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Kerry Trashes Bush in Baghdad
NewsMax.com ^ | Jan. 6, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 01/06/2005 8:49:58 AM PST by Carl/NewsMax

Visiting with U.S. troops in Baghdad on Thursday, failed presidential candidate John Kerry trashed Commander-in-chief George Bush for making "horrendous judgments" and "unbelievable blunders" that have undermined the war effort.

In a series of demoralizing comments first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the defeated Democrat griped, "What is sad about what's happening here now is that so much of it is a process of catching up from the enormous miscalculations and wrong judgments made in the beginning."

Kerry said that because of the Bush administration's mistakes, "the job has been made enormously harder."

Among the errors cited by the disgruntled Democrat: the decision by former U.S. occupation leader Paul Bremer's to disband the Iraqi army and purge the government of former members of Hussein's Baath Party.

Both moves were have fueled the Sunni insurgency, he claimed, lamenting, "Mistakes have been made."

Then, perhaps sensing he'd gone too far, the 2008 White House hopeful cut short the Bush-bashing, saying, "Now, it's a different time and different set of judgments that have to be made. I'm here to make judgments about what moves are available to us."


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To: Maceman

Indeed, aren't they taking up the actual elector vote count today?

AWOL again.


141 posted on 01/06/2005 9:42:37 AM PST by OriginalChristian (Christians are being PERSECUTED. It has only just begun...)
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To: mhking
What's Ketchup Boy doing in Baghdad?

Aiding and abetting the enemy as he always has done.

142 posted on 01/06/2005 9:42:38 AM PST by RetiredArmy (DEMOCRATIC PARTY : Enemies of the Republic)
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To: All
SINK VIET CONG SHIP
HANOI KERRY
"MOUNT 52 : REPEAT"



143 posted on 01/06/2005 9:42:45 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (US Senate AND Main Stream Right Wing Media READ US Constitution 14th Amendment Section 3)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

"You guys are doomed. Your leaders are leading you to your death. I'd desert, if I were you. We're losing the war and in my opinion we ought to. Cutting and running would be my recommendation. When I get back to Congress, I will be recommending that all funding for your supplies be cut drastically. Now, stay safe out there!"


144 posted on 01/06/2005 9:43:20 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Guffaw!


145 posted on 01/06/2005 9:44:34 AM PST by phancypants
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To: All
"Kerry entered and abandoned Vietnamese village and slaughtered domestic animals
owned by the civilians and burned down their homes with his Zippo lighter."




It only takes one idiot to raze a village!
(My original response!)




146 posted on 01/06/2005 9:44:38 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (US Senate AND Main Stream Right Wing Media READ US Constitution 14th Amendment Section 3)
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To: Taylor42

We'll talk to you once you figure out the difference between "whose" and "who's"!


147 posted on 01/06/2005 9:45:42 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Pass Tort Reform Now! Make the bottom clean for the catfish!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Carl...find out what the troops reaction to these comments were.


148 posted on 01/06/2005 9:46:15 AM PST by mystery-ak (Become a monthly donor)
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To: All
I'm John Kerry and I approve this ad.


149 posted on 01/06/2005 9:46:29 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (US Senate AND Main Stream Right Wing Media READ US Constitution 14th Amendment Section 3)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
To say what a scumbag is a disservice to scumbags!

To say what I think is a crime!

150 posted on 01/06/2005 9:47:15 AM PST by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: All
I'm John Kerry and I approve
the desecration of the American Flag.



151 posted on 01/06/2005 9:47:39 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (US Senate AND Main Stream Right Wing Media READ US Constitution 14th Amendment Section 3)
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To: Admin Moderator

In my humble opinion, I don't feel that ANY comment made on this thread against John Kerry could be remotley evil enough to be removed. This man is a scumbag for what he just did!!!!!!!

That is just my opnion, thank you.


152 posted on 01/06/2005 9:47:52 AM PST by Hand em their arse
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To: Carl/NewsMax; dirtboy; Cincinatus
Kerry said ............."the job has been made enormously harder."

About as hard as getting your sorry, scrawny *ss into the Senate every now and then.

153 posted on 01/06/2005 9:48:04 AM PST by beyond the sea (Andrea Mitchell is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
I'm here to make judgments about what moves are available to us."

Why Clymer? You're NOT the President or Commander in Chief, you have no say in the decisions on how to prosecute the war.

154 posted on 01/06/2005 9:49:12 AM PST by anoldafvet (Every time a child is born, it reaffirms God's faith in humanity.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Hey Senator Kerry, F&*K YOU!


155 posted on 01/06/2005 9:49:42 AM PST by trubluolyguy (Co-ed naked FReepin' dude!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

This sort of interference with an active war op has got to be illegal. Isn't it? There are a number of laws dealing with treason that I believe are not being enforced. Realpolitik ties the hands of justice.


156 posted on 01/06/2005 9:49:46 AM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

What's he running for now?


157 posted on 01/06/2005 9:50:20 AM PST by firebrand
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To: Maceman
He didn't want the rest of the Senate to see him cry. Teresa told him she would make him president and now he's acting p(9th letter)ssy because he didn't get his way.
158 posted on 01/06/2005 9:50:48 AM PST by MKM1960
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Unbelievable....treason how do we spell your name -- j-o-h-n-k-e-r-r-y


159 posted on 01/06/2005 9:52:18 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Remember this?

KERRY PASSES UP TERROR BRIEFING:

'I JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME'

Fri Jul 09 2004 09:23:56 ET

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

Just hours before attending an all-star celebrity fundraising concert in New York, Dem presidential candidate John Kerry revealed how has been too busy for a real-time national security briefing.

"I just haven't had time," Kerry explained in an interview.

Kerry made the startling comments on CNN's LARRY KING LIVE Thursday night.

KING: News of the day, Tom Ridge warned today about al Qaeda plans of a large-scale attack on the United States. Didn't increase the -- you see any politics in this? What's your reaction?

KERRY: Well, I haven't been briefed yet, Larry. They have offered to brief me. I just haven't had time.

Developing...


And this?

Money trail behind Kerry's Iran stance

Candidate has financial ties to backers of mullah regime

Posted: October 3, 2004 © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kerry's call for providing Iran with the nuclear fuel it seeks, even while the regime is believed to be only months away from developing nuclear weapons, is being linked to his campaign contributions from backers of the mullah government in Tehran. [snip]

"You talk about mixed messages," he said. "We're telling other people, 'You can't have nuclear weapons, but we're pursuing a new nuclear weapon that we might even contemplate using.'"

"Not this president," Kerry said. "I'm going to shut that program down, and we're going to make it clear to the world we're serious about containing nuclear proliferation."

160 posted on 01/06/2005 9:52:39 AM PST by JesseJane ("Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow astronauts." - AlGore)
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