[Texas Songwriter]

Kerry on the stump said to be on the offense. Yes he seems to be. He will get cocky and exagger-no I mean lie about something in a moment of self agrandizement. We will be watching.

By the way will someone please tell me if I heard Kerry correctly when on 2 occasions last night he critisized the President for first securing the oil refineries and left nuclear facilities unguarded. I heard him make this reference twice. What NUCLEAR FACILITIES?

[Mike Fieschko]

on 2 occasions last night he critisized the President for first securing the oil refineries and left nuclear facilities unguarded. I heard him make this reference twice. What NUCLEAR FACILITIES?

Outstanding point.

Here are the Kerry quotes from the debate (I think they're the ones you meant):

"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."

[snip]

"When you guard the oil ministry, but you don't guard the nuclear facilities, the message to a lot of people is maybe, 'Wow, maybe they're interested in our oil.'"

[cyncooper]

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