Good ad. Could have been a little more "hard-hitting".
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PRESIDENT BUSH: “I’m George W. Bush and I approve this message.”
JOHN KERRY: “It was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the President made the decision I supported him.”
BACKGROUND
May 2003: In First Democrat Debate, Kerry Strongly Supported President’s Action In Iraq. SEN. JOHN KERRY: “George, I said at the time I would have preferred if we had given diplomacy a greater opportunity, but I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the President made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.” (ABC News’ Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Columbia, SC, 5/3/03)
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JOHN KERRY: “I don't believe the President took us to war as he should have.”
BACKGROUND
January 2004: After Voting For War And Trailing Candidate Howard Dean In The Democrat Primaries, Kerry Said He Is Anti-War Candidate. CHRIS MATTHEWS: “Do you think you belong to that category of candidates who more or less are unhappy with this war, the way it’s been fought, along with General Clark, along with Howard Dean and not necessarily in companionship politically on the issue of the war with people like Lieberman, Edwards and Gephardt? Are you one of the anti-war candidates?” KERRY: “I am -- Yes, in the sense that I don’t believe the president took us to war as he should have, yes, absolutely.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 1/6/04)
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JOHN KERRY: “The winning of the war was brilliant.”
BACKGROUND
May 2003: Kerry Said The “Winning Of The War Was Brilliant.” “I think they clearly have dropped the ball with respect to the first month in the after -- winning the war. That winning of the war was brilliant and superb, and we all applaud our troops for doing what they did, but you've got to have the capacity to provide law and order on the streets and to provide the fundamental services, and I believe American troops will be safer and America will pay less money if we have a broader coalition involved in that, including the United Nations.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 5/19/03)
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JOHN KERRY: “It’s the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time.”
BACKGROUND
September 2004: Kerry: Iraq Is The “Wrong War In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time.” “Democrat John Kerry accused President Bush on Monday of sending U.S. troops to the ‘wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time’ and said he’d try to bring them all home in four years.” (Calvin Woodward, “Kerry Slams ‘Wrong War in the Wrong Place,’” The Associated Press, 9/6/04)
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JOHN KERRY: “I have always said we may yet even find weapons of mass destruction.”
BACKGROUND
December 2003: Kerry: “I Have Always Said We May Yet Even Find Weapons Of Mass Destruction. I Don’t Know The Answer To That.” (Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday,” 12/14/03)
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JOHN KERRY: “I actually did vote for the 87 billion dollars before I voted against it.”
GRAPHIC: “How can John Kerry protect us…when he doesn’t even know where he stands?”
BACKGROUND
March 2004: Kerry Claims “I Actually Did Vote For The $87 Billion Before I Voted Against It.” (Sen. John Kerry, Speech In Huntington, WV, 3/16/04)
Yeah it should have been more hard hitting And they need to resurect the ad showing his abysmal record on the intelligence committee
bttt
Kerry's own words and own record are his worst enemy. I like ads that use his words....makes him look indecisive and foolish in voters minds.
Kerry should be tested for Alzheimer's
Would you know of an ad like this that Drudge talked about on his radio show Sunday night. I am looking for a link. My husband heard it but says it's longer then this one.