Posted on 09/30/2004 5:54:23 PM PDT by BigWaveBetty
From the Kerry interview with Diane Sawyer.
RUSH: So Diane Sawyer says, "Okay, so tomorrow night the dual for a man who says he's tired of the Bush campaign defining him." She's holding up pictures of him wind surfing, by the way. She's holding up pictures of Kerry wind surfing and Bush chopping trees and clearing brush down there in Texas, and she says, "So tomorrow night, the dual for a man who says he's tired of the Bush campaign defining him, and that even his infamous wind surfing was an act of image rebellion, is there something about a candidate who wind surfs and snowboards up against these images? So is there a symbolism here you think people are responding to?"
KERRY: You know I do those things, too; I just didn't have those photographs taken, and I love doing everything --
RUSH: Stop the tape. Now, the question here didn't even make sense to me as I read it, but here's what he's answering to. She's holding up pictures of Bush clearing brush and Kerry wind surfing and says is this a bad image for you? And what he's saying is, "Oh, I clear brush, too. I clear brush, too. I do those things, too; I just don't have those photographs taken. I just didn't have those photographs." Just like there are no photographs when you fell down the ski slope, huh? He says he's got photos. [program observer interruption] No, he doesn't have any photographs. That's it. He's cleared brush at... I don't know if he means at Bush's ranch or not, that's a good question. Where has he cleared brush? Has he cleared brush up in Idaho at the ski chalet? Has he cleared brush up at Nantucket? Has he cleared brush in Beacon Hill to move the fire hydrant? Maybe he helps the gardeners. Maybe that's what he does, I don't know, but he says he's never taken pictures of it. So here's the rest of the bite.
KERRY: -- person. I'm going to be myself, Diane. That's what's important. You know, these pictures appear because I'm not trying to appear to be somebody different. I'm not trying to fake it. I'm going out and being who I am.
SAWYER: They portrayed him as elite sports and elitism?
KERRY: They've got to go talk to a lot of the guys who enjoy doing wind surfing and the guys I go with are, you know, regular, folks. They're carpenters and electricians, guys who work on the island. If they want to have fun with it, that's fine. What matters here are the American people, not what I do in a couple of hours when I have some free time to go get some exercise.
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Go get 'em girlie man.
I know nothin' about a Funeral Show. Good grief! I'm not sorry I missed the Wife Swap show either.
The world has gone mad.
The world has gone mad.
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Amen!
End of topic.
Stay safe, friend.
1 Oct 2004 | Associated Press
By Associated Press, 10/1/2004 19:05
As of Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, 1,055 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 801 died as a result of hostile action and 254 died of non-hostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.
The British military has reported 67 deaths; Italy, 19; Poland, 13; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, eight; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; the Netherlands, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary and Latvia have reported one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 917 U.S. military members have died 692 as a result of hostile action and 225 of non-hostile causes, according to the military's numbers as of Friday.
The latest deaths reported by the military:
A soldier was killed Friday as military forces secured areas near Samarra, Iraq.
The latest identification reported by the Department of Defense:
Army Staff Sgt. Darren J. Cunningham, 40, Groton, Mass.; died Thursday in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit came under mortar attack; assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
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Just stoppit.
The idea of Funeral show & wife swap & the plethora of "reality shows" that I read about makes me want to gag...
I'll take my movies with the sorry left wingers as stars. They work for me. What they do in their "off time" is their business.
:)
John Kerry searches for a post-debate bounce; finds it in the vicinity of his anal orifice:
It was a saving grace that yesterday was a busy work day, I didn't have much time to ponder Kerry's debate lies.
My son and daughter informed me that their Grandfather in voting for Kerry because he's *smarter*. Grandpa, unfortunately, is not a great critical thinker. As a veteran of Korea, I can't understand why he would support that backstabber.
My own father refused to watch the debate, he said he already knew he was voting for W.
Man oh man - how does he do it?
Good afternoon, everyone.
Practice, lots of practice.:)
I guess...but he's getting frighteningly good at it.
Cheers, PM
Kerry's latest screeeech is: W is stubborn and refuses to admit his mistakes in Iraq. He let Iraq distract him from al queda. Things are getting worse every day for our troops. Wrong war, wrong time. All bad, no good. Iraq has given the terrorist a recruiting boost. ...You know the tune.
That is what Bush and Cheney have to refute. Kerry wants to lull Americans back into a 9/10 mindset, get rid of all those awful pictures on TV. What does he think the terrorist would be doing if we hadn't gone into Iraq? Watching American Idol from their caves?
Bush/Cheney have to remind Americans that the terrorists WANT us to become disillusioned with the fight. Their tactics are aimed at our morale (thru the media) as much as at our troops. They want to hit us again at home. We do not have the luxury of going back to sleep. This burden falls on us to protect the future of our children and our country. We didn't choose it, but there's no escaping it. We cannot let political calculations undermine our determination to defeat these evil enemies who hate us for the way we live. Our only choice is to pursue them while working to create a cradle of freedom in the world where they had flourished.
I suggest both Bush and Cheney go back and review every major speech at the Republican Convention...and then throw in a few Tony Blair classics for good measure. It's all there...and America responded to it just one month ago.
PS:
Yes, I'm saying Bush did a lousy job refuting Kerry's despicable tactics at that debate.
Onward.
PSS:
I should also have added to my rant that Kerry always chastises Bush for any setbacks in Iraq...like beheadings, car bombs, etc. He NEVER, ever says a word about the barbarians who do such things. He IS a spitball.
~~rant over~~~
Joined today just to set us straight. Dandy.
Good Sunday morning.
Agreed. Kerry is doing the same thing in 2004 as he did in 1971 - attempting to destroy the morale of our troops. It worked in 1971, as evidenced by the testimony of POWs who said his VVAW speeches were used by the North Vietnamese to persuade them all was lost.
Thanks for the Sunday morning Pancakes. I'm taking off in a bit to attend a Church Dinner with my MIL.
I'll check back in this afternoon.
Asked what the Kerry Doctrine actually is, [Richard] Holbrooke, in a conference call with reporters, replied: "There is no Kerry Doctrine."
LOL!
Poor pony.
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