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DEMOCRATS HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO
Republican National Committee ^ | October 10, 2003 | RNC Research

Posted on 10/10/2003 6:49:59 PM PDT by PhiKapMom

October 10, 2003

DEMOCRATS HAVE
A LOT
OF EXPLAINING TO DO

“For many years prior to 9/11, it was the terrorists who were on the offensive. We treated their repeated attacks against Americans as isolated incidents and answered, if at all, on an ad hoc basis, and rarely in a systematic way.” (Vice President Dick Cheney, Remarks At The Heritage Foundation, 10/10/03)

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BUSH ADMINISTRATION UNWILLING TO TAKE RISKS

“In the post-9/11 era, certain risks are unacceptable. The United States made our position clear: We could not accept the grave danger of Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies turning weapons of mass destruction against us or our friends and allies.” (Vice President Dick Cheney, Remarks At The Heritage Foundation, 10/10/03)

ARE DEMOCRATS?

Dean “Convinced More Than Ever” War Resolution Was Mistake. “I am now convinced more than ever that it was a mistake to have given this administration a blank check to engage in this war, as too many in Congress did when they supported the Iraqi war resolution …” (Gov. Howard Dean As Quoted In Scott Shepard, “Democrat Kerry Demands Bush ‘Tell The Truth’ About Iraq War,” Cox News Service, 7/10/03)

Kerry Only Willing To “Threaten The Use Of Force,” Not Actually Use It. “I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations. I believe that was right -- but it was wrong to rush to war without building a true international coalition -- and with no plan to win the peace.” (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Announcement Of Candidacy, Patriot’s Point, SC, 9/2/03)

Clark Thinks War Was “Unnecessary … Mistake …” “I fully supported taking the problem to the United Nations and dealing with it through the United Nations. I would never have voted for war. The war was an unnecessary war, it was an elective war, and it’s been a huge, strategic mistake for this country.” (Wesley Clark, CNN’s Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)

BUSH ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZES
NEED FOR NEW SOLUTION

“Critics of our national security policy have also argued that to confront a gathering threat is simply to stir up hostility. In the case of Saddam Hussein, his hostility to our country long predates 9/11, and America’s war on terror. In the case of the al Qaeda terrorists, their hostility has long been evidenced. And year after year, the terrorists only grew bolder in the absence of forceful response from America and other nations. Weakness and drift and vacillation in the face of danger invite attacks. Strength and resolve and decisive action defeat attacks before they can arrive on our soil.” (Vice President Dick Cheney, Remarks At The Heritage Foundation, 10/10/03)

DEMOCRATS ARGUE PREEMPTION IS
THE PROBLEM NOT THE SOLUTION

Kerry Said Preemption Invites Other Nations To Do Opposite Of What We “Want Them To Do.” “[A]s long as this administration leaves a preemptive doctrine on the table, as long as our administration is proceeding down the road to develop nuclear bunker-busting weapons, and as long as we remain a country that will conduct a preemptive war, we’re inviting people to do the very thing that we don’t want them to do.” (Sen. John Kerry, CNN’s Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)

Clark Claimed Preemption “Is Causing North Korea And Iran To Accelerate” WMD Programs. “[T]his administration’s preemptive doctrine is causing North Korea and Iran to accelerate their nuclear weapons development. Now, there are some of us who aren’t in Washington right now. But I’d like to ask all those who are -- let’s see some leadership in the United States Congress. Let’s see you take apart that doctrine of preemption now. I don’t think we can wait until November of 2004 to change the administration on this threat. We’re marching into another military campaign in the Middle East. We need to stop it.” (Wesley Clark, CNN’s Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)

Dean Predicted Preemption Will “Cause America Some Serious Trouble.” “[T]his president has now created a new American foreign policy a preemptive doctrine. And I think that’s going to cause America some serious trouble down the line, too.” (Gov. Howard Dean On CNN’s “Wolf Blitzer Reports,” 4/23/03)

Lieberman Thinks “It Was Foolish To Declare” Preemptive Doctrine. “I opposed that [preemption] policy. I think it was foolish to declare such a policy. It outraged both our enemies and our allies around the world. A nation always preserves the right to take preemptive action in defense of our security and our freedom. But why declare it and offend -- and provoke everyone.” (Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrat Candidate Debate, Columbia, SC, 5/3/03)

