Kerry says threat of terrorism is exaggerated

The Washington Times ^ | January 30, 2004 | Brian DuBose

[LSUfan]

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts said during last night's Democratic presidential debate that the threat of terrorism has been exaggerated.

    "I think there has been an exaggeration," Mr. Kerry said when asked whether President Bush has overstated the threat of terrorism. "They are misleading all Americans in a profound way."

[RedBloodedAmerican]

You know, if people would do a search and/or just check your posts alone, there would be less duplicates and vanities.

[reagandemo]

What "W" needs to do is pause and then talk in a very low and slow voice and tell the audience this: "My opponent claims that I have exaggerated the threat of terrorism. I am a parent and as so I can tell you that when our troops discovered a CD rom on a terrorist in Bagdhad which had the emergency evacuation plans for U.S. schools in 6 states my resolve was hardened even more than it has been since 911 to stamp out these murderers. These animals are plotting to do the same to our children as they did in Russia and this man claims that I am exaggerating. Well I would rather take the arrows of his criticism than apologize to the parents of dead children because I had not adequately protected their loved ones.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Bump.

[LSUfan]

Excellent. Bush could pull that off too. I don't trust Rove to train him up on it though. Rove has NO CLUE about national security. If he did, this election would already be over.

[paulcissa]

Didn't John Edwards state during the debate with Cheney that al-Qaida was in 60 countries?: "There are 60 countries who have members of al-Qaida in them. How many of those countries are we going to invade?"

This is just another example of trying to have it both ways. Whatever works at the moment. How can the American people accept the Kerry position of "exaggeration"?

These examples need to be plowed back down their throats in front of as many Americans as possible. Exposing these consistent frauds should be the number one sound bite for the next three weeks. My 2 cents.

[MeekOneGOP]

Turn your speakers up, then
click here or on the pic, lol !

[lolhelp]

I think Kerry and the democrat liberals want to bring this country down, more even than the terrorists do and he has every since he joined up with the damn Jane Fonda bunch of idiots. This man is the biggest risk to our freedom than anything or anyone in the world. Talk about the enemy within, he wins. If he should ever get in the white house we are doomed.

[luvie]

RUSH JUST MENTIONED THIS STORY!!!

[AQGeiger]

We know that Rush was FReeping this morning...

[luvie]

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOO! Rush will help crush that cretin!!

[Tunehead54]

Turn on Rush now! 1st 2 minutes he brought it up! ;-)

[reagandemo]

You might be right about Karl but then again he seems to be pretty shrewd. Bush's forte is like Reagan's he can talk to the average American in simple straight language. Bush needs to cut out all the silly platitudes and wonk-isms and go straight for what the moms and dads of this country think of most their family's protection and how he is better at doing it.

[onehipdad]

I for one am of the opinion that to exploit this reckless idiocy would be to put it on par with the statement itself. For the same reason the administration would not wish to be proven otherwise by saying that OBL is probably dead, it should not be drawn into a debate over the estimation of potential threats.

Yes, there are many ignorant stupid Americans who will vote the wrong way this year but I put my trust in a well-informed prudent-thinking majority, and it's an insult to that majority's intelligence to characterize the management of national security as politically-motivated.

[jb6]

What the hell is he snorting? I guess until Beslans and bus bombings are common in the US he won't change.

[TommyDale]

I suppose Kerry thinks the pictures on 9-11 were exaggerated, too? This comment by Kerry should be stuffed down his throat -- the further the better.

[Gucho]

"Kerry says threat of terrorism is exaggerated"

After 9/11 there is no exaggeration whatsoever. Other threats:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-08/10/content_363689.htm

[Ima Lurker]

We could still lose this election and if we do, we could very well lose the war.

And if we do, well, I don't even want to think about it.

What is it with the Bush men and running for re-election? As we all know, Papa Bush had a very lackadaisical bid for a second term. W hasn't been nearly as bad as that, but it still seems to me that the Republicans are more interested as being perceived as "nice" than actually winning the election.

[hosepipe]

[ "I think there has been an exaggeration," Mr. Kerry said when asked whether President Bush has overstated the threat of terrorism. "They are misleading all Americans in a profound way." ]

He(Kerry) is of course RIGHT/correct/accurate/plugged in......

Terrorism would calm right down.. not completely ... but somewhat as the American Demotroll Party was exposed as the allies they are to terrorism.. Oh! add to that the Demotroll propaganda wing the MSM media.. not only on TV but a wide span of agitprop outlets, worldwide.. Are the american demotrolls that bad ?... Absolutely.. The clean up here at home is the war that is NOT being fought.. The american colleges are seething drain fields holding allies to the terrorists.. as is the NEA... and so many other powerful organizations..

Clean up America and the terrorists would calm right down.. The same people that cannot see socialism as slavery (read evil) are the same ones that cannot see islam is slavery (read evil).. I don't like the word evil becuse it has a religious context.. I prefer anti-freedom.. Freedom is not license because license is slavery.

Whoever is promoteing license is anti-freedom.. like liberatrians and democrats and the muslim terrorists ?. They are just lobbying for slavery to the mullahs.. like goats.. American liberatarians, democrats(and related parties) and the terrorists are all goats being separated from the sheep.. which of course are those graduated from american public schools.. its the american colleges that morph them into goats.. There are indeed wolves into animal husbandry in america.. Who are the wolves ?
So, How then do you get from goat to sheep to WOLF ?

Thats another story..

[weegee]

"Kerry Institutes a CYA Policy on National Security". Since he is weak in this area he says that the threat is overstated.

And we all know that when the first attack comes to America under the Kerry Administration he will blame the Bush Administration for leaving him vulnerable. Same excuse when he does not find Bin Laden.

The left is saying that President Bush has done nothing to catch Bin Laden. How long should President Kerry be allowed before he is "guilty" of the same thing?

The 'rats would rather win the election than win the war.

F. Democrats.

[Raquel]

"Prayers that God spares this nation from the dangers of a Kerry Presidency"

God help me, John Kerry is threatening my children, and I despise him.