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Kerry demands US troop pullout - Regrets his vote for war resolution ("I WAS WRONG")
Boston Globe ^ | June 14, 2006 | Rick Klein, Globe Staff

Posted on 06/14/2006 4:37:20 AM PDT by Chi-townChief

WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry is placing himself at the center of congressional action over the war in Iraq this week with a crisply worded resolution to require President Bush to withdraw almost all US troops by the end of this year.

The measure has exposed Kerry to attacks from Republicans and some Democrats, as critics rushed to tag the plan as a ``cut-and-run" strategy. But it also has made him a rallying point for antiwar activists.

The sweeping resolution amounts to the senator's sharpest condemnation of the war and his broadest repudiation of his own vote to authorize force. It also stands in contrast to his handling of the war issue during his campaign for president two years ago.

``My friends, war is no excuse for its own perpetuation," Kerry said before a group of cheering liberal activists who had gathered in Washington yesterday for a ``Take Back America" conference. ``It is essential to acknowledge that the war itself was a mistake -- to say the simple words that contain more truth than pride. . . . It was wrong and I was wrong to vote for that Iraqi war resolution."

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: basshole; douchebag; flipflopflipflop; hanoijohnny; heinz; iraq; jackasses; kerry; ketchup; ketchupboy; misternuance; rats; traitor; waronterror; wot
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To: olderwiser

Every time this fool opens his mouth he creates a new commercial for Republicans. What a maroon. :0)


81 posted on 06/14/2006 5:57:41 AM PDT by asp1
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To: asp1

I think Kerry's flip-flop-flip, is very significant. He is a buffoon and an embarassment to himself, but his call for withdrawl of troops this year is in stark contrast to some others in his party. There is no way Dean/Pelosi can state that Democrats have a clear vision on Iraq. I believe this can be a real hammer for Republicans to pound over the heads of Democrats this fall for the run-up to the mid-terms. If the WOT is the top issue (now matter how bad the reporting is from Iraq), Dems will lose this Fall.


82 posted on 06/14/2006 6:05:13 AM PDT by teddyballgame (red man in a blue state)
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To: Chi-townChief

"...It is essential to acknowledge that the war itself was a mistake..."


If he thinks peace without power is possible, there's a bridge he may be interested in buying.


83 posted on 06/14/2006 6:11:18 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: Chi-townChief

I was wrong to vote for that Iraqi war resolution."

" I voted for it to save my a_s, before I voted against it to save my a_s"

Blah,Blah,Blah


84 posted on 06/14/2006 6:28:38 AM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: teddyballgame

Kerry continues to act in the Dumocrat's treasonous tradition as clearly pesented by Ann Coulter in her must-read history of the USA: TREASON!! This morning I get a glimmer and hopefully a portent of how Dimocrats with their Egos Run Wild will snarl against each other over trying to gain power, and split the liberal vote so conservatives regain leadership! This is my prayer on Flag Day!!


85 posted on 06/14/2006 6:29:27 AM PDT by righteousindignation
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To: C210N

"Sometime, over 200 years ago, some folks here in America created a democracy at the barrel of a gun."

Actually we created a Republic. No offense intended. Tis a shame that fact is lost on 98% of Americans.


86 posted on 06/14/2006 6:32:05 AM PDT by listenhillary (Only the stupidest of animals fouls it's own nest - Democrats provide a fine example of this)
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To: mtbopfuyn
And yet folks keep voting for him and Teddy.

I'm starting to wonder if they really are voting for these clowns.
87 posted on 06/14/2006 6:32:20 AM PDT by John Lenin (The RAT party is still Stuck on Stupid)
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To: sr4402
I prefer this Fat Albert...


88 posted on 06/14/2006 6:43:09 AM PDT by BerniesFriend
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To: C210N
"And we further demand that the President do pretty much the stuff that he had in mind to do anyway, but just do it in a way that gives us cover for being a bunch of complete nits"

/taking liberties with senator sKerry's resolution....;'}
89 posted on 06/14/2006 6:49:39 AM PDT by rockrr (Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
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To: listenhillary
Actually we created a Republic. No offense intended. Tis a shame that fact is lost on 98% of Americans.

Natch, none taken. For those that know this fact quite well, its just convenient to use the same terms used by the 98%, especially in this case, when its the wordage used by my sinator (yep, i'm a baystater).

90 posted on 06/14/2006 6:59:44 AM PDT by C210N (Bush SPYED, Terrorists DIED!)
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To: Chi-townChief

Ya just got to love this guys timing.


91 posted on 06/14/2006 7:00:42 AM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: cvq3842; Chi-townChief; Admin Moderator
I don't know how this comment ended up here - it was posted by me on another thread.

Also, there seemed to be some problems accessing FR this AM, from my AOL service. When I tried to post once, I was instead directed to a list of anti-FR sites.

Someone must have been monkeying around with my computer, or this site.

I dunno. I'll try to check back later.
92 posted on 06/14/2006 7:00:48 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: teddyballgame
I am feeling increasingly confident that Republicans will hold onto the to house and senate through dem's missteps and Kerry's idiocy will only help. If Republicans would only get their act together on immigration and stop pandering to illegals. I am convinced that we would see actual landslides.
93 posted on 06/14/2006 7:26:44 AM PDT by asp1
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To: Northern Yankee; pikachu; Victoria Delsoul
How pathetic. And this guy ran for President?

I think it's more pathetic that he got almost half the vote!

94 posted on 06/14/2006 7:37:16 AM PDT by kstewskis ("Aim small, miss small...." Benjamin Martin to Nathan and Samuel)
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To: Chi-townChief
"Let the record clearly state, that I yam-uhh...flip-flopping".


95 posted on 06/14/2006 7:44:08 AM PDT by guitfiddlist (When the 'Rats break out switchblades, it's no time to invoke Robert's Rules.)
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To: dawn53; Humble Servant; Northern Yankee

LMAO!! That is hilarious!!!


96 posted on 06/14/2006 7:48:41 AM PDT by kstewskis ("Aim small, miss small...." Benjamin Martin to Nathan and Samuel)
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To: Chi-townChief

Kerry's hate and disdain for a FREE IRAQ, President Bush, conservatives, and America EXCEEDS his care, concern and hope for America, Americans and Iraqis.


97 posted on 06/14/2006 7:51:18 AM PDT by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: SlowBoat407
LOL!
John Kerry is an SN7476.
98 posted on 06/14/2006 8:24:49 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Chi-townChief

You know, I just had a thought...since he's so tied into what happened there (and to him, everything is Vietnam)..when this long faced idiot dies, perhaps the Communists - who have his picture in their museum - could bury him THERE?


99 posted on 06/14/2006 8:30:50 AM PDT by Christian4Bush (The Rat Party's goal is to END the conflict, not WIN the conflict...should be the other way around.)
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To: pikachu

but when he was asked knowing all that he knew would he still vote the same way ,no wmds,etc he stated that he would did he forget again


100 posted on 06/14/2006 8:38:45 AM PDT by dubyawhoiluv
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