Posted on 10/01/2004 4:56:45 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
GMTA!
Yes he does! Good morning, Molly!
Hmmmm is right. I taped it, and am going to go back and check that.
Stranger things have happened.
ON the day of the most im portant debate in their political lives, President Bush was in shirt sleeves consoling Florida hurricane victims, patting some on the back, hugging others and shaking hands with the tired relief workers. John Kerry had a manicure.
That says volumes about kerry's character.
Last night my 25 y.o. son and I watched the same TV. He was curled up in the Lazy Boy, I was at my desk, FReeping.
Midway thru the debate he said, "These guys obviously had the questions beforehand". I commented there weren't suppose to have them. He countered, "They clearly had the questions ahead of time. I let it pass. Thinking I, with more years of debate watching under my belt, had the advantage in sorting things out.
Now I'm reading others shared his opinion. I don't have time to go back and rewatch the entire 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see if Rush thinks sKerry had the questions ahead of time.
LEHRER (in his opening remarks): The umbrella topic is foreign policy and homeland security, but the specific subjects were chosen by me, the questions were composed by me, the candidates have not been told what they are, nor has anyone else. [Emphasis added]
KERRY: All of these, and especially homeland security, which we'll talk about a little bit later. [In response to the first question.]
KERRY: "This president has made, I regret to say, a colossal error of judgment. And judgment is what we look for in the president of the United States of America.
LEHRER (in his next question): "Colossal misjudgments." What colossal misjudgments, in your opinion, has President Bush made in these areas?
KERRY: "But the president made a mistake in invading Iraq. Which is worse?"
LEHRER (in his next question): Are Americans now dying in Iraq for a mistake?
KERRY: " So what I'm trying to do is just talk the truth to the American people and to the world. The truth is what good policy is based on. It's what leadership is based on."
LEHRER (in his next question): You just -- you've repeatedly accused President Bush -- not here tonight, but elsewhere before -- of not telling the truth about Iraq, essentially of lying to the American people about Iraq. Give us some examples of what you consider to be his not telling the truth.
KERRY: "So the choice for America is, you can have a plan that I've laid out in four points, each of which I can tell you more about or you can go to johnkerry.com and see more of it; or you have the president's plan, which is four words: more of the same. I think my plan is better. And my plan has a better chance of standing up and fighting for those troops.
LEHRER (in his next question): Speaking of your plan, new question, Senator Kerry. Two minutes. Can you give us specifics, in terms of a scenario, time lines, et cetera, for ending major U.S. military involvement in Iraq?
KERRY: Darfur has a genocide.
LEHRER (not the very next question to Kerry, but the second following): Senator Kerry, you mentioned Darfur, the Darfur region of Sudan. Fifty thousand people have already died in that area. More than a million are homeless. And it's been labeled an act of ongoing genocide.
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Now this is a large majority of the questions posited to Sen. Kerry. Either Sen. Kerry has the greatest insight ability on the planet, or....
See #29!!!!
What I remember most about Kerry's performance is that he will not protect this country. For instance, his criteria for protecting our interests...our defense against an enemy...is to submit it to a "global test." Letting our enemies, and yes, I include Kofi Annan and the UN in that phrase, decide when and if we can defend ourselves is tantamount to treason.
Another of Kerry's pronouncements that chilled my blood was his "America has lost the confidence of Bin Laden." Who cares what Bin Laden says or thinks about us?
Sure, Kerry's manner and presentation was slick, but WHAT he said is scary and labels him "UNFIT for COMMAND" of our troops or of our country.
I can only imagine what our troops in the field, putting their lives on the line, must be thinking about this creature who wants to "lead" them.
You made your case!! WOW!
I'm speechless. There is no way this is a coincidence. One question, perhaps, but this many??? No way.
My plan was to go to R headquarters this a.m. Have to figure out a couple of things, make an assessment, and see if still possible.
Actually, I couldn't find that in the transcript.
Also in the POST article (as touched upon in your opening summation):
Perhaps the most telling moment was the exchange between the two candidates on the issue of North Korea's nuclear program. Here, Kerry, who harshly criticized Bush for rejecting multilateralism in the leadup to the Iraq war, was equally critical of Bush's insistence on maintaining a multilateral approach in dealing with North Korea today. Consistency is clearly not Kerry's strong suit.
Well said!
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