Posted on 10/04/2004 1:48:47 PM PDT by QQQQQ
It means that Senator Kerry still thinks that the US should only take action if we can justify it to other countries after the fact.
So he's still telling the American people that he will only act if he thinks the French will review our actions and say "C'est bon!"
Congratulations
There is obviously no further need for you to take this test, since you are apparently French (or Russian--almost as good), and the French have carte blanche (to coin a phrase) to do as they wish internationally, since we all know that their actions are always noble and selfless, and conform to international law, almost by definition.
"...I was talking about was a test of legitimacy, not just in the globe, but elsewhere.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo...TELL me you're making this up??? He DIDN'T REALLY say that, did he? (please, please let it be so!!!)
What does KERRY want it to mean, today, tomorrow, next week? ;^)
" It's rather disingenuous to rest this argument on English since, if you do, you can't escape the conclusion that Kerry will not seek permission from anyone. Proof: "you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons." Note the past tense "did" -- that is preventive action."
So are you saying you are a Kerry sympathizer?
You've been here since March 2003 and have made a total of 7 somewhat troll-like posts.
Hmmmm....
OH MY FREAKING GAWD!!!! I Love it!!!
"I’m an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.”
Richard Holbrooke repeated this on one of the Sunday shows. "Kerry is an internationalist, an unabashed internationalist"
The guy who is supposed to have such a great command of the English language needs spin doctors to run around to tell everyone he didn't mean for anyone to figure out what he said.
Meanwhile, his campaign comes out with an ad trying to make fun of the way his opponent looked.
Now that, defines pathetic.
ROTFL Either my spelling has devolved so badly I can not get even one word spelled correctly or the spell check here has lost it's mind.
remember that he said this to a groupd of supporters. He can't even give Rats a straight answer. Look good to me.
Hey Kerry, you said it, now you have to live with it.
It wouldn't be *nearly* as funny if I made it up.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/04/kerry.global/
Just before the "Special Reports" link.
"And where he comes from, it's not little green men, it's tall orange men..."
LOL! I shudder at the thought of a planet full of aliens like Kerry.
Shouldn't that read: "It's almost sad; it's certainly pathetic, because all they can do is grab a little smirk and try to play a video and scare Americans."
-PJ
They are name calling and trying to cover their asses. It is fearmongering to ask if the terrorists will feel emboldened by rejecting President Bush for John Kerry. It is fearmongering to take the real possibility of presidential assassination and ask if John Edwards is qualified to succeed to the Presidency.
Somehow it is not fearmongering to tell American voters that their job will not be there, their health will decline, and that the rest of the world hates us.
At the town hall meeting, Kerry goes on to say:
"But I can do a better job of protecting America's security because the test that I was talking about was a test of legitimacy, not just in the globe, but elsewhere."
"If you do things that are illegitimate in the eyes of the other people, it's very hard to get them to share the burden and risk with you."
The test of legitimacy for Kerry remains not whether an action is in the national security interest of the United States, but whether the "international community" will stand around and applaud. How can the Senator believe that other nations will lend support to actions that are necessary for the security of the United States? The Chinese? The Russians? The French? And while we're at it, would any of those nations determine their interests on securing global approval? Don't make me laugh. What would Israel's situation look like if they were to rest their national interests on such a formulation? This moron makes me so angry every time he opens his mouth I want to scream.
Correct. Seeing that you'll never have the job of president, you will never outsource our security.
At the rate they're going, China is looming. dig dig dig
If Bush had made a similar statements, all the news would be leading with this story, laughing and making fun of President Bush's stumble. But since it's Kerry, who is referring to some extraterrestrial test, in addion to a global test, it receives no mention.
As pathetic as, say, a "faces" video?
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