[LSUfan]

I am extremely frustrated that the RNC and the Bush campaign have not used this statement by Kerry at the Democratic debate in South Carolina back on January 29, 2004 against him. Even John "Breck Boy" Edwards called him out on that.

Rove better get off his butt and start realizing what hits home with the American people and pick this up. We could still lose this election and if we do, we could very well lose the war.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A LINK TO VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THAT DEMOCRATIC DEBATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON JANUARY 29TH???????????

We need to find it and spread it around...

[Mia T]

the quote's in this suggested email.

A suggested mass E-mailing---just copy and paste:

subject:
OUR CHILDREN AND THE KERRY PERIL:
in Kerry's own words

YOO-HOO! SECURITY MOMS:
THE TERRORISTS ARE TARGETING YOUR KIDS! (ABC report)

• GEORGE BUSH WILL ACT PREEMPTIVELY TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN
  
• AS HIS 34-YEAR RECORD PROVES . . . JOHN KERRY WILL NOT
  

     discussion, analysis

"It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today on November 2^nd , we make the right choice because if we make the wrong choice, the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States and then we'll fall back into the pre-9/11 mindset , if you will, that in fact these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts and that we're not really at war."

Dick Cheney

 

"We were not at war in the 1990s."

John Kerry
(missing the point entirely that the War on Terror began in earnest with the bombing of the WTC in 1993 and bin Laden's subsequent repeated (and unanswered) declarations and acts of war against America).

 

 

"I think there's been an exaggeration; [President Bush] has exaggerated the threat of terrorism. There needs to be a refocusing. They are really misleading all of America... in a profound way."

John Kerry
Democratic presidential debate, January 29, 2004, Greenville, S.C.

 

"The War on Terror is less... is occasionally military but it's primarily an intelligence and law enforcement operation.

John Kerry

 

"The Bush Administration is so entralled by the idea of preemption and American military might. This is the consequence of the policy that regards legitimacy as largely a product of force and victory as primarily a triump of arms."

John Kerry
COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS , 3 December 2003

 

"A threat that is real and imminent. That is the only justificatiion for going to war."

John Kerry
acceptance speech, July 29, 2004

 

"Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in [their] sanity and restraint... is not a strategy, and it is not an option."

George Bush
State of the Union Address, The U.S. Capitol, January 28, 2003

 

"I listened to what Senator Kerry had to say in Boston [Kerry acceptance speech], and, with all due respect to the Senator, he views the world as if we had never been attacked on September 11th. The job of the Commander-in-Chief, as he sees it, is to use America's military strength to respond to attacks. But September 11th showed us, as surely as anything can, that we must act against gathering dangers - not wait for to be attacked. That awful day left some 3,000 of our fellow citizens dead, and everything we have learned since tells us the terrorists would do worse if they could, and that they will even use chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons against us if they can. In the world we live in now, responding to attacks is not enough. We must do everything in our power to prevent attacks -- and that includes using military force." 

Dick Cheney

 

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ONE:

LEHRER: New question. Two minutes, Senator Kerry.
What is your position on the whole concept of preemptive war?

KERRY: The president always has the right, and always has had the right, for preemptive strike. That was a great doctrine throughout the Cold War. And it was always one of the things we argued about with respect to arms control.... But if and when you do it, Jim, you have to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people understand fully why you're doing what you're doing and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons....

LEHRER: Ninety seconds.

BUSH: Let me -- I'm not exactly sure what you mean, "passes the global test," you take preemptive action if you pass a global test.
My attitude is you take preemptive action in order to protect the American people, that you act in order to make this country secure.





Good Morning America
September 29, 2004

JOHN KERRY:
"We should not have gone to war, knowing the information we know today....


DIANE SAWYER:
"So, it was not worth it."


JOHN KERRY:
"You should not -- eh -- it depends on the outcome, ultimately, and that depends on the leadership. And we need better leadership to get the job done successfully. I would not have gone to war knowing there was no imminent threat, weapons of mass destruction, there was no connection with al Qaeda and to Saddam Hussein. The president -- eh -- misled the American people. Plain and simple. Bottom line."


DIANE SAWYER:
"So, if it turns out okay, it was worth it? -- "


JOHN KERRY (interrupts) :
"No."


DIANE SAWYER:
"...but now it wasn -- ?"


JOHN KERRY (interrupts again) :
"It was a mistake to do what he did but we have to succeed now that we've done it.

