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Kerry: Iraq a Great Failure of Judgment Associated Press WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Wednesday called the situation in Iraq "one of the greatest failures of diplomacy and failures of judgment that I have seen in all the time that I've been in public life." "Where are the people with the flowers, throwing them in the streets, welcoming the American liberators the way Dick Cheney said they would be?" Kerry said in an interview with American Urban Radio Networks. "Since I fought in Vietnam, I have not seen an arrogance in our foreign policy like this."

In an interview broadcast Wednesday morning, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry defended terrorist Shiite imam Moqtada al-Sadr as a "legitimate voice" in Iraq, despite that fact that he's led an uprising that has killed nearly 20 American GIs in the last two days. Speaking of al-Sadr's newspaper, which was shut down by coalition forces last week after it urged violence against U.S. troops, Kerry complained to National Public Radio, "They shut a newspaper that belongs to a legitimate voice in Iraq." In the next breath, however, the White House hopeful caught himself and quickly changed direction, adding, "Well, let me...

Sometimes when things are at their worst for America, it seems that even the liberal media are hesitant to go for the Republican jugular. That was the case this morning on the Today Show. I was bracing myself for a heavy focus on US casualties in Iraq, denunciations of the Bush administration, gloomy political outlooks, etc. Instead, in fairness, the first half-hour presented a reasonably balanced picture. I'd say the highlight was a couple statements by John McCain. I swear that the guy delights in keeping all sides off balance. Last week, he was giving Republicans conniptions with his musings...

Democrats Cheer Falluja Outrage By PowerLineBlog.com PowerLineBlog.com | April 5, 2004 Michele Catalano ran a quiz on her site, A Small Victory, yesterday. Guess which one of the following is not a genuine quote from a contributor to Democratic Underground: 1. Contractors wear hardhats and carry lunch pails - These guys are mercenaries. 2. Death to ALL mercenaries. The beer is on me. 3. Sad, if I were the wife I would have said hell no you won't go; the wife must have said great pay-check and the hubby, yeah, can buy a Hummer when I get back. 4. These...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Iraq has become "George Bush's Vietnam," Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Monday, calling the president deceitful and for the first time comparing him to former President Nixon, who resigned in disgrace.</p> <p>Saying that truth has become the biggest casualty of the Bush administration, Kennedy said Bush misled the public about the war, the economy, health care and education, eroding the nation's reputation at home and abroad.</p>

Hillary Blasts Bush on Fallujah Attacks New York Sen. Hillary Clinton blasted the Bush administration on Thursday for sending too few troops and not enough military equipment to Iraq, saying the of lack of U.S. resources contributed to the attacks in Fallujah that killed four U.S. workers on Tuesday. "It was heartbreaking and horrible to see the desecration of the four men who were killed in Fallujah," Clinton told Democratic Party radio host Al Franken. Calling Fallujah "one of the epicenters of Saddam Hussein's support," Sen. Clinton said, "Clearly we have to increase our response and make it more effective."...

<p>President Bush's credibility is the top issue in the presidential campaign, more important than jobs, the economy and health care, now that a former administration official says the president didn't take the terrorism threat seriously enough before Sept. 11, 2001, one-time Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean said Wednesday.</p>

In his latest "assistance" to former rival John Kerry, Howard Dean is trying to blame the terrorism of fellow radicals, this time the Sunni Muslims of Fallujah, on President Bush. "That is the legacy of this president who did not tell the truth to the American people," the Park Avenue Vermonter raged last night to a group of what the Associated today described as "progressive" Democrats. Democrats need to "focus their message in a laser-like way" to oust the Bush administration, Dean urged. "These are people who belong in Crawford, Texas, and not in the nation's capital."

Laramie Democrat running for House John Hanks said he thinks Bush is a suspect behind the Sept. 11 attacks. By Jessica Lowell rep5@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - For John Hanks, his bid to run for Congress is David v. Goliath. He's David, and he's pretty sure Goliath is going to win. "Sometimes," he said, "you have to do the impractical." Hanks, a Laramie Democrat, identifies himself as both a thought criminal and a conspiracy theorist. "The main reason I am running is that I want the Democrats to take a stand on 9-11 and look for an...

