Posted on 10/20/2004 10:47:17 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
NEW YORK -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he would discontinue the color-coded terror alerts issued by the Department of Homeland Security and find "some more thoughtful way of alerting America," according to an interview in Rolling Stone magazine.
"I think Americans, sadly, laugh at it," Kerry said, referring to the alerts in an interview to be published Friday in Rolling Stone. "They don't know what to do."
Kerry said he felt "a sense of bitter disappointment" by the ads run by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that questioned his conduct and the medals he received as a naval lieutenant during the Vietnam War. But he insisted he and others had dealt effectively with the ad controversy, despite widespread criticism that his campaign had been slow to respond.
"Look, when people hold up something that's a complete and total lie, it takes a few days to show people and convince them. We did. They've been completely discredited," Kerry said. "I was surprised that the media, even when they knew it was lies, continued to cover it and treat it as entertainment."
Normally fit and athletic, Kerry said that the lengthy presidential campaign had left him in the worst shape he'd been in many years. And he lashed out at critics who made fun of his decision to windsurf during the Republican National Convention, saying "it shows how pathetic and diversionary they are."
As for pop culture, Kerry said his favorite songs were "Satisfaction," Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones, and that his favorite album was "Abbey Road" by the Beatles. His favorite Vietnam-related movie is "The Deer Hunter."
A Bruce Springsteen fan, Kerry said he was "elated" that Springsteen had agreed to appear in several Vote for Change concerts promoting Kerry's candidacy.
"To have him out there is both a privilege and exciting -- I hope it has an impact on the outcome," he said.
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I want a more "thoughtful" way of being warned and a more "sensitive" war...
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I don't laugh off the terror alert and by John Kerry saying Americans do, he has diminished it's impact, endangered millions and emboldened our enemy.
The only alert colors we will need under Kerry is white. We can fly it when we surrender, and then drape the bodies of our citizens with it.
Kerry is an imbecile.
Bitter? Ha!!
Just wait until November 3rd and THEN you will truly know the definition of bitter! : )
They forgot to note that Kerry's favorite Red Sox player is Manny Ortez.
Of course he would, those terrorists are just freedom fighters afterall in his mind. Sadly, many here would applaud that decision.
Why doesn't he release all his military records?
Then the world will know who should be bitter.
Notice how well he rehearsed for the pop culture part of the interview.
And I have no doubt that he would, if he could, convince the terrorists through compassionate dialog to be more thoughtful in their be-headings and mass destruction tactics.
I think this is another "What the ....?!" moment for the electorate.
Kerry said 9/ll didn't change him.
His not doing so explains it perfectly.
After all, if he were to be President, who are we the people to ask him for such private and personal information just to help qualify him to be our most powerful "public servant"?
It didn't change my pet Husky either. ; )
So in touch with the American people...
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Which man do we want to go on the tiger hunt?
***... I believe there are two things troubling the soul of America today. One of them is: We really do have enemies out there. The other is: We are really on the wrong track.
Whether they are watching the news from Iraq, where hooded men are sawing off the heads of Americans and blowing up Iraqi civilians who are standing in line to join the Iraqis' own police force, or they are contemplating the suicide bombings from Bali to Istanbul, or they are merely reflecting on 9/11 and the applause that it still receives in certain quarters, nearly all Americans do feel in their gut that we really do have enemies out there.....
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/2858661
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LIBERALS just don't get it. That's why conservatives are always left with cleaning up their messes and why an INFORMED electorate will vote for a conservative during war.
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Teresa needs to give Kerry some kibble and take him out for a walk.
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