Good Morning America
September 29, 2004
for discussion, goto:
Diane Sawyer Nails Kerry Peril (PREEMPTION + KERRY'S EX POST FACTO REASONING)




Larry King Live
July 8, 2004

"Well, I haven't been briefed [about the new al Qaeda plans of a large-scale attack on the United States] yet, Larry. They have offered to brief me; I just haven't had time."

John Kerry
Larry King Live, July 8, 2004
(NB: Radio City, July 8, 2004, Nantucket, July 17, 2004)

(viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)

 

election update!
JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT~THE SERIES

OUR CHILDREN AND THE KERRY PERIL: in Kerry's own words
A suggested mass E-mailing

YOO-HOO! SECURITY MOMS:
THE TERRORISTS ARE TARGETING YOUR KIDS!

DEBATE ONE
NO GYP SHEET

Est-ce que je peux?
préemption et l'essai global

KERRY'S "GLOBAL TEST" FOR PREEMPTION:
WHY SECURITY MOMS WILL VOTE FOR BUSH

Diane Sawyer Nails Kerry Peril
PREEMPTION + KERRY'S EX POST FACTO REASONING

WINDSURFER WATERLOO
why the surfboard--not the snowboard--is (to mix war metaphors) Kerry's Achilles' heel

Windsurfing in the Persian Gulf

John "One Position on Iraq" Kerry's 1971 Replay

YOO-HOO DAN RATHER!
KERRY'S BELATED "HONORABLE" DISCHARGE:
Is a less-than-honorable discharge and clinton "pardon" behind Kerry's refusal to sign form 180 to release ALL of his records?

RATHERGATE IS ANOTHER WATERGATE: The Nexus

CARL BERNSTEIN: RATHERGATE MAY BE ANOTHER WATERGATE

CLUELESS: O'REILLY AND PODHORETZ ON RATHERGATE

THE KERRY-RATHER-BARNES FORGERIES DECONSTRUCTED

HEAR THE FIRST VEEP DEBATE NOW! (the whole ball of wax)
CHENEY WARNS AMERICA: THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT OUR SURVIVAL
KERRY-EDWARDS TRIES TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE

KERRY'S VIETNAM FIXATION
PART 1: advice from bill

Kerry's new W offensive

YOO-HOO! UNDECIDEDS + "PERSUADABLES"
HEAR THE SPEECH JOHN KERRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HEAR
(WHY INFORMED, RATIONAL DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE FOR BUSH)

DECONSTRUCTING ZELL MILLER

EXPLOITING MAX CLELAND

Kerry is UNFIT #21: THUMBSUCKER SERIES
BOARDHEAD TO THE RESCUE

The Left's Fatally Flawed "Animal Farm" Mentality
(Why America Must NEVER AGAIN Elect a Democrat President)

Kerry is UNFIT #20: THUMBSUCKER SERIES
PREEMPTION-(the whole ball of wax)

CONTEMPLATING KERRY'S "GUT"

A PRESIDENT KERRY MAY BE ABHORRENT
...BUT IS IT EVEN CONSTITUTIONAL?

getting kerry's goat
john kerry lacks presidential temperament

Two Psychologists on Kerry: Dangerous on National Security

YOO-HOO! followthemoney.org. . .
OVER HERE!

"bombastic ass" is not the antidote to "boorish ass"
(or why Keith Olbermann Cannot Do Cleanup for Chris Matthews)

UNFIT #19:
JOHN KERRY'S "MORE SENSITIVE WAR ON TERROR"

THE COMPLEAT JOHN KERRY
WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA

Kerry, NOT Bush, paralyzed by 9/11 attacks
Hear Kerry admit he could not think

THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES ³
UNFIT #10: 9/10 mindset

THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES ₂
KERRY-DEMOCRAT CONTEMPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY[annotated]

THE DEMOCRATS-ARE-GONNA-GET-US-KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES₁

dox in sox on lummox in box on fox

THE REAL "REAL DEAL"
(what Kerry's commanders and crewmates REALLY think of him--with transcripts)

Did John Kerry pick a running mate or hire a lawyer when he selected John Edwards?

THE MAN FROM HOPE: been there, done that

"Hope is on the way!" (the scoop)

THE TERRORISTS' USEFUL IDIOTS
all the usual suspects

A Vote for Kerry is a Vote for the Terrorists

ELECTION BOTTOM LINE:
TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER or TERRORIST ANNIHILATOR

JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES: 8/10/04 UPDATE!
taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief

JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES:
taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief

UNFIT #9-JOHN KERRY: DEADLY OPPORTUNIST
SELF-CONFESSED WAR CRIMlNAL MORPHS INTO SELF-PROMOTER WAR HERO

UNFIT #6: The Deadly Kerry-Hollywood Axis
HOW CAN YOU PUT YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN ITS HANDS?

UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#1-making the tough choices in a post-9/11 world
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#2-understanding the job description

UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#3-sang-froid and the "nuclear" button

UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#4 - Kerry champions tolerance for terrorists

sanitizing evil
Kerry Cabal Censors Nick Berg Decapitation

"Loose Cannon" Kerry's AWOL/PURPLE-HEART FRAUD

pro-islamofascist-terrorist radical chic

USEFUL IDIOTS

MOORE IS LESS--THE MOVIE

The Cycle of Violence:
NOW WITH HYPERLINKED INSTRUCTION MANUAL

JOHN KERRY'S RECKLESS TET-OFFENSIVE-GAMBIT REPLAY:
the left's jihad against America is killing our troops, aiding + abetting the terrorists and imperiling all Americans

bill clinton, boy "genius," unwittingly bares all on BBC

deconstructing clinton… "just because I could"

vetting missus clinton...

The Parallel Universe of Jamie Gorelick

nepotism + tokenism = a nancy pelosi
(or a hillary clinton)

Kerry's Belated Condemnation Focuses on Process
Kerry Lacks Moral Authority to Condemn Content

"CRY BUSH" + Iraqi-Prisoner "Abuse"
What are the Dems up to?

DON'T BELIEVE YOUR LYING EARS (The Perjurer Returns)
(Clinton: Claims I Turned Down Bin Laden are 'Bull')

The Mary Jo White Memo:
Documentation of clintons' and Gorelick's willful, seditious malfeasance

What is the REAL Reason for Gorelick's Wall?

giant sucking sound
KERRY MAKES DUKAKIS LOOK CONSERVATIVE, SMART + JUDICIOUS

Q ERTY6 ^{utter failure}_BUMP

Lib Author Regrets Voting (TWICE!) for clinton
"Sickened" by clinton's Failure to Protect America from Terrorism

MUST-READ BOOK FOR DEMOCRATS:
How clintons' Failures Unleashed Global Terror
(Who in his right mind would ever want the clintons back in the Oval Office?)

The Man Who Warned America
(Why a Rapist is Not a Fit President)

UDAY: "The end is near… this time I think the… Americans are serious, Bush is not like Clinton."

 

 

MORE

 

[Dr Snide]

It really seems pretty obvious doesn't it? Silent screen displaying scenes from 9/11, Russia school attack, and Madrid ending with John Kerry's voice saying the threat of terrorism is exaggerated.

That would be it, end of story, thanks for your participation Senator Kerry we have some wonderful parting gifts for you. But the Republicans continue to not have the nerve to do what they need to do to win (much like Bush Sr.). Maybe some 527 group will have the courage to do it.

[The Turbanator]

"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."

Body bags of dead children in Russia

Mr. Kerry maybe you will sing a different toon when these images are from a school in your home town.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1239030/posts

[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.

[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.

[Tunehead54]

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

[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.

[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.

[SerpentDove]

The campaign commercial that is CRYING to be made is one showing clips of WTC, Cole, Spain,Beslan, beheadings (or scenes leading up to them), Hilton in Egypt, etc. etc...

The closing clip is Horseface saying, "I think the terrorist threat has been exaggerrated."

[The Sons of Liberty]

Thanks for the post. It is more evidence that J F'ng Kerry is operating in a dream world!

[maine-iac7]

What about this statement - just right for today - re the UN - and how he'll turn our military - our sovereignty - over to them

link http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=357339

quote printed in 11 Feb 2004 Harvard Crimson -

Old Crimson Interview Reveals A More Radical John Kerry

“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" unquote

And there you have Kerry's "Global Test" - unless he's changed his mine, of course. Flip flopping is the only thing he's consistent about...

[F.J. Mitchell]

Kerry's theme song:

Row, row, row your boat,
gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily,merrily,
life is but a dream.

[maine-iac7]

What about this statement - just right for today - re the UN - and how he'll turn our military - our sovereignty - over to them

link

[PeterFinn]

"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."

Yeah, Kerry, just ignore that little thing that happened in New York a couple of years ago. It wasn't terror, it was just some misguided youth out on a lark.

F*** you, Kerry. I ain't buying what you're selling!

[VOA]

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