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What Kerry REALLY did on 9/11!!!!
NRO Corner ^

Posted on 08/05/2004 6:26:40 PM PDT by The G Man

This was posted on The Corner at NRO. Thought it worth posting here:

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WHAT KERRY DID [KJL]
Listen, he wasn't president on Sept. 11, and I am not questioning his reflexes or reactions, but it is worth noting what Kerry did do on Sept. 11, 2001. Here's what he told Larry King: "...And as I came in [to a meeting in Sen. Daschle's office], Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid were standing there, and we watched the second plane come in to the building. And we shortly thereafter sat down at the table and then we just realized nobody could think, and then boom, right behind us, we saw the cloud of explosion at the Pentagon..."

Kudos to Red State for finding that. And for noting: "It should be noted that the second plane hit the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m., and the plane hit the Pentagon at 9:43 a.m. By Kerry's own words, he and his fellow senators sat there for forty minutes, realizing 'nobody could think.'"


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 229; 911; kerry; kerry911; kerrywot
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First off, I'm going to go out on a limb and flag this as "breaking news" as it is such a GREAT, GREAT response to Kerry's nonsense about the 7 minutes Bush continued to read to those children in Florida. This was posted in The Corner over at NRO by the always great KLO.
1 posted on 08/05/2004 6:26:40 PM PDT by The G Man
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To: The G Man

bttt


2 posted on 08/05/2004 6:28:06 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Sometimes these brain cells have a mind of their own.)
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To: The G Man; Admin Moderator

That is great, but admin needs to correct the title. It's Kerry.


3 posted on 08/05/2004 6:28:12 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Howlin; Miss Marple; PhiKapMom

FYI


4 posted on 08/05/2004 6:28:50 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: The G Man

I'll bet he hid under the table when the Pentagon was hit.


5 posted on 08/05/2004 6:29:21 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: The G Man

I guess he thinks nobody should ask what he was doing since he wasn't president at the time. Just a liberal U.S. senator. Good find!


6 posted on 08/05/2004 6:29:23 PM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Kerry criticizes Bush on 911 reaction in classroom.
7 posted on 08/05/2004 6:30:09 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (http://www.osurepublicans.com)
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To: The G Man

What an EXCELLENT find!


8 posted on 08/05/2004 6:30:16 PM PDT by A. Morgan (If I wanted to see Horsesh!t, I could go out to the barn and see it for free.)
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To: The G Man

Kerry-Edwards cannot be trusted with our national security.


9 posted on 08/05/2004 6:30:18 PM PDT by True Capitalist
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To: The G Man

BUMP!


10 posted on 08/05/2004 6:30:24 PM PDT by finnman69
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To: The G Man
It should be noted that the second plane hit the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m., and the plane hit the Pentagon at 9:43 a.m. By Kerry's own words, he and his fellow senators sat there for forty minutes,...'"

Worth repeating---often.

11 posted on 08/05/2004 6:31:09 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Kerry? The "War Hero"?

Doing a 'Bernie Shaw'?

Nawwwwwwwwwwwwww...

12 posted on 08/05/2004 6:31:09 PM PDT by TomServo ("I'm so upset that I'll binge on a Saltine.")
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To: The G Man
...he and his fellow senators sat there for forty minutes, realizing 'nobody could think.'"....

Nothing unusual there.

13 posted on 08/05/2004 6:31:24 PM PDT by Radix (John Kerry reported to sick bay for a band aid or a medal, and surprise, he got both.)
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To: The G Man

Another-example-of-why-liberalism-is-a-brain-disease BUMP!


14 posted on 08/05/2004 6:31:44 PM PDT by ILBBACH
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To: The G Man

HUGE HUGE HUGE. Bush reascted in 7 minutes, Kerry took 40.


15 posted on 08/05/2004 6:31:50 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: The G Man

Shameless self-promo ...

http://www.vandelay.com/2004/08/blogger-nails-kerry-on-had-i-been.html


16 posted on 08/05/2004 6:32:37 PM PDT by Mr. Buzzcut
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To: The G Man
Partial LKL transcript......