<p>March 27, 2004 -- John Kerry this week staged a huge media event to receive the official endorsement of his erstwhile Democratic rival, Howard Dean. Forgotten, apparently, are the months of bickering in which Kerry accused Dean of lacking principles and Dean, in turn, derided Kerry as "Bush lite." That's how these things go once the nomination has been decided.</p>

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean said earlier this week that President George Bush’s decision to send troops to Iraq appears to have contributed to the bombing deaths of 201 in Spain. European intelligence agencies are trying to identify a purported al-Qaida operative who claimed in a videotape that the group carried out the bombings to punish Spain for backing of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Dean referred to the videotape when asked on Tuesday whether he was linking U.S. troops in Iraq to the deaths in Spain. “That was what they said in the tape,” Dean...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Continuing with his history of making outrageous statements about President George W. Bush, former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said on Tuesday that sending troops to fight the war in Iraq led directly to the recent terrorist attack in Spain. A taped confession reportedly from al Qaeda was released to the public soon after the bombing that killed more than 200 people in Madrid just before the Spanish election. The tape claims that al Qaeda struck Spain in retaliation for their support of the United States in the war to remove Saddam Hussein from power in...

Oh, , if only Howard Dean had managed to bag the Democrats' presidential nomination. The harsh attacker of and nouveau supporter of John Kerry is, like his fellow socialists, trying to blame President Bush for the terrorist attacks in Madrid. According to Dean and al-Qaida, the war in Iraq sparked the mass murder in Spain. To back up his claim, the ex-guv cited a most dubious authority: a claim of blame on a videotrape attributed to al-Qaida. "That was what they said in the tape," Dean said. "They made that connection. I'm simply repeating it." To further "help" the soft-on-terrorism...

March 17, 2004 Statement by Bush-Cheney ‘04 Campaign Chairman Governor Marc Racicot ARLINGTON, VA --“Yesterday on a conference call arranged by Sen. Kerry’s campaign, former Gov. Howard Dean blamed the deaths in Spain on President Bush and the War on Terror. The attacks were caused by a global terror network that not only struck Spain, but also killed in the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Bali. If Senator Kerry understands the nature of this threat and the need to take on terror, then he should immediately repudiate these troubling comments, and stop all efforts on behalf of his surrogates...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Tuesday that President Bush's decision to send troops to Iraq appears to have contributed to the bombing deaths of 201 in Spain. A growing international investigation is focusing on Islamic militants possibly linked to al-Qaida as the culprits in the Madrid train bombings last Thursday. European intelligence agencies are trying to identify a purported al-Qaida operative who claimed in a videotape that the group carried out the bombings to punish Spain for backing of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The tape was discovered in a trash bin near Madrid's...

So much for all that talk about democracy. President Bush dispatched Marines to Haiti to secure order -- after his administration forced the elected leader of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- into exile. Now the administration will determine who gets to run Haiti. For the Bush administration it was clear: The Haitian voters had put their faith in and cast their votes for the wrong man, so he had to go. Bush then ridiculously announced that the ''Haitian constitution is working'' -- as if words could turn night into day. Aristide was a huge disappointment to his followers. He made, as...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House has provided documentary evidence that President Bush completed his National Guard service during the Vietnam War, but Democrats are still demanding proof he reported for duty as ordered in Alabama. "The president recalls serving both when he was in Texas and when he was in Alabama," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday, holding up a 13-page packet of military records. "We have provided you these documents that show clearly that the president of the United States fulfilled his duties and that is the reason that he was honorably discharged from the National Guard."...

These juvenile Democrats are getting as predictable as death and taxes (and about as pleasant). You can always count on them, in varying degrees, to say some of the most outrageous and hypocritical things imaginable. Congressman "Baghdad Jim" McDermott (D-WA) has opened his mouth and shoved both feet firmly inside once again. Regarding the capture of Saddam Hussein this weekend, he opined that American forces could have captured him "a long time ago if they wanted." Further, he believes the capture was timed to help President Bush. "Yeah. Oh, yeah." That makes a lot of sense: Bush let the country...

WASHINGTON - Anti-war candidate Howard Dean said Monday "the capture of Saddam has not made America safer," directly contradicting President Bush and drawing the wrath of two Democratic presidential rivals. Dean and several Democratic hopefuls sought to burnish their foreign policy credentials, offering prescriptions for U.S. policy toward the Middle East, North Korea, China and the global war on terrorism. Bush overshadowed the field, declaring at a White House news conference that America's "peace and security" were heightened by the apprehension of Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, Rep. Dick Gephardt, Sen. John Edwards, Sen. John Kerry and...

<p>Moderator note: I know it's going to be tough, but, please watch the calls for violence against this creature.</p> <p>In a demoralizing message to U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq, visiting New York Sen. Hillary Clinton told them that Americans back home are growing increasingly skeptical of President Bush's decision to send them into battle.</p> <p>Describing two meetings with G.I.s over turkey dinners in Baghdad, Sen. Clinton told reporters later that soldiers wanted to know "how the people at home feel about what we are doing."</p>