Posted on 07/12/2004 10:39:05 PM PDT by kattracks
July 13, 2004 -- JOHN Kerry has finally spo ken the words that make the November election an unambiguous choice. On "60 Minutes" on Sunday night, according to the official transcript released by CBS News, Kerry said: "I am against the — the war." He tried to qualify them, to fudge them a bit, but no matter. The words are now out there and can't be taken back.The possible future president of the United States opposes the war in Iraq now being fought by 130,000 American troops.
This is not a tenable position for Kerry. He first came to prominence as a Vietnam war veteran against the war who famously asked (in what is perhaps the only genuinely memorable sentence he has ever spoken): "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
He and John Edwards were reduced to advancing a headshaking argument on "60 Minutes" to explain why they were right to vote to authorize the Iraq war and why they are right to criticize George W. Bush's supposed "failure" to build international support for that war.
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As President Bush said:
If you disagree with Kerry you probably just caught him on the wrong day!
In Kerry's mind a "yes" is never a "yes", and a "no" is never a "no" - one must be nuanced!
This will go down sooooo well in the debates.
Oops. He said what he felt rather than what he wanted to say he calculated his audience wanted to hear. The lack of sincerity is so transparent. More confirmation that liberals are fools.
How do you ask a man to be the last man to grab John Edwards' butt in an awkward photo-op?
ping
Kerry is a prime example!
Now, let's wait for more GOP attacks on ambulance chasing.
Read in Financial Times yesterday that 8 out of 10 US gynecologists refuse to take on obstetrics patients, due to the risk of malpractice suits. Poor American mothers!
Good now let's hope the GOP actually uses this
I am against--the war . . . but I was for the war before I was against it.
Didn't Kerry have a speechwriter shaping his words back then? I seem to remember hearing that even his testimony before Congress was shaped by someone else.
I believe that Kerry's only original thoughts are t hose about himself. For everything else he has always depended on and deferred to others.
This will become readily apparent between now and November, every time he is shown with a mic in his hand.
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