[mabelkitty]

Ex-Nebraskan is a racist.

Talking about how "extraordinary" her achievements were given her background. Very much a "credit to her race", eh Bob? It wouldn't have anything to do with her hard work and family values, right?

I hate this smug racist. I guess it's so ingrained with libs that they can't see it.

[5by5]

What bothers me the most about yesterday's testimony is the political grandstanding that was going on.

If the commission is supposed to be investigating the intelligence breakdowns that lead up to 9/11, why are the commissioners making TV appearances?

How does Bob Kerry appearing on the Today show contribute to making this country more secure? Is that an appropriate thing for a commissioner to do?

Perhaps the Democrats know that there's no smoking gun, so they've given up on accomplishing something useful and instead decided to milk the show trial for all its worth?

Seriously, is the commission still legitimate? How an anyone maintain that the commision is anything but a partisan grandstand?

Bush should dissolve the commision and use his bully pulpit to shame the Democrats over their behavior.

[Budge]

The ONLY way Boob Kerrey would be satisified would be if Condi Rice said, "Yes, we knew they were going to fly planes into the WTC, we even knew which flights they were going to use. But President Bush, being the dunce war-monger you say he is, just sat on his cowboy hands to give you democRATS something to bash him with."

[mabelkitty]

John Kerry/Bob Kerrey
Wes Clark/Dick Clarke

By the time the election rolls around, all those not paying attention will just remember the incessant screaming of two people and not vote for them - only they won't know the differences among them.

Good times, good times.