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John Kerry flubs Good Morning America
Polipundit ^ | 9/29/04 | Polipundit

Posted on 09/29/2004 8:00:45 AM PDT by finnman69

GMA

John Kerry was apparently on Good Morning America and The Note snippets this baffling exchange:

DIANE SAWYER: Was the war in Iraq worth it?

JOHN KERRY: We should not have gone to war knowing the information that we know today.

DS: So it was not worth it.

JK: We should not — it depends on the outcome ultimately — and that depends on the leadership. And we need better leadership to get the job done successfully, but I would not have gone to war knowing that there was no imminent threat — there were no weapons of mass destruction — there was no connection of Al Qaeda — to Saddam Hussein! The president misled the American people — plain and simple. Bottom line.

DS: So if it turns out okay, it was worth it?

JK: No.

DS: But right now it wasn't?p>

JK: It was a mistake to do what he did, but we have to succeed now that we've done what he's — I mean look — we have to succeed. But was it worth — as you asked the question — $200 billion and taking the focus off of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda? That's the question. The test of the presidency was whether or not you should have gone to war to get rid of him. I think, had the inspectors continued, had we done other things — there were plenty of ways to keep the pressure on Saddam Hussein.

DS: But no way to get rid of him.

JK: Oh, sure there were. Oh, yes there were. Absolutely.

DS: So you're saying that today, even if Saddam Hussein were in power today it would be a better thing — you would prefer that . . .

JK: No, I would not prefer that. And Diane — don't twist here. Notice how Kerry loses his cool and accuses the questioner of twisting; Is this guy thin-skinned or what?

In tomorrow's debate, Kerry will benefit from lowered expectations because his image among voters is something of a caricature right now. But he still has to do better than he did on GMA. You can bet President Bush has a list of zingers that he will deploy if Kerry gives him an opening. Posted by PoliPundit at 10:09 am Link to this post | Comments (21)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: answerthefnquestion; gma; kerry; kerryiraq; napalminthemorning; wot; yesorno
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To: woofer
shading his answers in multiples of grey

Most well-aged, multiple-digested garbage is grey.

381 posted on 09/30/2004 3:50:16 AM PDT by capocchio (Kerry: grey words from an orange man)
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To: lugsoul

You must work for the Pakistani government.



7 posted on 08/20/2004 2:10:29 PM EDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)


382 posted on 09/30/2004 3:54:46 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach
And the "operative" part? Is that kind of like saying he is a "high ranking Fedayeen officer" when all you know is that he is an Iraqi?

And I guess you just chose to overlook the fact that the comment was directed at your vehement defense of the Islamists in the Pakistani government. That's okay. Overlooking facts is one of your strong suits.

383 posted on 09/30/2004 3:58:39 AM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: lugsoul

And you are overlooking the fact that you denied calling me a Pakistani operative. Liar. Obsessive. Pathetic really.


384 posted on 09/30/2004 4:00:54 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach
I didn't call you a Pakistani operative, as the quote you posted shows. You defend their Islamist officials relentlessly, and I made a snide remark that you must work for them.

I guess you could have a point if you assume (a) that it was anything more than a snide remark and (b) everyone who works of the Pakistani government is a "Pakistani operative." Kind of like your assumption that everyone who is an "Iraqi national" is a "high-ranking Fedayeen officer."

Your ongoing whining about my response to your repeated untrue post is really silly, when all you would have to do to end it is stop posting something you know to be untrue as "fact." If you had any concern about whether what you posted is true or not, you would.

385 posted on 09/30/2004 4:06:44 AM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: lugsoul

If you could only read....

But you can't so you'll keep posting your silly little mantra.

And you will see that this morning, on another thread, I changed that little tidbit from Fedayeen to Iraqi national and possibly intelligence officer. Well, you'd see it if you could read it but since you've shown you don't have comprehension skills...


386 posted on 09/30/2004 4:09:07 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: zeaal

I don't she will stay with him because his value as a "trophy husband" will be 0. He is nothing more than another Von Bulow.


387 posted on 09/30/2004 4:16:40 AM PDT by RetSignman (Forever Optimistic Never Complacent)
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To: Peach
Ah, you changed it on another thread. And somehow that means I "can't read" because you did something on another thread that I haven't seen. What a joke.

So, now after being called on your lie on multiple occasions, you have changed it. I was correct. You were wrong. All the name calling you can muster won't change that simple fact.

388 posted on 09/30/2004 4:18:39 AM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: lugsoul

All the name calling won't change the fact that if you think I was going to take your word for it (a documented liar) when you didn't provide any links, you're nuts.


389 posted on 09/30/2004 4:20:55 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach

LOL. The facts you were misrepresenting were right there in the source you were citing. If you need someone to link you to your own source, then you are beyond help.


390 posted on 09/30/2004 4:24:19 AM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: lugsoul

Which source/link was that? So many links, so little time...


391 posted on 09/30/2004 4:28:16 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach

It really is a shame that you don't have time to be concerned about whether what you are posting repeatedly has any basis in fact.


392 posted on 09/30/2004 4:35:04 AM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: lugsoul

And it's really a shame that you can't point to a link that supposedly doesn't say what my synopsis says it said.


393 posted on 09/30/2004 4:36:27 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach

The 9-11 Report. Which you cite repeatedly. You know what it says about Shakir. You just purposefully ignored it and tried to misrepresent the facts.


394 posted on 09/30/2004 4:38:46 AM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: finnman69

Kerry Screws The Pooch!


395 posted on 09/30/2004 4:43:45 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: lugsoul

Which part of #389 don't you understand?


396 posted on 09/30/2004 4:44:17 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Peach

So, you are now claiming again that you need a link to your own source? What a joke.


397 posted on 09/30/2004 4:51:53 AM PDT by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: finnman69

"JK: It was a mistake to do what he did, but we have to succeed now that we've done what he's — I mean look — we have to succeed. But was it worth — as you asked the question — $200 billion and taking the focus off of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda? That's the question. The test of the presidency was whether or not you should have gone to war to get rid of him. I think, had the inspectors continued, had we done other things — there were plenty of ways to keep the pressure on Saddam Hussein."

Sounds like John (the F stands for Fonda) sKerry dropped all of his mental cue cards while trying to talk! (I wonder if there was an audible crash that came from John's head?! 8^D

Man, if he can't handle questions comig from Diane Sawer then he's toast!


398 posted on 09/30/2004 4:52:52 AM PDT by Tom602 (I suffer from tourette's syndrome every time I hear the democrats or the MSM speak!)
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To: lugsoul

Oh, you mean that tiny little footnote that you never previously linked but another freeper on this thread did?

Yes. That's really criminal not to read every footnote. LOL

And the distinction is he was an Iraqi operative vs. Fedayeen. And Jordanian intel still thinks he's Iraqi intel. My. My. My. Well there goes my credibility.


399 posted on 09/30/2004 4:54:28 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Tom602
Man, if he can't handle questions comig from Diane Sawer then he's toast!

Exactly. Kerry makes Clinton look like a straight shooter.

400 posted on 09/30/2004 4:57:44 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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