Posted on 10/27/2004 9:04:36 AM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
LITITZ, United States (AFP) - Breaking his silence on missing Iraqi explosives, US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) called Democratic rival John Kerry (news - web sites)'s attacks on the subject "wild charges" levelled in desperation.
At a campaign rally in this crucial state just six days before the election, Bush said US forces were investigating the fate of the 350 tonnes of high explosives and that Kerry was irresponsibly jumping to conclusions.
"The senator is making wild charges about missing explosives," said Bush. "Think about that: The senator is denigrating the action of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts."
"Unfortunately, that's part of a pattern of saying almost anything to get elected," said the president, whom Kerry has accused of incompetent war planning in the wake of media revelations that the explosives went missing.
"America is now investigating a number of possible scenarios, including that the explosives may have been moved before our troops even arrived at the site," said Bush.
"This investigation is important, and a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not the person you want as your commander in chief," said Bush.
His comments came after a top Iraqi science official said it was "impossible" that the explosives could have been smuggled out of a military site south of Baghdad before the regime fell last year.
The UN nuclear watchdog agency this week said the explosives went missing from a weapons dump some time after Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime was toppled in April 2003 by the US-led invasion.
The president gave a new polish to a well-worn campaign attack based on Kerry's assertion that preemptive US military action ought to be able to pass a "global test" of credibility.
"I want to remind the American people: if Senator Kerry had his way, we would still be taking our global test, Saddam Hussein would still be in power, he would control all those weapons and explosives, and could share them with out terrorist enemies," Bush charged.
I think it's possible that Kerry has really walked into this trap, which could last another 5 days.
Kerry should have spent the last week talking about domestic issues... he stupidly, brazenly thought he could play on the President's turf.
We need 527s up with commercials pointing out that Kerry has a lifetime pattern of trashing American troops.
Bush told Kerry off!!! Yippee!!!!
..and now the enemy (DEMS and MSM) have given us the REASON to show these photos, and the REASON to demand Syria relinquish these weapons. After all, the DEMS are admitting SOMEONE stole them.
The CHESS game isn't over, but the other side has lost a lot of pieces.
Couple their own admissions of guilt with satellite photos and throw in the kitchen sink. Burn, NYT, Burn.
"Also on CNN yesterday they said that before the news media could get the story on the air they had all been flooded with emails by the Kerry organization...this was obvisouly one of Kerry's October surprises....."
You mean this was not an independent story from the news media, but an orchestrated campaign with the DNC? /sarcasm
Think again.
Had Bush responded on day 1, it would have been "a desperate President Bush went into damage control mode..." It would have been worse by far than anything JF'nK has been saying.
Since then, however, the story has been widely discredited, the NYT got scalded by a "false letter," CBS News has been revealed, once again, as a partisan anti-Bush organization, and Kerry has stupidly persisted in the attacks, even though it's clear he doesn't know the facts.
And thus Bush has been handed a very large stick to club them with.
I'd say that a little patience has yielded tremendous rewards.... I would like to see them quickly turn out an ad on this, though. It would be incredibly damaging to F'n.
Predicted response: "I won't have my patriotism questioned by a man who wouldn't serve when his country called. I won't stand for it".
which is always comic, because he just did "stand for it".
The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me in spite of this I shall be confident.
Psalm 27:1-3
The Lord is in control and he will show his power once again. This is the best part of the game when it is in the 4th quarter and 2 mins left. That is when the juices start flowing and the fun begins and this is getting fun. GW is in a great position and one more long play and the game is over.
This election has been truly historic in so many ways, but the most powerful transparency is the exposure of the collusion between the media and the Rat Party. There is no longer a pretense of fairness left in the Stone-age press and have removed any ethics they had left from their reporting to become a 24/7 attack ad for Yaawn Cut & Ran Kerry.
DespeRat times call for despeRat measures and the Libs are on the precipice of extinction as we have known them. Rather than search out the truth, PravdABDNC has become destortors of the truth for the campaign. The forged AWOL documents was the beginning and now we have the phony explosive charges. We now find that the explosives were most likely never in the bunkers when our troops arrived and they refuse to print the truth. The Liberals are always more than eager to smear our Military and CIA to get at our President. For Libs that is a two-for. Now watch them try to drag out the Uranium scare or some other nebulous Monday Morning Armchair General attack.
This is how devoid of soul the Liberal Establishment has become. Rather than search for the news or provide a dialogue for important issues they have become Michael Mooreons distorting and framing GW with ridiculous charges. He has become the sloven standard bearer that the Old Media has lowered itself to.
We as a Country needed to have this revealed. We needed to have a clear delineation of how valid the information we have entering our homes and Country. Just as the Enron scandal was a blight on the investors in the short run, cleaning out the charlatans provided an important valuable service in the long run. It showed investors who to avoid and began a thorough evaluation of the accounting practices in industry. Cleaning out the Old York Times and the DNCBS of their charlatans will be a valuable service in the future for knowing who to believe and who to ignore, especially during these dangerous times.
This election has been an eye opening election for the entire Country. It is now crystal clear who and what we can and can’t trust. Unfortunately for the Stone-age press, they overplayed their hand and are headed for the Bomb Bunkers of History.
Pray for W and Our Election
Guess who headed the COMMITTEE on POW/MIA's??????????
"LITITZ, United States (AFP) - Breaking his silence on missing Iraqi explosives, US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) called Democratic rival John Kerry (news - web sites)'s attacks on the subject "wild charges" levelled in desperation." That is good America president strong America President strong is good I do not like that America person Kerry that person is comunist dork toilet I do read what CNN BBC talk CNN BBC do not like strong America strong Poland strong Brytania that persons do not like good persons. Be strong America President I like you!!!
"Hey, MSM, speak to the hands !"
Sounds good to me.
Can't get in front of a news cycle that the MSM prefabracates.
Look at what happend to rathergate. Bush held his tounge and let it all unwind in kerry's face.
The newscycle is not 24 hours anymore, and not constrained to televison.
Not only conservatives read bolgs. Bush is doing just what he should do.
Yes!!!
That's why they call GWB misunderestimated.
This guy is an absolute genius. Steady, dependable, brilliant leadership (and a strong, vital relationship with God...who is running this thing.)
isn't kerry slitting his own throat?
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