Posted on 09/29/2004 8:00:45 AM PDT by finnman69
GMA
John Kerry was apparently on Good Morning America and The Note snippets this baffling exchange:
DIANE SAWYER: Was the war in Iraq worth it?
JOHN KERRY: We should not have gone to war knowing the information that we know today.
DS: So it was not worth it.
JK: We should not it depends on the outcome ultimately and that depends on the leadership. And we need better leadership to get the job done successfully, but I would not have gone to war knowing that there was no imminent threat there were no weapons of mass destruction there was no connection of Al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein! The president misled the American people plain and simple. Bottom line.
DS: So if it turns out okay, it was worth it?
JK: No.
DS: But right now it wasn't?p>
JK: It was a mistake to do what he did, but we have to succeed now that we've done what he's I mean look we have to succeed. But was it worth as you asked the question $200 billion and taking the focus off of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda? That's the question. The test of the presidency was whether or not you should have gone to war to get rid of him. I think, had the inspectors continued, had we done other things there were plenty of ways to keep the pressure on Saddam Hussein.
DS: But no way to get rid of him.
JK: Oh, sure there were. Oh, yes there were. Absolutely.
DS: So you're saying that today, even if Saddam Hussein were in power today it would be a better thing you would prefer that . . .
JK: No, I would not prefer that. And Diane don't twist here. Notice how Kerry loses his cool and accuses the questioner of twisting; Is this guy thin-skinned or what?
In tomorrow's debate, Kerry will benefit from lowered expectations because his image among voters is something of a caricature right now. But he still has to do better than he did on GMA. You can bet President Bush has a list of zingers that he will deploy if Kerry gives him an opening.
JOHN KERRY: We should not have gone to war knowing the information that we know today.
LOL - it sounds like that commercial, "What were you doing next Thursday?"
LOL. I just read that the Kerry Campaign brought Jesse Jackson on board.......I'm not kidding.
My goodness. The poor man has gone crazy. Not only are those answers in the span of a couple minutes totally unintelligible, but some are in direct contrast to former statements. Didn't he say at the Grand Canyon, He do it again knowing what we know now? Also, didn't he say to Russert (I believe) that we need to spend whatever it takes, even more than the 87 billion, to get Iraq back on track. Its scary.
"I didn't say I didn't say it. What I said was, "I didn't say I said it."
When the Democrat candidate appears in public a golden carrot color and saying he was playing football, can the public think that it looking at anything but a freak? I guess the obligatory sock-in-the-pants Rolling Stone cover is next. Stick a fork in 'em. He's done.
BUMP
..."If we will not fight the terrorists in the streets of IRAQ than we will be forced to fight them in the School Yards of America. ..."
Very Good... Very Churchillian. Is that your orginal or a quote from someone else?
I would LOVE to see Kerry just LOSE IT tomorrow during the debate. I hope he totally blows a gasket. And, since both the wives will be in attendance, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THERAZAAAA TO DO? Be calm? Be gracious? Be nice? Stay turned. This will be interesting.
WTF? Kerry's answers make no sense and if he answers like this in tomorrow's debate, it won't matter how low the expectations are set. He will confirm what most voters are already sensing about him. LOSER!
To date I have had no fantasies that the debates would be a disaster for Kerry or a win for that matter, but based on this interview, I may have to rethink my opinion.
Hopefully Kerry loses, I just read another post about massive voter fraud to insure Kerry gets into the whitehouse. rather a frightening read in my opinion.
Here is a chart of some of the documented reporting on the connection between Iraq and al Qaeda "Connect the Dots . . . Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden"
I have faith in the Senator, I believe that he will do much worse than we expect.
LOL! Kerry and Edwards seem to follow the Clinton "fashionably late" protocol. With this lame Sawyer interview and the consensus of "Kerry is cooked" comments, my image this morning is of President Bush at the podium ready to debate a no-show Kerry. Although advised against it, a slow smirk appears....
He is bordering on incoherent.
a take on the Presidents quote twisted with a reference to BESLAN.. "Terror in the School Yards of America" is unfortunately, the grim picture of the reality of the threat that we face...
The position Kerry has staked out on Iraq cannot be rationalized to anyone that is serious. Each interview is a wealth of material for new RNC campaign ads.
Kerry's main problem is that at the age of 60, he still does not know who he is. That is a dangerous character defect in a CINC. The CINC has to synthesize all the input he/she gets and make sense of it to make decisions. How can you make a good decision, if you don't even know who you are?
Hopefully, enough of his base will recognize that you still have to put America above party loyalty.
iS tERRRRZZZZZ ON SOMETHING OR JUST A ROARING ACOHOLIC???
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