KING: Where were you on 9/11?

HEINZ KERRY: You know, it's very interesting. I landed at National Airport less than 12 hours before, coming from Pennsylvania, where I was doing a prescription drugs thing -- meeting. And I came in from Pittsburgh, landed at National, and that's the last time I landed at National for quite a while.

KING: How'd you hear about it?

HEINZ KERRY: I was at home in Washington. I had just come in and I got a call...

KERRY: I think I called.

HEINZ KERRY: And they said, look at the TV. I looked at the TV and I couldn't believe it.

KING: Where were you?

KERRY: I was in the Capitol. We'd just had a meeting -- we'd just come into a leadership meeting in Tom Daschle's office, looking out at the Capitol. And as I came in, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid were standing there, and we watched the second plane come in to the building. And we shortly thereafter sat down at the table and then we just realized nobody could think, and then boom, right behind us, we saw the cloud of explosion at the Pentagon. And then word came from the White House, they were evacuating, and we were to evacuate, and so we immediately began the evacuation.

HEINZ KERRY: You walked out with John McCain, didn't you?

KERRY: Yes.

KING: You and what?

HEINZ KERRY: He and John walked out together.

KING: He and John McCain walked out -- what did you think?

Did you think...

(CROSSTALK)

KERRY: I knew instantaneously...

KING: Clinton said he though bin Laden.

KERRY: I knew instantaneously with the first. I'm a pilot, and I looked at the weather, and it's what we call in pilot lingo CAVU, ceiling and visibility unlimited. And I knew that that plane did not fly into that building accidentally, as people were speculating. It just doesn't happen, could not, under those circumstances. So I knew it was deliberate, whether it was suicide, whether it was something -- I couldn't tell. When the second plane hit, it was obvious to the world.

And as we went out of the building, my immediately feeling was, we're at war. I mean, that was the sense, that we are under attack. People are attacking the United States of America and we needed to respond.

KING: Were you scared?

KERRY: No, I wasn't scared, I was angry. I was very angry.

KING: Were you scared?

HEINZ KERRY: I was a little scared, actually. Understand, first of all, it was hard to comprehend. But, actually, I remember how I was told. My son, Christopher, had left that morning from New York, and he lived nearby -- at 6:00 in the morning to go to a meeting in Carolina, somewhere. And when he landed -- when he got off the plane, he called me.

He said -- he was in the airport. He said, mom, mom, look. And several of his friends from college lived and worked around the American Express, and he got panicked, because his friends were being killed.

KING: We're out of time.

KERRY: And my daughter called, also, she lived right near there.

KING: Oh, really?

KERRY: And she was there and she called me, hysterical, from the phone booth, saying, Dad, what's happening?

KING: See a lot of you, John.

KERRY: We will. Thank you.

KING: Teresa.

HEINZ KERRY: Thanks very much.

17 posted on 08/05/2004 6:32:48 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: The G Man

He (Kerry) could not think...

That is exactly why this superficial, arrogant, and therefore dangerous man cannot be President.

His egocentric nature would prevent him from taking a leadership role in a critical situation.

If it's not about him, then he cannot handle it.


18 posted on 08/05/2004 6:32:55 PM PDT by eleni121 (Thank God fo John Ashcroft: Four more years!)
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To: The G Man

Get it to Drudge!


19 posted on 08/05/2004 6:33:10 PM PDT by Solamente
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To: The G Man

Meanwhile, of course, the President handled things very well. He thought about the kids he was with, knowing he couldn't take action during that five minutes. He also understood that the cameras were rolling, and so his demeanor was critically important to the nation and world at large.

When the time was right, they left and did what had to be done. Every subsequent event was handled coolly and with remarkable resolve.

And Kerry couldn't think.

I want a Commander-in-Chief who knows how to make decisions under pressure.

Thank God we have one, and have a clear opportunity to keep it that way.


20 posted on 08/05/2004 6:33:12 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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