SUBWAY FLUB DERAILS CHALLENGER

New York Post ^ | 10/01/04 | Gersh Kuntzman

[kattracks]

October 1, 2004 -- Sen. John Kerry was on a wrong track in last night's presidential debate — as any New York straphanger knows.

In an early exchange about homeland security, Kerry got it wrong when he claimed President Bush's cuts in funding for infrastructure protection was "why they had to close down the subway in New York when the Republican Convention was there."

The only problem is that no subway service beneath Madison Square Garden was suspended during the convention, even as buses were diverted and gridlock ruled the streets.

"We did not stop any trains," said Transit Authority spokesman Paul Fleuranges. "I will not guess or opine what he was talking about."

[Howlin]

He was wrong about the money for Iraq, too.

Among other things.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

He said something about no one guarding the nuclear facilities when we took Baghdad...what the heck was that about? (Pardon my ignorance. I honestly don't know.)

[goldstategop]

Ooops... I guess that and other gaffes are due to John F*ckin's running on Paris Time. (laughing)

[JLS]

Well just maybe he gaffed NJ into the GOP column? It is close as of now.

[FesterUSMC]

he also said he visted a Nazi Consentartion Camp when he went to Russia LOL he said Treblinka wrong word Sen. Kerry...

[goldstategop]

Yeah its like mistaking Lambeau Field for Lambert Field! (laughing)

[AHerald]

He was, I'm guessing, talking about certain sites in Iraq where UN weapons inspectors had sealed and marked certain radioactive materials in the years before the weapons inspections were cancelled. Some of these sites were apparently looted before we could get to them.

[CaptSkip]

Damn katt. When do you sleep girl?

[Howlin]

I didn't think Iraq had any nuclear stuff.

[goldstategop]

According to the Libs, there are NO WMD in Iraq so there should be no reason to worry about the nuclear reactor there. Maybe Kerry knows something the rest of us don't.

[Howlin]

They need to get in contact with Bill Clinton and John Kerry then; they both swore they were there.

[Soul Seeker]

According to Kerry, they didn't.

Then according to Kerry, failure to secure these sites is why we lack the documents to prove their existence. LOL

Ahh. I think a number of pundits are going to be eating crow. It would seem G.W. just locked kerry into a treasure trove to mine the next for weeks.

[Mo1]

He said something about no one guarding the nuclear facilities when we took Baghdad...what the heck was that about?

Not sure .. especially since the Dems claim Saddam didn't have any of that kind of WMD

[Howlin]

Can you explain what you mean by that?

[CaptSkip]

"He said something about no one guarding the nuclear facilities when we took Baghdad...what the heck was that about? (Pardon my ignorance. I honestly don't know.)

Kerry made that reference at least twice...I posted a "WHAT?" on the live thread, and then thought maybe he was stressing we protected the "Ministry of Oil" building in Iraq, but didn't safeguard the Nuke facilities here in the States when we moved on Iraq?????I still don't get that point. Were there Nuke facilities in Iraq or not??? Why the connection??? No WMDs, right?

[america-rules]

Kerry also said bush said "Mission Accomplished" !

WRONG !

[KneelBeforeZod]

did he really say that? Or did he just say "I wont say mission accomplished?"

[Soul Seeker]

Here is the transcript.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134152,00.html

That's exactly where we find ourselves today. There's a sense of American occupation. The only building that was guarded when the troops when into Baghdad was the oil ministry. We didn't guard the nuclear facilities. We didn't guard the foreign office, where you might have found information about weapons of mass destruction. We didn't guard the borders.

[Manic_Episode]

Don't let the facts get in the way of anything Kerry says.