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WASHINGTON -- About the time two of the world's most repulsive bullies were being handed over to Allah with the compliments of the 101st Airborne, another of the Democrats' hapless presidential contenders endeavored to demonstrate his foreign policy perspicacity. Addressing the Bar Association of San Francisco, the Hon. Richard A. Gephardt, derided the Bush administration for its "chest-beating unilateralism." "Foreign policy," he pronounced, "isn't a John Wayne movie, where we catch the bad guys, hoist a few cold ones and then everything fades to black." He droned on about President George W. Bush's "utter disregard for diplomacy." Meanwhile, the news...

CNSNews.com) - A senior Republican congressman is chastising one of his Democratic colleagues for comments about the Bush administration's Iraq policy, saying critics of the president should make sure they have the facts right before giving campaign speeches. Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.), chairman of both the House Policy Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, scolded House Minority Leader Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), saying Gephardt needed to "get his facts straight" after criticizing the administration's Iraq war policy. Gephardt, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and supporter on the war with Iraq, attacked President Bush's foreign policy Tuesday in...

"George Bush has left us less safe and less secure than we were four years ago."-- Rep. Richard A. Gephardt(D-Mo.), July 22President Bush's 16 words on uranium and Africa in his January State of the Union address -- "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa" -- have become famous, or infamous. But Dick Gephardt's 16 words, spoken in the course of a major foreign policy speech this past Tuesday, are the ones that matter.Bush's words, though probably a mistake, didn't change anything. The vote to authorize war had taken place months...

July 23, 2003 GEPHARDT DOES ABOUT FACEBuckling Under Pressure From Fellow Democrat Presidential Candidates, Gephardt Criticizes President Bush On Iraq And War On Terror ___________________________________________________________________________ "Even he's cracked.  I mean, this was a crack like when he ran for president the first time, when he flipped his vote on abortion, a moral issue.  ... He says things I don't think he believes.  He said in here, 'I believe George Bush has made us less safe and less secure than we were four years ago.'  He can't believe that. I mean, Al Qaeda is dispersed, Saddam is out of power,...

COUNTDOWN (467 DAYS) TO VICTORY '04 -- DEMAND AN END TO BIASED MEDIA ATTACKS ON THE PRESIDENT! Countdown to Victory '04 is Free Republic's daily action center for the grassroots campaign to re-elect Bush-Cheney in 2004 -- the place to visit to find out the latest from the campaign and how you can help TODAY! ************************* TODAY'S ACTION ITEM! DEMAND AN END TO THE MEDIA'S BIASED ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION! What we have been witnessing is the last few weeks is an unprecedented attack on the credibility/integrity of President Bush by the DemocRATs and their DemocRAT...

<p>Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Richard A. Gephardt yesterday criticized the Bush administration's "chest-beating unilateralism" in the Iraq war, which he said weakened diplomatic alliances and squandered global good will following the September 11 attacks.</p> <p>"Foreign policy isn't a John Wayne movie, where we catch the bad guys, hoist a few cold ones and then everything fades to black," the Missouri congressman said in remarks prepared for a speech to the Bar Association of San Francisco.</p>

"As soon as the monster comes to life, Victor is filled with intense revulsion. He explains, 'The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.'""Frankenstein" – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Victor ain't seen nuthin' yet. ******* The Democrats are on the ropes. Attempts by their candidates to bring Bush down aren't doing the trick, and soon they may have to tell people what they stand for and against – a politician's worst nightmare, if you don't count being stuck in an elevator with Barney Frank. They need to try something different ... enter the miracle of...

Des Moines, July 21, 2003 - If the Iowa Caucuses were held today, Richard Gephardt would win. But when Hillary Clinton is added to the mix, she beats Gephardt and all other declared democrats. That's according to our exclusive Survey Iowa 13 results. Survey participants were asked the following questions: If the Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucuses were today, and you had to make a choice right now, who would you vote for? Gephardt 32% Dean 19% Kerry 12% Lieberman 10% Edwards 7% Other 12% Undecided 7% Now suppose that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton were to enter the contest. Who would...

WASHINGTON - Presidential politics is a game of expectations.Fail to meet them and it can be like trying to run a marathon with a broken leg.Start fitting Richard Gephardt for a cast.The St. Louis congressman's disappointing fund-raising report last week for his Democratic presidential campaign is suddenly triggering doubts about his staying power.Gephardt raised just under $4 million in the second quarter of this year, $1 million less than the goal he had set for himself. He came in fifth among the six major Democratic hopefuls. In the equally vital barometer of cash on hand, Gephardt was fourth, with $6.3...

