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KERRY'S BLAMING OSAMA
New York Post ^ | 11/20/04 | FREDRIC U. DICKER

Posted on 11/19/2004 11:32:05 PM PST by kattracks

It was Osama's fault!

That's the claim being made by former Democratic presidential contender John Kerry, who said that Osama bin Laden's bombastic pre-election video was responsible for his loss to President Bush.

Kerry made the claim during a chance encounter on Thursday with Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera in a holding room prior to the processional leading up to the formal opening of the Clinton presidential library in Little Rock, Ark.

Rivera said he told Kerry, "Tough luck, senator," when their paths initially crossed, referring to his election loss.

He said Kerry responded, to the best of his recollection, "It was the Osama tape — it scared [the voters]." Kerry added that the tape came out too late for his campaign team to counteract its impact before the election, Rivera recalled.

Former President Bill Clinton, in a recent speech assessing the election outcome, also said he believed Kerry was hurt by the Osama tape.

Kerry's office did not return calls seeking comment yesterday.


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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: blame; kerrydefeat; napalminthemorning; obltape; partyofthehindparts; wot
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1 posted on 11/19/2004 11:32:05 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight

It wasnt the guy and the message and the party but the tape

That's it


2 posted on 11/19/2004 11:33:58 PM PST by skaterboy
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To: kattracks

At least he blames OBL for something..............LOL.


3 posted on 11/19/2004 11:34:51 PM PST by myvoice
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To: kattracks

Maybe that will just get the democrats upset enough to actually fight the war on terror, 3000 dead Americans couldn't but maybe hitting them where it hurts, power... that will really make um mad...


4 posted on 11/19/2004 11:35:16 PM PST by PhotoFixer3
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To: kattracks

Kerry who ?


5 posted on 11/19/2004 11:37:27 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: kattracks
"It was the Osama tape — it scared [the voters]."

Actually, it was Kerry who scared the voters.

6 posted on 11/19/2004 11:37:40 PM PST by Allegra (I'm Still Standing....)
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To: kattracks

Message to John Kerry:

No, you lost the election just by being yourself. It wasn't anyone's fault but yours. I am a Roman Catholic, and I wouldn't have voted for you under any circumstances.

Sockmonkey


7 posted on 11/19/2004 11:38:20 PM PST by sockmonkey
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Kerry added that the tape came out too late for his campaign team to counteract its impact before the election...

Not like with the "Favorite Son" video, or the missing 380 tons of explosives ad. The Kerry campaign wasn't able to coordinate with Osama the way they coordinated with CBS, NYT, 527's, etc.

-PJ

8 posted on 11/19/2004 11:41:41 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: Squantos
Kerry who ?


Kerri Russell ;)

9 posted on 11/19/2004 11:41:45 PM PST by PhotoFixer3
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To: kattracks

Kerry lies again ...

he never was ahead in any poll average post-labor day.

NEVER.


10 posted on 11/19/2004 11:42:12 PM PST by WOSG
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To: PhotoFixer3

LOL THAT PICTURE I POSTED IS HOSTED IN FRANCE! LOL! I FOUND IT ON GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH...


11 posted on 11/19/2004 11:44:07 PM PST by PhotoFixer3
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To: kattracks
Kerry reported for duty; the voters just didn't understand what MOS he was going for. Or which branch he was reporting for. Or even what country...
12 posted on 11/19/2004 11:44:37 PM PST by kingu (Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
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13 posted on 11/19/2004 11:44:53 PM PST by Prime Choice (STFU ACLU.)
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To: sockmonkey

LOL!!


14 posted on 11/19/2004 11:46:12 PM PST by MeekMom (When are the Hollyweirds moving to Canada/France?)
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To: kattracks

I thought about alot of things when I was voting, but not once did I think about Osama's video fetish.

Kerry lost because he sucked as a candidate, vascillated on issues, chose a preening pretty-boy as his running mate, and was a condescending, elitist prick with a neurotic wife.


15 posted on 11/19/2004 11:48:44 PM PST by spodefly (I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
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To: kattracks
John Kerry is shooting himself in the foot. If the Osama tape hurt him, it is only because he was weak on national security.

And so like a liberal to blame anybody or anything else for his own failings! If Mr. Kerry can't accept responsibility or act with character, who'd want him to be president anyway?

16 posted on 11/19/2004 11:53:50 PM PST by T'wit (Liberalism is a cancer in a free society. The blue areas in the map reveal its spread in America.)
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To: kattracks

similar, earlier:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1284311/posts


17 posted on 11/19/2004 11:54:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: kattracks

After Election To Do List
by John Forbes Kerry

Wake up before Teresa. I can do it today.
Call in sick to Senate.
Cancel Senate Intel briefing.
Call Bill again (got to get through sometime)
Call Ho Chi Minh City tailor. The man's a genius.
Gulfstream to Idaho villa. Snowboard.
Turn in my Lance Armstrong bracelet.
Tell press I will sue John O'Neil.
Call John O'Neil and say just kidding
Call press late at night. Tell them I'm still counting Ohio votes.
Call press later at night. Tell them I'm still counting Florida votes.
Call press really late at night. Tell them it's Osama's fault.
Go on a bender with Uncle Teddy.

Wake up before Teresa.


18 posted on 11/20/2004 12:08:41 AM PST by sully777 (Our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)
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To: kattracks
Interesting...Castro said the same thing...
19 posted on 11/20/2004 12:11:00 AM PST by jcb8199
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To: kattracks
The irony...for months, it was thought that the failure to catch OBL would cost Bush the election. Now it appears that the failure to catch OBL has won the election for Bush.
20 posted on 11/20/2004 12:17:03 AM PST by SamAdams76 (Red Sox Win The World Series...And Bush Wins Re-election Too!)
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