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Posted on 08/25/2004 1:14:05 PM PDT by RWR8189
ARLINGTON, Va. - The Republican National Committee has released a "documentary" to counter Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11. The film (available for viewing at www.rnc.org) chronicles John Kerry's statements about Iraq and proves to all but the most partisan that this is a man who is a political opportunist and a vacillator who cannot be trusted with the power of the presidency. Opening with Mr. Kerry's pledge at the Democratic National Convention last month to "never mislead us into war," the film shows how Mr. Kerry consistently favored using force to oust Saddam Hussein until it proved politically advantageous for him to reverse course.
Mr. Kerry, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee and had access to prewar Iraq intelligence (when he bothered to show up for meetings), said on Face the Nation on Sept. 23, 2001, "It is something that we know - for instance, Saddam Hussein has used weapons of mass destruction against his own people, and there is some evidence of their efforts to try to secure these kinds of weapons and even test them."
On Dec. 11, 2001, Mr. Kerry said on Fox's The O'Reilly Factor, "I think we need to put pressure on [Saddam Hussein] no matter what the evidence is about Sept. 11. ..."
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Bump.
I'm willing to bet that the Baltimore Sun didn't use quotes when refering to Moore's "documentary".
Thanks for the link -- I'm downloading it now.
What makes this piece so damning is that it uses only Kerry's own words. Talk about self-inflicted wounds...
...and that it's strictly about the WOT, not VietNam.
Cal Thomas is a good Republican.
He has a weekend show on FNC, I don't think he was being condescending.
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Thanks, nutmeg.
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