Edwards Claimed Preemption Is “Distracting And Damaging.” “A leader who has to go it alone is no longer leading anybody. In that context, let me say a few things about the administration’s so-called preemption doctrine. … [I]f we believe the United States is about to be attacked, or faces an imminent threat, then we have an absolute right to protect ourselves. It’s called self-defense – it isn’t new; it isn’t controversial; and it doesn’t need a fancy new name. But this administration did not just reassert our right to self-defense. … [T]hey asserted a new doctrine that suggests a uniquely American right to use force wherever and whenever we decide it’s appropriate. … The result has been distracting and damaging.” (Sen. John Edwards, Remarks At Center For Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC, 10/7/02)

BUSH ADMINISTRATION WILLING TO TAKE ACTION

“Another criticism we hear is that the United States, when its security is threatened, may not act without unanimous international consent. Under this view, even in the face of a specific, stated, agreed upon danger, the mere objection of even one foreign government would be sufficient to prevent us from acting. This view reflects a deep confusion about the requirements of our national security. Though often couched in high-sounding terms of unity and cooperation, it is a prescription for perpetual disunity and obstructionism. In practice, it would prevent our own country from acting with friends and allies, even in the most urgent circumstance. To accept the view that action by America and our allies can be stopped by the objection of foreign governments that may not feel threatened, is to confer undue power on them, while leaving the rest of us powerless to act in our own defense. Yet we continue to hear this attitude in arguments in our own country -- so often, and so conveniently, it amounts to a policy of doing exactly nothing.” (Vice President Dick Cheney, Remarks At The Heritage Foundation, 10/10/03)

DEMOCRATS RELY ON OTHERS

Dean Believed Iraq Had WMD, But United Nations, Not U.S., “Should Disarm Saddam.” “I believe that Iraq does have chemical and biological weapons, and they are a threat to many nations in the region, but not to the United States. Therefore in my view, the United States ought not to attack unilaterally. The United Nations should disarm Saddam, and we should be a part of that effort.” (Howard Dean On PBS’ “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer,” 2/25/03)

Clark Believed Iraq “Problem” Should Have Been Left To United Nations. “[Iraq] was never an imminent threat. It was a problem. I fully supported taking the problem to the United Nations and dealing with it through the United Nations. I would never have voted for war. The war was an unnecessary war, it was an elective war, and it’s been a huge, strategic mistake for this country.” (Wesley Clark, CNN’s Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)

Clark Wanted U.S. To Prove Case Against Terrorists To United Nations Before Taking Action. “If we wanted to go after states supporting terrorism, why not first go to the United Nations, present the evidence against Al Qaeda, set up a tribunal for prosecuting international terrorism?” (Wesley Clark, Winning Modern Wars, 2003, p. 132)

Kerry Insists We Need To “Go To The United Nations Now.” CNN’s CANDY CROWLEY: “Should you become president, if you get solid evidence that Iran is in fact developing nuclear weaponry, and you cannot get anything in the U.N. like what you would like, are you prepared to go after a factory in Iran on your own?” KERRY: “… We need a president now to prevent us from the very choice that you just said could occur, and that will only happen if we go to the United Nations now and get rid of the sense of American occupation in Iraq.” (Sen. John Kerry, CNN’s Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)

Gephardt Insisted President “Get Help” From U.N. To “Deal With Iraq.” “I said to [President Bush] … that if you wanted to deal with Iraq, you’ve got to get help and you’ve got to go to the U.N. I said, ‘We created the U.N. It’s our organization. We’re the leader. We need to get the help that we need.’” (Rep. Dick Gephardt, Congressional Black Caucus Democrat Candidate Debate, Baltimore, MD, 9/9/03)

Gephardt Measures Success By Number Of Allies Instead Of By Steps To Defend Americans. “It is incomprehensible to me that we are here today six months, five months after the conflict ended, and he still has not gotten any money from any other country and any people of appreciable numbers from any other armed forces. This president’s foreign policy is a miserable failure. He has failed the American people.” (Rep. Gephardt, Congressional Black Caucus Democrat Candidates Debate, Baltimore, MD, 9/9/03)


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The Administration is now on the offensive against the attacks, lies, and spin by the democRAT Presidential candidates looking to out liberal each other.
1 posted on 10/10/2003 6:49:59 PM PDT by PhiKapMom
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2 posted on 10/10/2003 6:50:47 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: MeeknMing; onyx; JohnHuang2; Dog Gone; Dog; isthisnickcool; OKSooner; VOA; mhking; ...
Please distribute this to everyone you know who would like the facts not the lies and half-truths we are hearing from the democRAT candidates and reported by their friends on the media.

