Didn't like Kerry much before, but I am starting to turn around. Any guy who not only doesn't take the Republicans' questioning his patriotism, but turns around and questions theirs, gets my support. Republican politicians are hypocrites for the most part, and their hypocrisy needs to be exposed.
No. I've seen 'em call a spade a spade when people are being dumb asses!
Edit: BTW, where's the damn link(s)? :frown:
Edit: BTW, where's the damn link(s)? :frown:
All mouth with NOTHING to back it up... as usual.
Dipsh|ts causing traffic problems by laying in the streets are not "unpatriotic", they're flippin' morons! Kerry mouthing off about "needing a regime change in the United States", doesn't make him unpatriotic, it makes him a GD ASS! Hah, your best candidate so far! Might as well put up one of yours who better represents you!
Dipsh|ts causing traffic problems by laying in the streets are not "unpatriotic", they're flippin' morons! Kerry mouthing off about "needing a regime change in the United States", doesn't make him unpatriotic, it makes him a GD ASS! Hah, your best candidate so far! Might as well put up one of yours who better represents you!
Hypocrisy like this?
"None of us knows why Saddam decided to test us now," Kerry said. "But if the history of the last six years has taught us anything, it is
that Saddam Hussein does not understand diplomacy, he only understands power, and when he brandishes power in a manner that threatens our interests or violates internationally accepted standards of behavior, we must be prepared to respond--and with force if necessary." [emphasis added] Such force, Kerry went on, might well be used unilaterally: "The United States under President Bush and then President Clinton, led these earlier efforts to contain Saddam. Whereas some of our allies in the region are constrained from acting on this occasion, we are not." Senator John Kerry.
New Poll: Kerry Would Lose To Bush
Last Poll Showed Senator With Commanding Lead
POSTED: 6:48 a.m. EDT May 21, 2003
BOSTON -- The presidential campaign of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry received some startling news Wednesday from his own back yard.
A poll recently conducted by the research institute Mass Insight shows Kerry trailing President Bush in the race for president in the Bay State.
The poll, which involved 500 Massachusetts voters at the end of April, shows the president with a 6 percentage point lead -- the exact numbers have not been released.
This stands in stark contrast to a similar poll taken by the group in January. Back then, Kerry had a commanding 16 point lead in Massachusetts in a theoretical matchup with the president.
Copyright 2003 by TheBostonChannel. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Last Poll Showed Senator With Commanding Lead
POSTED: 6:48 a.m. EDT May 21, 2003
BOSTON -- The presidential campaign of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry received some startling news Wednesday from his own back yard.
A poll recently conducted by the research institute Mass Insight shows Kerry trailing President Bush in the race for president in the Bay State.
The poll, which involved 500 Massachusetts voters at the end of April, shows the president with a 6 percentage point lead -- the exact numbers have not been released.
This stands in stark contrast to a similar poll taken by the group in January. Back then, Kerry had a commanding 16 point lead in Massachusetts in a theoretical matchup with the president.
Copyright 2003 by TheBostonChannel. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Lifer
HeHe - I was a passenger in a car today that had Rush on and I caught this part of his show. He didn't play it up much though.
CkG
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Lifer
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I wholeheartedly disagree with the anti-UN sentiment in this country. We say the UN is irrelevent only because it would not serve our purposes. The perception that the United States is imperialistic is one big reason why so many people in the world hate our country. Saying that the UN is irrelevent now only serves to reinforce that opinion among people. I think all of the countries who stood up against us did something that needed to be done at some point, they just picked a bad time to do it. At some point someone needs to stand up the United States and tell us that we are not the world's police man. (side note: I like Bush; I voted for him; but I do believe the war in Iraq was more about marketing and making Americans feel safe than about eliminating a real threat to our country)
As for Kerry saying the United States needs a regime change - I took that as a tongue in cheek reference to the way the Bush administration used that word to reinforce the perception that the war was necessary. Regime is synonymous with government, but regime has a negative connotation.
Now, why did I say that the war was more about marketing? Look at our reason(s) for going to war. We said Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. Assuming he did, what was he going to do with them? He has no missiles capable of reaching us. He could sell them to terrorists who could theoretically get them into the U.S., but if he was going to do that he's had the last 12 years (or more) to do it. Then it turned into liberating the Iraqis from an oppressive government. That's all well and good, but like I said before, the United States is not the world's policeman, and acting like we are will only reinforce the opinions of all the people who hate us. My OPINION of what the real motivation behind the war is that it was meant to provide us with a sense of security. After we failed to find Osama Bin Laden, we needed a big(ger) victory.
Just my 2 cents.
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Lifer
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Yeah... he didn't do a whole lot of fighting either though.
Well, you COULD blame Bush for the economy, but I think the dot-com bust and the corporate scandals had a bigger part in it... It was under Clinton that the dot-coms were trading at ridiculous prices... it was only a matter of time before the "new economy" collapsed. And the corporate scandals can't be blamed on Bush.
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Back when Gore and his supporters were whining that the election was so close in Florida that Gore surely had to have won, and that he won the popular vote so he deserved to be president, I did a little bit of math. The margin in Florida, as a percentage of the vote, was larger than the percentage that Gore beat Bush by in the popular vote. I don't recall if that was based on the preliminary results for the popular vote or the final results. Regardless, Bush didn't demand a recount of the popular vote, because he won the election fairly. If Gore had even won his home state, he would have won the election without all of the people in Florida who couldn't understand the butterfly ballot. Gore's big mistake was not letting Clinton campaign for him.
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Note to Democrats: When elected, when all else fails, go to war. Re-election is almost gauranteed.
"I dont think the dems will have near as easy a time to remove Bush, unless Bush does something real stupid before the re-election. IMHO"
not sure who said that, but be carefull, that is Bush you are talking about , not exactly the Einstein of the White House...
not sure who said that, but be carefull, that is Bush you are talking about , not exactly the Einstein of the White House...
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