Posted on 09/10/2004 10:57:57 AM PDT by RWR8189
Something to Yak About – Kerry’s Iraq Position Shifts Like ‘Windsurfing Off Nantucket Island’ Kerry’s Iraq Plans Questioned New Staff Can’t Cure Kerry’s ‘Political Charade’ Growing the Nanny State With Kerry’s ‘Department of Wellness’? Talkers Profile – Scott Hennen, WDAY/Fargo-Morehead The Final Yak
Saying that John Kerry has treated the issue of the war to oust Saddam Hussein, “like a local sewer project,” the Gentleman from Massachusetts was pummeled in an Oregonian opinion piece penned by Kerry on Iraq documentary viewer and associate editor David Reinhard. “Maybe this is all agonizing nuance and complexity. Or maybe it's all just politics. Whatever the case, it's hardly the clear, consistent and principled presidential leadership we need in wartime,” observes Reinhard.
An item in Friday’s International Herald Tribune correctly notes that John Kerry’s current position on Iraq is similar to the president’s, but all Kerry does is promise to do a better job. “Simply promising that things will turn around under a new administration isn't enough,” sayeth the op/ed.
A whole gaggle of former Bill Clinton aides is trying to bail out the sinking Kerry campaign operation, but any staff problems that may or may not exist pale compared to the problems with Kerry himself. “In some elections, voters fall in love with a candidate. This time around, falling in love is just not possible,” writes columnist Joan Vennochi. Sort of confirms what James Carville and Paul Begala said way back in 1992 – it’s the candidate, stupid.
If this is John Kerry’s idea of focusing more on domestic issues, it appears The Gang That Couldn’t Spin Straight has laid another egg. The Washington Times Friday editorialized on Kerry’s reported plan of establishing a ‘Department of Wellness.’ “It's not clear precisely what the Secretary of Wellness will do. But it's probably fair to expect that such a person will be a guardian of nanny-state liberalism,” muses the WashTimes.
“Scott Hennen, host of Hot Talk on WDAY AM-970 and General Manager of WDAY Radio, has been heard in Fargo since 2001. Prior to that he hosted Hot Talk on KCNN in Grand Forks where he worked from 1984 to 2001. Hennen has been called the “Rush Limbaugh of the Prairie” by the Wall Street Journal. He has been named one of the Top-100 Most Important Talk Show Hosts in America every year since 1999.” (SOURCE: The Perry Center, Fargo, ND)
"Only an idiot wouldn't like this.” (SOURCE: Teresa Heinz Kerry, commenting on opponents of her husband’s health care proposal)
Kerry flip flops? Yeah, we noticed.
“$200 billion for going-it-alone in Iraq,” Kerry said. “That’s the wrong choice; that’s the wrong direction; and that’s the wrong leadership for America. It’s time to make it right.”
Kerry will have us believe that a price can be placed on Liberty. That my childrens very existance isn't worth the 200 billion dollar price tag... I am sorry John but my family is priceless... I served 22 years in the military to protect the freedoms of americans... I will not stand idly by why you sell off those freedoms and even suggest that those freedoms have a price tag. Whatever it takes, whatever it costs. Why would you compare the cost of the war to promoting social programs that won't matter if we don't erraticate the terrorists.
A protestor dressed as a giant waffle rallies with other Bush supporters across the street from the Affton Community Center where Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass, was attending a campaign stop in St. Louis, Mo. Friday, Sept. 10, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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