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Kerry raps GOP, Bush's Iraq troop surge ["nothing more than the escalation of a misguided war."....]
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Posted on 02/10/2007 8:19:31 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Kerry raps GOP, Bush's Iraq troop surge

By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago

Sen. John Kerry on Saturday blamed Republicans for squelching Senate debate on the Iraq war and warned that President Bush's plan for more troops in Iraq is a mistake.

"Another 21,000 troops sent into Iraq, with no visible end or strategy, ignores the best advice from our own generals and isn't the best way to keep faith with the courage and commitment of our soldiers," the Massachusetts Democrat said in his party's weekly radio address.

Kerry branded Bush's proposal for additional forces as "nothing more than the escalation of a misguided war."

The Pentagon is in the midst of implementing Bush's order to raise troop levels by 21,500, part of a plan to help quell sectarian violence in Baghdad.

The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, who has said he will not run for the White House in 2008, criticized Republicans for blocking Senate debate on Iraq.

The GOP stalled a Senate resolution backed by Democrats and several Republicans that expresses dissatisfaction with Bush's call for additional troops and sets benchmarks for the Iraq government.

The measure fell 11 votes short of the 60 required to move the debate forward.

"If there was a straight up-or-down, yes-or-no vote this week on whether the United States should keep up an indefinite presence in Iraq, it would be voted down," Kerry said.

The senator called on Congress to take stronger action to end the war.

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To: edpc

Hearing Skerry use the words, "in keeping in honor of our troops," has a wierd ring to it.


21 posted on 02/10/2007 10:44:45 AM PST by sachem longrifle (proud member of the fond Du lac band of the Ojibwa people)
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To: Sub-Driver

Yawn. Same old stale, repetitive rhetoric. Kerry's an out of touch has been.


22 posted on 02/10/2007 11:47:21 AM PST by Free Vulcan (Show them no mercy, for you shall receive none!)
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To: Sub-Driver

HALP US JON CARY......




WE REALLY NEED YOU TO MOVE TO VICHY, FRANCE!


23 posted on 02/10/2007 1:47:39 PM PST by Enchante (Chamberlain Democrats embraced by terrorists and America-haters worldwide!!)
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To: Stepan12

Best photo of Terayza I've seen yet.


24 posted on 02/10/2007 2:02:50 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Sub-Driver
I guess John F. Kerry won't sit down and stfu. Sad when you consider between him, Teddy the swimmer, and algore you could end excess CO2 emissions in a year.

5.56mm

25 posted on 02/10/2007 2:07:04 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Sub-Driver

Kerry....
STFU you irrelevant nitwit.


26 posted on 02/10/2007 5:13:57 PM PST by darkangel82 (Socialism is NOT an American value.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Besides 'cut & run', what plan does johnny have (that might actually work?)

I would guess, nothing, nada, no plan at all. Just bitch and gripe.


27 posted on 02/10/2007 6:22:46 PM PST by SusaninOhio
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To: Sub-Driver
Andrew Miga a while back actually used to write some interesting articles for the Boston Herald.

I think that he left there because of an impending sex change operation.

Ever since then his columns have degenerated.

Now that he is a woman and has had all of his brains sucked out, his material and subject matter really bites.
28 posted on 02/10/2007 6:28:36 PM PST by Radix (Calm down, ninety percent of what I post is sarcasm......)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well this certainly is a shocking piece of news. jon cary criticizing the President..never saw that one coming.


29 posted on 02/10/2007 6:59:23 PM PST by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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To: Sub-Driver

"nothing more than the escalation of a misguided war."

If one takes J F'n Kerry's words and twists them 180 degrees, it comes out:


nothing more than the demonization of a just war


I think that describes this twit's efforts after gaining an early release following his poor service in the Delta in VN.


30 posted on 02/10/2007 9:09:11 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Someone needs to challenge Kerry in 2008. I know that even in liberal Mass. voters are sick of him. Tom Brady should retire and run against him, IMO. He'll be 30 in 2008.


31 posted on 02/10/2007 9:11:06 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Good night Chesty, wherever you are!)
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To: originalbuckeye
Thank you again to the Swift Boat Veterans. You helped the country dodge a grenade in 2004!

I thank the Swift Boat Veterans every time kerry opens his mouth. They all answered the call of duty one more time and saved us from a disaster.

32 posted on 02/10/2007 9:25:31 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Sub-Driver

'If there was a straight up-or-down, yes-or-no vote this week on whether the United States should keep up an indefinite presence in Iraq, it would be voted down,' Kerry said."

Boy, there's a straw man for you. NOBODY wants our soldiers to be in Iraq indefinitely. The discussion is about how we can complete the mission successfully and quickly enough so that they can return home as soon as possible. Not that Kerry won't let that fact get in the way of an opportunity for a little demagoguery, of course.


33 posted on 02/10/2007 10:44:39 PM PST by blitzgig
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To: Sub-Driver

Kerry was an accidental birth.


34 posted on 02/11/2007 7:00:21 AM PST by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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