<p>MANCHESTER, N.H. - U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt said Sunday the loss of American jobs overseas and the lack of health insurance coverage for millions of Americans are moral problems, not just economic ones.</p> <p>The former House minority leader and Democratic presidential hopeful from Missouri said he would eliminate President Bush's tax cuts and spend the money instead on his plan to guarantee health coverage to all Americans.</p>

No-shows condemned at NAACP By Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY Four empty chairs and blazing rhetoric at an NAACP presidential candidates forum Monday laid bare the civil rights group's anger at being spurned by President Bush and three Democrats. Those four now have no right to ask for black votes in the 2004 election, NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume criticized three Democratic presidential candidates for skipping the group's presidential forum. By Wilfredo Lee, AP "We are interested in people who are interested in us," Mfume said from Miami. He said the four candidates' failure to attend was...

Gephardt Fund-Raising Falls Far ShortTue Jul 15, 2:14 PM ET By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Dick Gephardt (news - web sites) fell short of his fund-raising goal by more than $1 million, raising questions Tuesday about his ability to excite Democratic donors and remain a top-tier candidate. The former House Minority leader, who hoped to raise $5 million from April to June, collected just $3.87 million — apparently placing him in a distant fifth-place among the nine Democratic contenders. Gephardt aides pledged to retool their fund-raising tactics as part of a broader reassessment of his...

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Three of the Democrats' nine presidential contenders drew the wrath of the president of the NAACP on Monday for skipping the group's candidate forum, reflecting a growing sentiment among blacks that their loyalty to the Democratic Party is being taken for granted. The six Democratic presidential hopefuls shared the stage with four empty chairs, each labeled with the name of a White House candidate who didn't make it. They were President Bush (news - web sites) and Democrats Joe Lieberman (news - web sites), Dick Gephardt (news - web sites) and Dennis Kucinich. While Bush's absence...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Three of the Democrats' nine presidential contenders drew the wrath of the president of the NAACP on Monday for skipping the group's candidate forum, reflecting a growing sentiment among blacks that their loyalty to the Democratic Party is being taken for granted. The six Democratic presidential hopefuls shared the stage with four empty chairs, each labeled with the name of a White House candidate who didn't make it. They were President Bush (news - web sites) and Democrats Joe Lieberman (news - web sites), Dick Gephardt (news - web sites) and Dennis Kucinich. While Bush's absence...

<p>DUBUQUE, Iowa - Rep. Richard Gephardt faced angry questions about his support for the Iraq war and President George W. Bush's claims about weapons of mass destruction there during a presidential forum Sunday.</p> <p>In a 90-minute session designed to showcase Democratic presidential candidates, Gephardt and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, tried to put the spotlight on the sputtering economy, health care and other domestic issues. But Iraq drew the most visceral questions from the audience of more than 100 Democratic Party activists.</p>

Gephardt: *Lots Of* Intelligence Ties Iraq to Al-Qaeda Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002; 10:31 a.m. EDT House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., said Sunday that he*d seen "lots of intelligence" that ties Saddam Hussein*s regime in Baghdad to Osama bin Laden*s al-Qaeda terrorist network. "There*s lots of intelligence and it*s additive as you go along, of meetings between Iraqi military and intelligence officials and members of al-Qaeda," the top House Democrat told ABC*s "This Week." While the Missouri congressman did not detail the Iraqi-al-Qaeda contacts further, he apparently got the information in briefings to Congress by Bush administration intelligence officials over...

Dennis Miller explains why Democrats have no chance in 2004 election..."Hey, get this...I thought we'd talk about the nine Democrats running for the Presidency...I wanna get this commentary in now before this 'uber nuchtet' quickly goes the way of the Tucker. You know, the good thing about an empty headed scrum is that nobody can actually suffer brain damage if they get kicked in the melon. And trust me, when these guys get together it's like a Pez dispenser seance. Al Sharpton's ramblings have now taken him so far afield somebody better install on ONSTAR button in the middle of...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Dick Gephardt, seeing his advantage in Iowa shrinking, is making a concerted effort to sharpen the differences with his presidential rivals on the party's core issues of health care, trade and labor.The Missouri congressman captured the Iowa caucuses in his unsuccessful bid for the White House in 1988, and expectations are high for Gephardt in the leadoff precinct caucuses of the 2004 election. But recent polls show rivals John Kerry and Howard Dean cutting into his early lead.Gephardt, in the midst of a five-day, 19-stop campaign swing through Iowa this week, is trying...

<p>WASHINGTON - Rep. Richard Gephardt "spilled his guts," as one labor kingpin put it, trying to persuade the nation's most powerful union leaders to join his presidential quest.</p> <p>In a jam-packed field of Democratic Party presidential hopefuls, only Gephardt had been invited to address the AFL-CIO executive council's gathering in February at a glittering, union-owned resort palace near Miami.</p>