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Part II: The Days After: Flashback: Bush "Tired of Swatting at Flies"; Kerry Sees Terrorists as "Nui
CBS News ^
| Sept. 10, 2003
Posted on 10/11/2004 10:34:32 AM PDT by counterpunch
In the cabinet room, the president made clear what was next: The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror, they were acts of war.
To the war cabinet, al Qaeda was no surprise. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice says the administration had been at work on a plan to strike bin Ladens organization well before Sept. 11.
The president said, You know Im tired of swatting at flies, I need a strategy to eliminate these guys, recalls Rice.
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When I heard Kerry calling terrorism a "nuisance", I was reminded of how President Bush lead us out of that dangerous September 10th mentality of "swatting at flies."
This comparison needs to be made.
To: counterpunch
Kerry returns our policy of response to a fly-swatter.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:35:56 AM PDT
by
WoodstockCat
(DNC and John Kerry: Forgers R' Us)
To: counterpunch
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:36:27 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: WoodstockCat
Kerry returns our policy of response to a fly-swatter.Add flyswatters to the list of Kerry props. In addition to the flip-flops.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:37:48 AM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
("Anyone who calls Moore a Dumb $#$@$ is okay with me." -areafiftyone)
To: counterpunch
The RATS still act as it 9/11 never happened. I really believe they think it was our fault we were attacked on that day and they have more compassion for terrorists than their own citizens. President Bush's response was right and it has put the terrorists on the run.
To: counterpunch
If Kerry had half a brain, he'd have learned to keep his pie-hole shut on this topic, but noooooo....
Memo to Karl Rove: Lock and Load! This is OUR issue, OUR rules of engagement now apply!
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:40:13 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Moconservative
The RATs are still pretending that terrorism didn't exist prior to 9/11.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:41:27 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The economy won't matter if you're dead.)
To: counterpunch
Kerry continues to reflect the state of denial the Democrats are in regarding 9/11. If Kerry wins, it means America hasn't been hurt badly enough to seriously take up arms against terrorists; a condition that AQ and co. will eventually remedy.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:41:35 AM PDT
by
Spok
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:42:16 AM PDT
by
FesterUSMC
("If you don't have the hammer, you are going to be the anvil, and I would rather have the hammer!")
To: counterpunch
since the source here is SeeBS, the attempt is being made here
to show how kerry's "nuisance" remark is NO DIFFERENT than
the President referring to terrorists as "flies". See that ?
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:42:31 AM PDT
by
kingattax
(FreeRepublic leads...others follow)
To: counterpunch
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:44:45 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(When will the ABCNNBC BS lunatic libs stop Rathering to Americans? Answer: NEVER!)
To: kingattax
Oh, I saw that clearly.
Problem is, it doesn't work. ;-D
If it DID work, it would be headlines. But it doesn't.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:45:25 AM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(First we were digital brownshirts then we were pajamahadeen, now we're the piranha of the internet)
To: Grampa Dave
Soon, Kerry will be just a nuisance.....
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:47:13 AM PDT
by
international american
(Support our troops!! Send Kerry back to Bedlam,Massachusetts!!)
To: Grampa Dave
That is an awesome picture and heading. The Bush campaign should use that.
To: kingattax
This article is over a year old.
I made the inference, not CBS.
The idea here is that Bush made the decision to depart the Clinton era policy of "swatting at flies" which lead to a whole lot of nothing, and to engage the terrorists in all out war.
Kerry still sees terrorism through the prism of September 10th. He still sees terrorism as a "nuisance", like those flies that Clinton would occasionally swat.
Kerry just said that we need to return to the Clinton law enforcement approach to terrorism, and the comparison of "nuisance" to "swatting at flies" is the most succinct way of exposing just where Kerry really stands.
Kerry's "tough talk" on the campaign trail has been nothing but empty rhetoric. He still lives in a September 10th world. His facade has finally cracked, and the light of day is starting to shine through.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:50:32 AM PDT
by
counterpunch
(The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
To: counterpunch
thats true.....more people are beginning to see him as
being totally impotent against terrorists. kerry sounds about
as competent on the subject as TeRayZa. mr and mrs 9-10
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:55:11 AM PDT
by
kingattax
(FreeRepublic leads...others follow)
To: Moconservative; bootyist-monk
bootyist-monk did a great job with that picture.
It summarizes the elitist Kerry and his hatred of Americans so well.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:57:40 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(When will the ABCNNBC BS lunatic libs stop Rathering to Americans? Answer: NEVER!)
To: kingattax
Yep.
"Swatting at flies" is so 9/10.
That's where Kerry wants to "get back to".
Flies are "nuisance", that's why you just swat at them.
Bush sees terrorism as a global war, that's why he blows them up.
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posted on
10/11/2004 10:59:54 AM PDT
by
counterpunch
(The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
To: international american
One of my oldest friends said that he hopes that Kerry is remembered by conservatives like Mondale and Dukakass after the election in November.
We will remember him as left wing joke and a gift for our side like Mondale and Dukakass.
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posted on
10/11/2004 11:00:46 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(When will the ABCNNBC BS lunatic libs stop Rathering to Americans? Answer: NEVER!)
To: counterpunch
Kerry & Edwards are constantly talking about the $200 billion spent to rebuild Iraq.
This is $200b for Medicine, Education, Police, Fire, Harbor patrol, securing Nuclear facilities....
Leadership is about choices. They choose to spend $$$ here believing they can protect USA by National "Neighborhood" Watches.
What is worse, is they salivate at spending that money here, knowing full well it requires Burocrats to Administer, Union contracts to award, Union employees to engage, democratic largess to seek future IOUs....
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posted on
10/11/2004 11:03:51 AM PDT
by
Prost1
(To trust John Kerry is to hate America!)
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