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Bush Twists Kerry's Words on Iraq (APs take. Reporting the news and giving their opinion)
AP Wire | 2004-09-25 | By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 09/25/2004 6:55:14 AM PDT by jerod

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Jennifer seems to think that Bush is twisting Kerry's word, but the in actuality, she just can't handle the fact that Kerry commited political suicide this week. LOL
1 posted on 09/25/2004 6:55:15 AM PDT by jerod
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AP - Jennifer Loven, White House Correspondent

jloven@ap.org

Phone: (202) 776-9400
Fax: (202) 776-9570


2 posted on 09/25/2004 6:57:03 AM PDT by jimbo123
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I missed the 'news' in this article. It was all twisted editorial.


3 posted on 09/25/2004 6:57:49 AM PDT by Always Right
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Is this really Jennifer Loven's piece, or another fraudulent piece of Wisconsin reporting by Scott Lindlaw under Jennifer's name?


4 posted on 09/25/2004 6:59:49 AM PDT by Barlowmaker
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But Bush mischaracterized Kerry's criticism, which has not been aimed at the countries that have contributed a relatively small number of troops and resources, but at the administration for not gaining more participation from other nations.

Ludicrous ... "the coerced and the bribed" is a direct shot at the countries fighting side by side with us.

If i tell a dude -- "your girlfriend is a sl-t" am I not insulting his girlfriend?

5 posted on 09/25/2004 7:00:41 AM PDT by Mr. Buzzcut
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Kerry's point was that the optimistic assessments of postwar Iraq...

I guess Jen Loven is a mind reader, or maybe she should be on the op/ed page. Or in the Kerry camp.

5.56mm

6 posted on 09/25/2004 7:00:51 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Always Right

That's why she's titled "Associated Press Writer" not "Associated Press Reporter".


7 posted on 09/25/2004 7:00:55 AM PDT by Barlowmaker
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"The satisfaction we take in his downfall does not hide this fact: We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure."

That seems to mean Kerry prefers the brutal dictator (because America was more secure--unless Kerry thinks it's appropriate to reduce American security in order to fight "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time")

8 posted on 09/25/2004 7:01:40 AM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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But Kerry never said that. In a speech at New York University on Monday, he called Saddam "a brutal dictator who deserves his own special place in hell." He added, "The satisfaction we take in his downfall does not hide this fact: We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure."

Jenny should look up the word "imply".

9 posted on 09/25/2004 7:02:00 AM PDT by Mr. Buzzcut
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This is a good sign. The reporter wrote this because she saw firsthand in Wisconsin how effective Bush's attacks on Kerry were.


10 posted on 09/25/2004 7:02:08 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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Is Jennifer Loven biased in her reporting? Well, consider this: Jennifer Loven is married to Roger Ballentine, who is president of Green Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in energy and environmental issues, and was previously deputy assistant to President Clinton for environmental initiatives and chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force. He also sits on the board of directors of Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)along with actors Ed Begley, Jr. and Larry Hagman. Jennifer Loven is a reporter for the Associated Press.


11 posted on 09/25/2004 7:02:09 AM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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The e-mail from campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill accused the president of having "no plan to get us out of Iraq" and thinking "the future of Iraq is brighter than the future of America."

And this isn't twisting words?

12 posted on 09/25/2004 7:02:53 AM PDT by Randjuke
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The funny part was, she claims Kerry did not undercut Allawi, but conviently doesn't mention where Kerry called Allawi a Bus h puppet. And she thinks Bush is the one twisting things.


13 posted on 09/25/2004 7:03:01 AM PDT by Always Right
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But look, they're being fair and balanced. It says this ...

It was not unlike the spin that Kerry and his forces sometimes place on Bush's words.

... inside the article.

( / sarcasm )

14 posted on 09/25/2004 7:03:21 AM PDT by Gumption
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"The satisfaction we take in his downfall does not hide this fact: We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure."

Not really sure WHAT this sentence means ... I'm less secure because the Jihadists are being killed in Iraq?! Weird ...

15 posted on 09/25/2004 7:06:30 AM PDT by Mr. Buzzcut
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I couldn't even tell what parts (of which side!) she was quoting came from a Kerry press release, what parts (of which side!) were actually spoken (of which side!), and what parts (of which side!) were "twisted" by which side!


16 posted on 09/25/2004 7:06:36 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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"The satisfaction we take in his downfall does not hide this fact: We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure."

How is that NOT saying we are less secure now that he is out of power?


17 posted on 09/25/2004 7:10:44 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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Not really sure WHAT this sentence means ... I'm less secure because the Jihadists are being killed in Iraq?! Weird ...

It seems Kerry is say the world is a more dangerous place without Saddam in Power. Just last fall, Kerry said Dean was unfit to be President since he thought the world was not safer without Saddam. In essense, Kerry has come full circle and according to his own logic is unfit for command.

18 posted on 09/25/2004 7:11:12 AM PDT by Always Right
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wow--look at the way that headline is structured--is this the long-lost bastard daughter of Dan Rather?

They do get bolder and bolder in their bias. How can you twist Kerry's words, if you can't figure out what he's saying in the first place? He's so heavily nuanced that you can take any meaning you like from what he says.

19 posted on 09/25/2004 7:11:39 AM PDT by Mamzelle (Pajamamama)
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Unbelievable, this AP writer makes Dan Rather seem like Rush Limbaugh.

I'm surprised she didn't claim that Bush was trying to portray Kerry's single "Nuanced" position on Iraq as multiple contradictory positions.

Give me a break.


20 posted on 09/25/2004 7:11:48 AM PDT by NavVet (“Benedeict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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