Posted on 10/10/2004 1:26:50 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Kerry: 'We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance'...
Geeez they have not been just a "nuisance" since they were fighting the Ruskees in Afghanistan
One great problem of the 1990s is that Clinton/algore viewed terrorism as a mere 'nuisance' and failed to take (or even consider) most of the steps needed to prevent a 9/11 or worse. For Kerry to express nostaligia for that failed approach in the NY TIMES is scandalous and should be devastating for his campaign prospects. Someone of his pre-9/11 mentality should never be president in 2005-09. He says in the same article that 9/11 barely changed him and then expresses this nostaligia for the days when he could regard terrorism as a 'nuisance' -- that's the "law enforcement" mentality of Clinton, algore, Reno, & company that brought us 9/11.
Who'd have thought Karl Rove's October suprises would include a complete meltdown by Kerry in just a handful of words?
Yep and too many people are following him down a path to disaster.
Right on! Maybe he meant nuanced nuisances.
This is really amazing. That moron, John Kerry actually believes that "Terrorism" is strictly a law enforcement problem. Karl Rove and GW Bush should go after this idiot with both barrels. This fool Kerry is a traitor!!! I guess he always has been. And....if the American people are so dumb, and elect this guy, then they deserve every thing that will come their way. Bin Laden and his boys must be getting their jollies tonight. Shoot, John Kerry might as well belly up to the bar with Bin Laden and company. Maybe they can teach him how to behead American citizens!!!
I just looked and it's still there
In 8mm, no less. LOL!
Did any of you ever watch that horrible political thing George Clooney put on HBO last Fall? It showed the C & B training Howard Dean....
As Ronald Reagan once said, "Well, that's a silly little whistle."
Bush-Cheney '04 Launches New Television Advertisement, "World View" (uses Kerry's "nuisance" line)
It's easy to see the context of this statement, although it's a very, very poor choice of words.
It's no where near as bad, clueless or outrageous as the statements he's made about selling Iran uranium or justifying our military actions before world opinion. Which just freaks me out.
It's still there as of this posting
"it we try to say that Kerry thinks terrorism today is nothing more than a nuisance"
But that IS what he thinks:
"The threat of terrorism is exaggerated." JFK, 1-29-04, Democrat primary debate
Disclaimer: My spelling of strunze may be off, the dialect is funny that way...
Go back to Drudge It's still there
Bookmarking
If Ketchup Boy wins in November, the Japanese would have been 64 years early with Pearl Harbor, the Germans would have been 89 years early with the Lusitania, the Brits would have been just under 200 years early with "impressing" our merchant marine into their Navy (need I go on)?
Here lies THE FUNDAMENTAL difference between the DemonRATs and the Pubbies (even more so than taxes and size/scope of government). The RATs see terrorism as nothing more serious than prostitution and organized crime, and as something to be "managed" and tolerated. The Pubbies see terrorism as a means of warfare to be thoroughly defeated. Take a guess as to which argument rings truer to the terrorists (hint; they see terrorism as a means of warfare to threaten and ultimately change "the fabric of your life".)
Watched it -- Good ad -- loved the "Tan" Kerry look...
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