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Kerry Says Country Would Be "far Better Off" With His Military Proposals
AP ^ | 02/15/2005 | Liz Sidoti

Posted on 02/15/2005 7:39:58 AM PST by Phlap

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who lost decisively to President Bush in an election focused on national security, said Tuesday the country would be "far better off" with his proposals for Iraq and the military. "I think my security proposals for the country were smack on, dead on," Kerry said. "I think that had they started to do the things I proposed on Iraq when I proposed them, we would be far better off today. And they are in fact now trying to do some of the things that I proposed.

The Massachusetts senator, meeting with defense reporters, discussed legislation he plans to introduce to permanently increase the size of the military and boost benefits for military families. It's largely the same proposal that Kerry put forth during the campaign. Several similar proposals also are being floated in Congress.

Reflecting on the presidential campaign, Kerry said he had proposed "a far more effective way to make America safer." And, he said, he was "way ahead of the curve" on several areas - like the position of an intelligence chief, the creation of the commission to investigate the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and an increase in the military death gratuity - while "the president dragged his feet."

"Americans accepted that I could be the commander in chief," he said. "What they were unwilling to do was shift commanders in midstream."


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Sixty million didn't thik so.
1 posted on 02/15/2005 7:39:58 AM PST by Phlap
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To: Phlap

Somebody call a WHAAAAAAAAMBULANCE! What a winer Hanoi Kerry is!

2 posted on 02/15/2005 7:40:59 AM PST by PilloryHillary (Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?)
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To: Phlap

Smack on, dead on, huh? I think he's on smack and we'd all be dead if he as in office.


3 posted on 02/15/2005 7:41:14 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: Phlap

Sour grapes, uh... I mean raisins!


4 posted on 02/15/2005 7:41:17 AM PST by Tensgrrl
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To: Phlap

Lets see, Hitlery, sKerry and whatever wack job far lib they find to run in 2008. The rat party is imploding before our eyes.


5 posted on 02/15/2005 7:41:39 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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To: Phlap

Note to Senator Kerry: If you're so f*cking smart, why aren't you president?


6 posted on 02/15/2005 7:41:44 AM PST by Gefreiter (When seconds count, the police are minutes away.)
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To: Phlap

Somebody help! He's stuck on one note....ME-ME-ME-ME-ME-ME-ME-ME-ME


7 posted on 02/15/2005 7:43:04 AM PST by WVNan
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To: Phlap


Peace, Love, Dope!
8 posted on 02/15/2005 7:43:14 AM PST by HMFIC (Fourth Generation American INFIDEL and PROUD OF IT!)
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To: Phlap

Questions for the junior senator from Ma:

Has the current Administration done anything with which you agree?

How do we know you didn't steal "your" ideas from the Administration?


9 posted on 02/15/2005 7:43:47 AM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Phlap

What a Jackass loser He should also quit the Senate..


10 posted on 02/15/2005 7:44:03 AM PST by Fast1
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To: Phlap

You're never going to be the President, Kerry. Get over it and "move on" already, you pathetic loser.


11 posted on 02/15/2005 7:44:16 AM PST by jpl (Islam is a religion of peace, as in "Rest in Peace".)
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Kerry said the country would be "far better off" with his military proposals.

Uh, you misspelled "records".

12 posted on 02/15/2005 7:44:25 AM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: Phlap

I think he better check back with Ohio....he may have something.....maybe that Ketchup Kween of his can fund a new recount?


13 posted on 02/15/2005 7:44:26 AM PST by Vaquero
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To: Phlap

I hear crickets.


14 posted on 02/15/2005 7:44:27 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Phlap
Zell Miller's comment at the RNC Convention:

Armed with what? SPITBALLS?

15 posted on 02/15/2005 7:44:31 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 ("I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for," - Howard Dean 01/29/2005)
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To: Phlap

And you wonder why Rush Limbaugh has often said that liberals are the most kooky when they're out of power. And yes, they are really out of power now.


16 posted on 02/15/2005 7:44:56 AM PST by RayChuang88
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"Americans accepted that I could be the commander in chief..."

Ta-ray-za's gonna b*tchslap him when she hears this.

17 posted on 02/15/2005 7:45:28 AM PST by rickmichaels ("We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way." - Toby Keith)
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To: Phlap

To this day, no one knows what Kerry's proposals were.


18 posted on 02/15/2005 7:45:40 AM PST by Defiant (My finger is stained with ink in solidarity with the brave people of Iraq.)
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To: Phlap

He's just pissed that the Gin and Raisins broad dropped the sKERRY from her name.

LOL!


19 posted on 02/15/2005 7:45:57 AM PST by HMFIC (Fourth Generation American INFIDEL and PROUD OF IT!)
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Uh...WHICH country? France? Germany? Russia?

Certainly not this one...as spoken by me and the other 62+ million voters that rejected this war criminal elitist snob.

And by the way, how would we know what your proposals are, when you still haven't told us what they are--and everything you seem to "propose" that makes sense, the President and this Administration are already doing.

That's why, John Fing, you are sitting in the cheap seats, and the President has the floor.


20 posted on 02/15/2005 7:46:39 AM PST by Christian4Bush ("If Ted Kennedy has his way, democracy in Iraq will suffer the same fate as Mary Jo Kopechne.")
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