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KERRY BLAME GAME
NY Post ^ | September 6, 2004 | DEBORAH ORIN

Posted on 09/05/2004 11:40:25 PM PDT by Former Military Chick

September 6, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — The long knives are out for Democrat John Kerry's campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill, as infighting rages while his slumping campaign struggles to come back against President Bush. "You'd think they could find a man to throw overboard one of these days," zinged Republican strategist Mary Matalin, a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney on NBC's "Meet the Press."

She said Democrats blamed 1988 loser Michael Dukakis' stumbles on campaign manager Susan Estrich and Al Gore's 2000 fumbles on campaign chief Donna Brazile, and "now they're trying to blame poor Mary Beth Cahill" for Kerry's missteps.

Cahill was fingered as the chief scapegoat in a leak to Newsweek magazine, which claimed a "furious" Kerry railed at her for failing to answer attacks on his Vietnam record.

For days, "Kerry ripped into Cahill" over TV ad attacks from anti-Kerry Vietnam vets, and then he "screamed" for someone to call old pal Thomas Vallely, who'd helped defend him before, Newsweek said.

Asked yesterday if Kerry waited too long to hit back, Cahill told CBS, "We answered it on our own time."

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The infighting came as Time and Newsweek polls gave Bush an 11-point lead. Kerry aides concede Bush leads by at least 3 or 4 points.

Kerry took yesterday off instead of going on a Sunday TV show to jumpstart his campaign. He's done no interviews in more than a month, since the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth TV ads challenged his Vietnam and anti-war record.

Instead, to try to shift to offense, Kerry yesterday put out a statement suggesting a possible Bush cover-up of ties between the Saudi government and 9/11.

Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel called the claim "baseless" and suggested Kerry has hired Michael Moore as his "new foreign-policy adviser."

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 200409; 20040906; 2004election; 911; 911hijackers; angrydems; blame; cahill; kerry; kerrycampaign; marymatalin; matalin; michaelmoore; sleepingwiththeenemy; turncoat
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1 posted on 09/05/2004 11:40:25 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
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To: Former Military Chick

Don't forget that mary (mrs. car-vile) matalin helped Bush I lose his re-election.


2 posted on 09/05/2004 11:42:36 PM PDT by ozzymandus ("So it is written, so it shall be danced"-Al Bundy)
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To: Nick Danger; Howlin
"Instead, to try to shift to offense, Kerry yesterday put out a statement suggesting a possible Bush cover-up of ties between the Saudi government and 9/11. Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel called the claim "baseless" and suggested Kerry has hired Michael Moore as his "new foreign-policy adviser."

That's hilarious! The Dems are going into bizarro conspiracy-land and the Republicans are mocking them!

Life is good!

5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires

3 posted on 09/05/2004 11:43:57 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Former Military Chick

Guess who's keeping silent as a WOMAN gets blamed? The same feminazis who accused President Bush of raping women by winning the last election, that's who. As you can see, NOW is willing to allow a woman to be thrown overboard in the interest of keeping abortion legal. That's right up there next to taking a BJ to keep the baby killing machine alive and kicking.


4 posted on 09/05/2004 11:44:03 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Former Military Chick
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...a "furious" Kerry railed at her for failing to answer attacks on his Vietnam record.

Uh, eh Kerry, answer the attacks yourself. It's your record. Sign Form 180.

Check out the John F. Kerry Timeline.
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5 posted on 09/05/2004 11:45:15 PM PDT by christie (http://www.hillaryforpresident-2008.com -- NOT!)
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6 posted on 09/05/2004 11:46:07 PM PDT by Viet-Boat-Rider (((KERRY IS A NARCISSISTIC LIAR, GOLDBRICKER, AND TRAITOR!)))
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To: Former Military Chick
Instead, to try to shift to offense, Kerry yesterday put out a statement suggesting a possible Bush cover-up of ties between the Saudi government and 9/11.

Anybody have a link to that "statement"?

7 posted on 09/05/2004 11:46:15 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: hole_n_one

ABC News aired the story like it was gospel truth.


8 posted on 09/05/2004 11:48:19 PM PDT by Luke21 (Christ is wonderful)
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To: hole_n_one
Try Farenhate 911
9 posted on 09/05/2004 11:48:36 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Former Military Chick
" a "furious" Kerry railed at her for failing to answer attacks on his Vietnam record. "

Sounds sorta like cocaine speaking.

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"...to try to shift to offense, Kerry yesterday put out a statement suggesting a possible Bush cover-up of ties between the Saudi government and 9/11."

Perhaps cut with a little acid?

10 posted on 09/05/2004 11:49:16 PM PDT by bayourod (You're either for President Bush or against him. There is no "but...")
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To: ozzymandus

Mary Matalin does not have a major position in the Bush Campaign. She works for Dick Cheney.


11 posted on 09/05/2004 11:49:20 PM PDT by no dems (I'm mad as Zell.)
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To: bayourod

Its the candidate, stupid. And I said, it sounds like Kerry's imbibed too much Michael Moore.


12 posted on 09/05/2004 11:50:24 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: hole_n_one

I am looking about, but, he probably got the idea from this article ...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1207883/posts.


13 posted on 09/05/2004 11:50:43 PM PDT by Former Military Chick (Ticked OFF in the heartland.)
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To: Former Military Chick

Funny stuff. Like trying to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic. Also, who pretends that NOW represents women. They went after various Clinton accusers and then stood by their man. How many women accused Clinton of sexually inappropriate behavior? Lewinsky, Jones, Willets, Flowers, and I forget who else.


14 posted on 09/05/2004 11:50:56 PM PDT by Mike1973
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To: Former Military Chick

Maybe the Navy investigation of his medals will jumpstart his campaign.


15 posted on 09/05/2004 11:50:58 PM PDT by A6M3
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To: Former Military Chick
Kerry can't help but be a back stabbing monster.

It's been part of him for going on 40 years.

16 posted on 09/05/2004 11:51:57 PM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Zing!)
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To: goldstategop

I'm seeking the statement allegedly made by Kerry.


17 posted on 09/05/2004 11:51:58 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Southack
LOL, John Kerry has little left to do besides going to bizarro land. IMHO his campaign will sling every wacko thing they have at Bush between now and November, hoping that something sticks. The problem for Kerry is that he, and his party, has already been defined by the Bush Campaign as "Wild Eyed" nut jobs that believe Michael Moore's movie. The Hollywood crowd alone is proof enough of how bizarro they have become. <p.John Kerry and that super lightweight John Edwards have no place to go but down.
18 posted on 09/05/2004 11:52:57 PM PDT by MJY1288 (John Kerry Says he Would Conduct a More Thoughtful and Sensitive War on Terror)
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To: Former Military Chick

BTTT


19 posted on 09/05/2004 11:55:08 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: no dems

She is, however, quoted in the article.


20 posted on 09/05/2004 11:55:46 PM PDT by ozzymandus ("So it is written, so it shall be danced"-Al Bundy)
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