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Kerry: Prez has last chance to `get it right'
Boston Herald ^ | 1/31/05 | AP

Posted on 01/31/2005 2:45:39 AM PST by kattracks

Sen. John Kerry [related, bio] yesterday described the elections in Iraq as ``significant'' and ``important'' but said they should not be ``overhyped.''
      ``It is hard to say that something is legitimate when whole portions of the country can't vote and doesn't vote,'' the Massachusetts Democrat said in an interview on NBC's ``Meet the Press.''
     Although the Bush administration has said the mere fact that elections take place is a huge sign of progress, Sen. Kerry said the next step is more important.
     ``What the administration does in these next few days will decide the outcome of Iraq. And this is - not may be - this is the last chance for the president to get it right,'' Kerry said, urging Bush to involve other nations in training Iraqis to take responsibility for their own security.


     Kerry rejected a recent call by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy [related, bio] (D-Mass.) for an immediate withdrawal of some American forces, a call Kennedy repeated yesterday.
     ``The best way to demonstrate to the Iraqi people that we have no long-term designs on their country is for the administration to withdraw some troops now'' and negotiate further withdrawals, Kennedy said in a statement.
     


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiamerica; damascusjohnny; fourthratesenator; gigolo; hanoijohnny; hasbeen; ichabodcrane; lurch; pissant; poopypants
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1 posted on 01/31/2005 2:45:39 AM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks

Not exactly statesmanlike, is he?


2 posted on 01/31/2005 2:49:15 AM PST by NetValue (Be a democrat; oppose, subvert, obstruct and sabotage progress in America)
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To: kattracks

I believe the Sunni population had every opportunity to vote and chose not to. There were reports of polling stations that were open but nobody showed up in those areas. Since they boycotted on purpose, they have no reason to complain about the outcome. sKerry should seriously consider refraining from doing live interviews without an advisor in his ear because he's a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic when left on his own.


3 posted on 01/31/2005 2:51:34 AM PST by UpHereEh
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To: kattracks

Hey Kerry, to quote your wife, "Shove it".


4 posted on 01/31/2005 2:52:06 AM PST by ProudVet77 (Survivor of the great blizzard of aught five)
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To: NetValue
Kerry is nothing more that a dog in a manger. Apparently he isn't as low as Kennedy, but to get that low you have to be submerged.
5 posted on 01/31/2005 2:55:05 AM PST by Tom D. (Beer is Proof that God Loves Us and Wants Us to be Happy - B. Franklin)
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To: kattracks
And this is - not may be - this is the last chance for the president to get it right,'' Kerry said

Kerry is so over and doesn't even know it. I hope he enjoyed that interview because he is now history.

6 posted on 01/31/2005 2:57:16 AM PST by kcvl
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To: Tom D.

I am sure Kerry has a plan. At least he always says he does, only he never gives it up.

Its hard to believe Kerry is even dumber than Al Gore , but he is on a campaign that should win him that award.


7 posted on 01/31/2005 2:58:14 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: UpHereEh
I believe the Sunni population had every opportunity to vote and chose not to.

True - also it drives me crazy that all the media pundits keep ignoring the fact that there are Sunni's on some of the parties that were on the ballot.

8 posted on 01/31/2005 2:59:30 AM PST by Elkiejg (A proud patriot of "stingy" America - God Bless our Troops)
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To: kattracks
The gripes of a sore loser. Jean Francois proved in all his pessimism and dolor why he wasn't fit to be President. President Bush dares to dream - and the Democrats are left with pining after Camelot of byegone yore.

Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."

9 posted on 01/31/2005 3:02:29 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: kattracks

Kerry? Doesn't she tend bar somewhere?

zzzzzzzzz


10 posted on 01/31/2005 3:03:02 AM PST by thag (Up armor this......)
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To: Elkiejg
The latest "disenfranchisement" victims to the Left. We must coddle the enemies of America more than come to the aid of those who stood up for democracy. How typical of the Democrats --- they can't win if things don't go bad for America.

Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."

11 posted on 01/31/2005 3:04:32 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: kattracks
when whole portions of the country can't vote and doesn't vote

Unlike the United States of America, where whole populations of cemeteries vote for Democrats.

12 posted on 01/31/2005 3:11:36 AM PST by NautiNurse (Osama bin Laden has more tapes than Steely Dan)
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To: kattracks

I think it's great that Kerry said what he said.

Had he kept his trap shut, like any normal person with an operating brain, who had been proven so utterly wrong. We would not have been so gloriously reminded, of what a total idiot the man is.


13 posted on 01/31/2005 3:11:46 AM PST by crazycat
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To: kattracks

Kerry is living in a fantasy world in which the Democratic party shows him some kind of loyalty and renominates him in 2008.


14 posted on 01/31/2005 3:12:19 AM PST by samtheman
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To: goldstategop

EXACTLY! It is a retrograde to the days of Jimmy Karter when he came on TV wearing a faggy SWEATER and told Americans to expect a decline in our lifestyles. Then Ronnie came in, kicked ass, and America soared.

Dems = America's whinybutts and naysayers. They should move to France.


15 posted on 01/31/2005 3:12:36 AM PST by HMFIC (The Peace Symbol is the FOOTPRINT of the American CHICKEN!)
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To: HMFIC

Ditto!

As Ronald Reagan (RIP) used to say, "Republicans think every day is July 4th...and Democrats think every day is April 15th!"

God, I miss President Reagan. But I am eternally grateful that there will be NO 'President (gag-choke-spew-puke) Kerry'.


16 posted on 01/31/2005 3:16:53 AM PST by Mad Mammoth
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To: kattracks

Kerry is quickly becoming a caricature of himself. Telling the President that he has one chance to "get it right" is like Germany telling us in 1945 that they won't attack us if we want to withdraw from Berlin before we make them REALLY mad.

This guy is in serious need of a reality check . . . . . . . . . and psychotherapy.


17 posted on 01/31/2005 3:18:46 AM PST by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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To: kattracks

Sit down Kerry...you lost...remember?...did'nt take you long to come stumbling back from defeat...Nobody gives a rats ass what you think....


18 posted on 01/31/2005 3:21:20 AM PST by Route101
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To: kcvl

How I wish you were right, but it seems like everytime the President does something or there is a significant event in Iraq, some network always shoves a microphone in his face for comment.


19 posted on 01/31/2005 3:24:16 AM PST by lt.america (Captain was already taken)
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To: kattracks
this is the last chance for the president to get it right

For once, Kerry has it right. If Pres. Bush doesn't get it right, he probably won't be reelected in '08... ;-)

20 posted on 01/31/2005 3:28:19 AM PST by pookie18 (Clinton Happens!)
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