Posted on 08/07/2004 6:57:53 PM PDT by dep
One of the characteristic behaviors of the left is the big lie, the false attack on your opponent for something that you have done yourself. With John Kerry, this tendency is combined with a uniquely highly developed case of tone-deafness, an insensibility to context, which in turn is a symptom, it seems to me, of his impenetrable self-regard and sense of entitlement. The other day Kerry attacked President Bush for having continued to read to the Florida school children for several minutes after getting word that the second plane had hit the World Trade Center. All other things being equal, I suppose it might be a fair point. But when we remember that Bush's response to 9/11 is overall the high point of his presidency, with even his enemies admitting he was magnificent in the days and weeks following the attack, Bush's initial delayed response (if that's what it was) to the news of the attack would seem an extremely odd thing for Kerry to criticize him for. As is always the case with Kerry, however, it gets worse than that. It turns out that on the morning of September 11, Kerry did not, like Bush, delay acting for a mere five minutes, he delayed acting for 40 minutes. Here is Kerry's reply on July 8 to Larry King who asked him what he was doing on September 11th:
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.
Since the South Tower of the World Trade Center was struck at 9:03 a.m., and the Pentagon was hit at 9:43 a.m., this means that Kerry along with several other members of the Democratic Senate leadership sat together at a table in a daze for a full 40 minutes, unable to act, unable to think. From Kerry's description it sounds as if they weren't even watching the television, as tens of millions of normal people did, to follow and try to make sense of the unfolding events. They simply relapsed into a passive state, neither taking in nor reacting to the fact that America was under an unprecedented attack. This is not surprising, since liberals are constitutionally incapable of acknowledging the existence of evil and enemies (except of course for evil and enemies on the right).
Kerry criticizing Bush for his insufficiently quick response on 9/11 is like a pacifist criticizing George Patton for failing to bring the fight to the Wehrmacht.
Probably thinking of ways to distort the news and make Bush look responsible, all the while stuffing his fat face.
Just think, in Michael Moore slow motion that would have been about 2 1/2 hours!
Moore was out shopping for a shaver, a Schlick I believe, or was that a Schick! (LOL)
It doesn't scare you to think of a president zoning out for 40 minutes while our country is under attack? And if Kerry, G-d forbid, were in the White House, who would have advised him to evacuate while he was sitting there contemplating his navel?
I believe they(Dems) were probably glad 9/11 happened in order to use it against President Bush. 9/11 happened because klintoon did nothing for eight years. Klintoon put the most liberal an anti-american people in key federal law enforcement positions. Gorelick also put up the wall to stop inter-agency counter intell info sharing. Reno the bull liked to kill innocent women and children at waco. We were and still are the terrorists to those communists. Kerry like his Bro, Gore are of the same commie mind-set. These elitist will give the terrorists free reign as long as their privileged asses are safe. This election is really about saving our country and the freedom we hold so dear. United we can see this battle through for God and Country. Bush/Cheney 4more years.
of course, among the apalling features of this report is the fact that cnn, who has the interview, didn't bother to excerpt it last week when kerry was criticizing bush for bush's reaction to the attacks. which makes them stupid, complicit, or both.
This is interesting...
Just in case you might think of Iraq as "only" an oil-rich nation, ruled by an evil dictator for 30 years, whether it has been supporting terrorists or may not be very important, here are a few important facts regarding the important history and roles that this nation has played down through history.
IRAQ
-- VERY INTERESTING --
DID YOU KNOW?
1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.
(It sure doesn't look much like
Paradise on earth today thanks to Saddam)
2. Mesopotamia which is now Iraq was the cradle of civilization!
3. Noah built the ark in Iraq.
4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.
5. Abraham was from Ur,
which is in Southern Iraq!
6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor
which is in Iraq.
7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.
8. Jonah preached in Nineveh -
which is in Iraq.
9. Assyria which is in Iraq conquered
the ten tribes of Israel.
10. Amos cried out in Iraq!
11. Babylon which is in Iraq
destroyed Jerusalem.
12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!
13. The 3 Hebrew children
were in the fire in Iraq
(That's good news to know that
JESUS has been in Iraq too as
the 4th person in the fiery furnace!)
14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon
saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.
15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon,
carried the Jews captive into Iraq.
16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.
17. The wise men were from Iraq.
(where are the "wise" men today?)
18. Peter preached in Iraq.
19. The "Empire of Man,"
described in Revelation,
is called Babylon which was a city in Iraq!
And you have probably seen this one.
Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed, Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. Here's why.
* Eden was in Iraq--Genesis 2:10-14
* Adam &Eve were created in Iraq -- Genesis 2:7-8
* Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq -- Genesis 3:1-6
* Nimrod established Babylon &Tower of Babel was built in Iraq -- Genesis 10:8-97; 11:1-4
* The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq -- Genesis 11:5-11
* Abraham came from a city in Iraq -- Genesis 11:31; Acts 7:2-4
* Isaac's bride came from Iraq -- Genesis 24:3-4; 10
* Jacob spent 20 years in Iraq -- Genesis 27:42-45; 31:38
* The first world Empire was in Iraq -- Daniel 1:1-2;2:36-38
* The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq -- Jonah 3
* The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq -- Esther
* The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq -- Nahum
* The book or Revelation has prophecies against Babylon, which was the old name for the nation of Iraq -- Revelation 17 &18
No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated it than Iraq.
And also...
This is something to think about! Since America is typically represented by an eagle, Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages ... The following verse is from the Quran, (the Islamic Bible)
Quran (9:11) -- For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.
(Note the verse number...)
Iran.
I was not talking 40 minutes. But 5-7 minutes- to collect oneself, gather the available information, switch into "decision mode" - would seem right and proper. The only thing one could do in 3 seconds would be to yell "nuke them!" without even specifying whom to nuke.
Just what we need a President sitting around dazed for FORTY minutes as the U.S. is under attack. Lovely.
Which is exactly what Bush did - kept his cool and finished reading to the children, then took action after 7 minutes. The prospect of a president sitting paralyzed for 40 minutes while we're under attack, "unable to think" in Kerry's own words, is exactly what we don't need. Still, he had the gall to criticize Bush for not dropping his books, alarming the kids and running out of the room?
Kerry spent his entire Senate career in a daze, so he went with what he knew.
i don't. but thanks for playing.
and #36 was not for you; don't know how that happened.
Amen to that. What's the first thing liberals want to do to for any problem, no matter how elementary the answer? Call a meeting, of course. All talk, no action.
An amazing piece of investigative work here. I am more than impressed. Hope this gets to Bush folks and GW himself. Have to appreciate those who go beyond 'first glance'.
i think they might have been arguing about who got to place the call to the u.n. to ask what to do.
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