[Piranha]

Maybe he'll stay for it and not turn against it.

[plain talk]

Finally, one statement from Kerry that makes sense. Unfortunately it's probably just based on Kerry wanting to pander to the jewish vote after recently meeting with Hillary. After all, Kerry has no core.

[Owen]

His Jewish donors were deserting him. That side of the finger was cooler than the other.

[McGavin999]

Ooops, looks like he just lost the Arab vote.

[LadyShallott]

I am curious to see what happens when Kerry is questioned about this by liberal reporters/groups. Typical flip-flop Kerry?

[onyx]

OMG!
PANDERING
PANDERING
PANDERING

This utterance from the guy who will concede
ALL foreign policy unto the auspices of the UN.

[Alouette]

Rantisi's killing was justified

But doesn't justify voting for effin ketchup man.

[RightWhale]

Which Kerry said this? If the postmoderns find out he said this, his campaign is toast.

[jude24]

Stopped clocks....

[Mr. K]

he won't be questioned about this by the presstitutes, in fact if he was smart he would run as a total conservative- the presstitutes will let him get away with it just so he can be elected.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Tune in tomorrow, and he'll be singing a different tune.

[Bogey78O]

Of course now the media will focus on this and how it proves he's anti-terror while ignoring he said Maqtada Al Sadr's views on killing Americans are legitimate.

[The_Macallan]

 

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It's Not Just A Gun...

It's My "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The only reason Kerry made this statement is because the opinion polls told his handlers that it's the most popular view.

[MinuteGal]

We have flip-flop sandals for Kerry's flip-flops.

Can't think of what we could have for Kerry's panders.

Can anyone post that well-known FR pic of Peter Pan-derer Kerry?

Leni

[OldFriend]

LOLOL......uh oh, what's his math professor friend from City College going to say now!

Poor ketchup boy, pander to the jews or pander to the muslims.......

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Kerry" I was for the airstrike until I was against it"

[okie01]

"Hamas is a terrorist, brutal organization," he told NBC's Meet the Press.

Yet, only a few weeks ago, Kerry characterized Hamas as "sort of...terrorists".

What have they done in the interim to change his mind?

Or, alternatively, what have his contributions done in the interim to change his mind?

[Minuteman23]

Amazing. But wait. Tomorrow he may call in unnecessary. It all depends on the way the wind is blowing.

[adam_az]

Good, all of al-Qairry's LLL supporters will end up supporting al-Nadir.
The ANSWER and other assorted "anti-War" candidates will start to protest him more and more.
Their numbers will outpace the handfull of extra votes Kerry will get by looking "centrist" on this issue.

[Piranha]

Wait, wait! There's more! He also may be signalling approval of an Israeli assassination of Arafat (check out the comment about Arafat -- "Arafat refuses to." -- in Kerry's first reply).

This is from the transcript of his comments about Israel from Meet the Press (interestingly, I tried to go back to it and it had disappeared, so I can't provide the link):

MR. RUSSERT: Israel assassinated Hamas leader Rantisi. Do you support that assassination?

SEN. KERRY: I believe Israel has every right in the world to respond to any act of terror against it. Hamas is a terrorist, brutal organization. It has had years to make up its mind to take part in a peaceful process. They refuse to. Arafat refuses to. And I support Israel's efforts to try to separate itself and to try to be secure. The moment Hamas says, "We've given up violence, we're prepared to negotiate," I am absolutely confident they will find an Israel that is thirsty to have that negotiation.

MR. RUSSERT: On Thursday, President Bush broke with the tradition and policy of six predecessors when he said that Israel can keep part of the land seized in the 1967 Middle East War and asserted the Palestinian refugees cannot go back to their particular homes. Do you support President Bush?

SEN. KERRY: Yes.

MR. RUSSERT: Completely?

SEN. KERRY: Yes.

MR. RUSSERT: You also said in December that you would consider as presidential ambassadors to the Middle East President Clinton, but also former President Carter and Secretary of State Baker. You then met with Jewish leaders and said, "I will not send Carter or Baker." Why?

SEN. KERRY: I think that what I was trying to talk about, Tim, was a kind of potential for bipartisanship as to how you might be able to approach putting a special envoy in place. The names obviously need to be acceptable to everybody within the community. You've got to do that as a matter of diplomacy. Subsequent to those names being floated, obviously, some people have different views about it.

MR. RUSSERT: Why do you think Carter and Baker are not acceptable?

SEN. KERRY: Well, that's not important. What's important is how to resolve the crisis, how do you move forward. I believe there's a way to move forward, I'm convinced of that. Now, I think what the president did in the last few days is to recognize a reality that even President Clinton came to. If you're going to have a Jewish state, and that is what we are committed to do and that is what Israel is, you cannot have a right of return that's open-ended or something. You just can't do it. It's always been a non-starter. I personally said that at a speech I gave to the Arab community in New York at the World Economic Forum. I've said that. I've also said that it is realistic because we know that at Taba they negotiated the annexation of certain territory. So it's really stating a reality.

What this administration has not done that it needs to do, what we need is a diplomacy that is ongoing and engaged with the Arab community in order to help to create and help emerge the kind of entity that will provide a peaceful resolution to this. Israel has no partner, no one to be able to negotiate with today. I think the United States and this administration could have done a much more effective job of helping that to emerge, but they were completely disengaged. I will not be disengaged. And I will have somebody involved in that at the highest level that has the respect of the community, the trust of Israel, and we will be able to move forward.