Posted on 09/03/2004 9:27:49 AM PDT by ex-Texan
Kerry: "Bush Unfit to Lead this Country"
(Headline Ought to Be: Kerry Looses His Cool, Blows the Election With Angry Reply to Bush)
Springfield, Ohio -- Roaring back at his Republican rivals, Sen. John Kerry called President Bush "unfit to lead this country" for "misleading" America into war in Iraq, and said Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had avoided fighting in the Vietnam War.
"For the past week, they have attacked my patriotism and even my fitness to serve as commander in chief," Kerry told thousands here at a midnight rally shortly after Bush accepted the Republican nomination for a second term and questioned Kerry's support for combat troops in Iraq. * * *
The Kerry campaign scheduled the event days ago in an effort to reclaim the initiative in the race without letting a single news cycle pass. Kerry spoke a mere half an hour after the president concluded his acceptance speech -- and Kerry aides issued his prepared text even before Bush took the podium.
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Bush, for his part, depicted Kerry Thursday night as a tax-hiking, big- spending social liberal who had defended his vote against an appropriations bill for Iraq by saying the matter was complicated. "There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat," Bush said.
Kerry, decrying what he called "the anger and the distortion" of the Republican convention, hit back in his toughest appraisal yet of the qualifications of the incumbents.
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Geesh!
Liberals are so unoriginanl.
Maybe someone should send Kerry the book, Unfit for Command.
I'm reading it now and it is awesome.
Lurch turning into Howie.
I prefer the headline "Minimalized Drunken Presidential Candidate slurs through Attack Monologue"
I understand that the Dems are so desperate that they are planning on shooting spitballs at Bush.
What is this idiot talking about????? BUSH HAS LED THIS COUNTRY.......
Very uncool. Whining does not impress the voters. I might question his patriotism and his fitness to serve, but in fact none of the convention speakers crossed those lines. But that's politics. What's really inexcusable is not knowing how many games behind the Red Sox are. I can't believe some handler doesn't tell him that billionaire goofballs who try to act like regular guys just come off as annoying.
I read on another thread....(don't remember which one now).....several people said he looked/acted drunk.
All I know is that the president has maintained his sobriety even when things didn't look good for him.
Who wants to bet the double standard mainline media will not accuse Kerry of smearing Bush?
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The more he attacks Pres. Bush, the worse he looks. Like it or not, Pres. Bush is a likable fellow; someone the average person can relate to. Kerry is pompous and arrogant. He comes off as the elitist that he is in his attacks, and normal people don't just don't like it when an snob attacks the guy next door.
Must have been one of Hillary's operatives who convinced Kerry it was a good idea to echo the title of a book that is in the process of destroying his credibility.
Kerry just keeps stealing Bush's lines. It's so sad, really.
Lurch turning into Howie."How we doing on Martuni Mix?"
Looks like Kerry is still invading Vietnam.
Kerry is way too 60's. He's like some grizzled hippie still holding the the "Hey, hey LBJ" sign.
And who came up with the brilliant idea of using the word "unfit" against Bush, which will only remind people of the Swiftees?
Kerry is such a loser. Doing nothing for 20 years in the Senate shrank his brain.
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