Intel attack ad lands a solid blow

Boston Herald ^ | 8/17/04 | Boston Herald editorial staff

[dfwgator]

Another reason Senators make poor Presidential candidates.

[nopardons]

bttt

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Well, if so, there's an easy way to clear up any misperception. Kerry can authorize the committee to release his attendance records at those private meetings, as Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), chair of the committee, suggested Sunday on ``Meet the Press.''

It has been reported Kerry's record of closed-door session attendance is worse than the public session record. Release the records!!!

[GeronL]

smack! uppercut! Blam! Zot! Pow!

Holy Smelly Senator Batman...

[kattracks]

There's a whole lotta' records Kerry doesn't want to release.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Kerry was a Senator? Who knew?

[claudiustg]

---But disputing the ``Senator No-Show'' charge requires more facts on the table. Putting them there is Kerry's responsibility - and his obligation. ---

This idea is almost totally foreign to the folks over at DU, the Kerry campaign, and the Democratic party at large.

[John Valentine]

BOB Kerrey might have been there. Does that count?

[Keith in Iowa]

>>BOB Kerrey might have been there. Does that count?

Only in Democrat/new math.

[Jenya]

That is one powerful ad. I think it's the best one so far from the Bush camp. Play it often.

[NRA2BFree]

One thing's for sure. Kerry lies for political gain. When I look at his wife (with her fortune) and I look at that hound dog, I tend to believe that he sold Mama T a bill of goods too! She's no beauty, but with all her money, she could have bought herself a handsome young man. I would have...iF the only choice I had was Kerry. LOL!

[PhilDragoo]

[hershey]

Hopefully the rest of the country will pay attention to the fact that this newspaper is from Boston...Kerry's home base. It's a terrific editorial. Death from a thousand cuts. Thanks for posting it!

[DJtex]

BOB Kerrey might have been there. Does that count?

Did you see the way that Kerry's staff, after poring over his Intel Committee record tried to defend him by saying that he'd actually served as Deputy Intel Committee Chairman for a spell. Then Fox News pointed out that it was the other Kerry, Bob Kerry (who makes 75% of the meetings) that had that honor.

How can John Kerry not catch that immediately and correct such an error? What kind of desperate, incompetent, maybe dishonest??, staff would toss this out. Kerry is responsible for his message and for his staff, but he's blamed his staff for "putting words in his mouth" concerning Benedict Arnold outsourcing corporations, etc. At some point this "blame game" will get real old to the voters.

[John Valentine]

I knew that. It was the premise that undergirded my Bob Kerrey remark.

[Southack]

Boom! The ad is fair. It soley attacks Senator Kerry's *record*, not the man himself personally.

5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires

[flashbunny]

[AmericaUnited]

I tried to tell some of you hand-ringers and chicken littles a month or so ago not to get excited, because Bush and Team had not really started firing the heavy guns. They had plenty of ammo, but were smart enough to save it for when it really counts.

This is another example of that. More to come. Sleep easy at night. All's well.

[PogySailor]

Kerry's campaign protests that Bush is distorting his record by not accounting for the senator's attendance at the committee's closed-door sessions. Well, if so, there's an easy way to clear up any misperception. Kerry can authorize the committee to release his attendance records at those private meetings, as Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), chair of the committee, suggested Sunday on ``Meet the Press.''

Let's see. It's Tuesday morning. Did I miss Kerry authorizing the release of his attendance records?

Tick-tock.