Thanks!
3 posted on 10/10/2003 6:51:08 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Don't forget to Visit/donate at http://www.georgewbush.com)
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To: PhiKapMom
ona lot of issue's the GOP has some explaining to do
4 posted on 10/10/2003 6:51:41 PM PDT by GeronL (Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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To: PhiKapMom
Thanks,
5 posted on 10/10/2003 6:54:16 PM PDT by MJY1288 (This is your tagline "Bush/Cheney04", this is your tagline on drugs "AnyOtherChoice/04")
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To: PhiKapMom
Democrats hoping to unseat POTUS GWB are not patriotic and they're un-American at heart. Not one of them is worthy to be Commander-in-Chief, and as a nation we cannot afford to trust Democrats to actively pursue our war on terror.
6 posted on 10/10/2003 6:56:16 PM PDT by onyx
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To: PhiKapMom
Is it just me, or did all these Rat debates begin much earlier this election year? I thought debates generally began shortly before the Iowa Caucus, or the NH primary date next year.
7 posted on 10/10/2003 7:00:38 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: PhiKapMom
Thanks for the ping. And thanks for not saying "finally". I for one think the administration is beginning to saw off the limb the Dems have crawled onto.
8 posted on 10/10/2003 7:03:41 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: GeronL

English is your second language, eh?

9 posted on 10/10/2003 7:08:46 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Dog Gone
These are not even debates and yes they did start really early. Looks to me like Clinton strategy is to have these Attack Bush Forums every week to bash the Administration. What gets me is Fox News is now sponsoring another one of these Attack Forums now in Michigan.

What is a news outlet like Fox doing sponsoring these pseudo debates which are designed to attack President Bush and his Administration relentlessly?
10 posted on 10/10/2003 7:16:36 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Don't forget to Visit/donate at http://www.georgewbush.com)
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To: Cultural Jihad
No, my cat is disturbing me even more than I already am
11 posted on 10/10/2003 7:16:36 PM PDT by GeronL (Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
It looks like they did let the democRATs crawl out on the limb and now they getting what they deserve -- TIMBER!!!!
12 posted on 10/10/2003 7:20:29 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Don't forget to Visit/donate at http://www.georgewbush.com)
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To: PhiKapMom
these pseudo debates

That's what they are. This is all a joke, if it weren't so sinister. Voters don't care about an election to be held a more than a year from now. Let's get Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping done.

This is all PR, and the networks are all falling for it.

13 posted on 10/10/2003 7:21:23 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: PhiKapMom
I keep hearing this statement all the time: "They're just trying to excite their base".

Excuse me .. this is how you excite your base .. YOU LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH ABOUT THE PRESIDENT .. this is stupid. This is a planned attack against President Bush by the Clintons. It didn't work in 2000 and it won't work in 2004. And .. all those who are toooooo stupid to figure out that bashing Bush doesn't work .. they do so at their own peril. And .. for all those who are reluctant to believe .. you better take another look at the REcall in CA.

Democrats .. everytime you try to smear Bush .. one more person chooses not to vote for you.

Democrats .. every person Clinton campaigns for LOSES!!
14 posted on 10/10/2003 7:31:45 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: GeronL
"..my cat is disturbing me even more than I already am"

I would certainly agree that you are disturbed!

15 posted on 10/10/2003 7:33:44 PM PDT by Chu Gary
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To: Chu Gary
thanks you
16 posted on 10/10/2003 7:44:55 PM PDT by GeronL (Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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To: PhiKapMom
Quote of the Day by Malia
17 posted on 10/10/2003 7:55:36 PM PDT by RJayneJ
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To: PhiKapMom
What is a news outlet like Fox doing sponsoring these pseudo debates which are designed to attack President Bush and his Administration relentlessly?

I've been wondering the same as you. Could it be because FNC has been labeled by the Left as being 'pro Bush' so they are now leaning the other way?

Just wish that FNC would require those 9 dwarfs to appear on O'Reilly's 'No Spin Zone'!

18 posted on 10/10/2003 8:13:07 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Take W-04....Across America!)
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To: PhiKapMom
Problem with this is it's preaching to the choir. We need to see more agressive attempts -- like we saw today from W, from Cheney, and from Laura ! -- to counter the lies and distortions the public is getting from ABCCBSCNNNBC. The administration needs to take the gloves off and pounce on the Rat lies at every opportunity. And it needs to stop being cozy with jerks like Chappaquidick Teddy, who will stab them in the back every time.

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Thanks for the flag, PKM.
19 posted on 10/10/2003 8:21:46 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Take only as directed.)
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To: PhiKapMom
Fox has been giving the left a much bigger voice. Edy Hill I think she has to go, has really been leaning left so has Shepard Smith,I believe he's a Clark fan.Freepers must complain when these indivduals are not fair and balanced.
20 posted on 10/10/2003 11:06:25 PM PDT by deedgirl
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