Kerry Vows to Counter Republican Critics (Watch out!)

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[leprechaun9]

That is why he is the MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE!

[GulliverSwift]

And by this you mean....

I'm just talking about VA's primary today, especially the voters in the People's Republic of Northern Virginia.

[SpinyNorman]

"This week, George Bush and the Republican smear machine have trotted out the same old tired lines of attack that they've used before to divide this nation and to evade the real issues before us.

That's right, and we'll do it with your tired old voting record and an increasing library of your on-the-record statements and speeches.

There is no amount of ketchup that will mask the bad taste that record of "achievement" will leave in everybody's mouth.

[tet68]

Yes, a festive celebration of the lunar New Year featuring
native peoples in their quaint costumes, trying to drive the minions of the devil out with loud explosions etc.

Actually it is my belief that it was a plot by the cadres in the north to decimate the southern fighters by useless attacks upon US forces. Which IS what happened, and hence
when the forces of the north finally successfully invaded
there were not that many strong VC leaders to form a southern group to influence how things were going to be, it was all Hanoi's game then.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks...it's been a LONG day!

[Welsh Rabbit]

Almost makes one sad at the sight of the naive demorats, trotting out the same old play book, making the same old tirades, only to be blindsided by GW again, and again, and again...........

Yet they still insist he is soooo stupid. What does that say about them?

[Rokke]

"This week, George Bush and the Republican smear machine have trotted out the same old tired lines of attack that they've used before..."

This coming from a man and a party who has resurrected the dead horse of Bush's Guard service 30 years ago, for the umpteenth time.

[Kozak]

We all saw George Bush play dress-up on an aircraft carrier. Well, I know something about aircraft carriers for real.

I am so SICK OF THIS PHONEY. He was on a patrol boat in Vietnam. For 4 months. While not in Vietnam, Bush FLEW F 102's. WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT AVIATION? He looked right at home in that flight suit, and everyone on that carrier could sense it.

[ntnychik]

CNN characterized today's release by the Bush Admin. of the military records detailing Bush's Nat'l Guard service that were requested by various sources as "fighting back".

CBS (Rather) breathlessly declared this to be "Bush on the defensive." Quickly flipped to another channel where I saw Kerry piously declaring that he'd never brought this issue up. Wha....?! Last I knew he was equating Guard service with going to jail and fleeing to Canada.

[malia]

FYI!!!

This picture is making the rounds!!

My son just e'd me this from the mainland.

[WVNan]

Poster material.

HANOI JOHN'S MAINSTREAM (GLAAD, et.)

[petercooper]

"I have news for George Bush, Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie and the rest of their gang: I have fought for my country my whole life. I'm not going to back down now,"

You left out Ken Mehlman, Botox Johnny. They will all have a field day with you during the campaign.

[WVNan]

Poster material. 4 MONTHS SERVICE-Silver Star, Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts?

[ntnychik]

Kerry before & after pics: http://www.drudgereport.com/mattjk2.htm

[WVNan]

"Bring it on?" He can't even make up his own slogans. Had to steal President Bush's.

[WVNan]

I've been calling him Hanoi John also. I think it's perfect for our purposes. Great for posters. Short and everybody will get it instantly (exception: the very young).

[shrinkermd]

What made Major General Benedict Arnold turn against the cause of his infant country?

BIOGRAPHY: journeys back to the battlefields of the Revolution for an in-depth look at a career of stunning victories that went unrewarded. Despite defeating the British at Ticonderoga, nearly making Canada America's 14th colony with the victory in the Battle of Saratoga and engaging British warships in Lake Champlain in America's first naval battle, Arnold was continually passed over for promotion. Thomas Fleming, author of 1776: Year of Illusions, relates how the breaking point came when Arnold was nearly court marshaled. Soon afterwards, British spy John Andre was captured with documents Arnold gave him, and Benedict was forced to go over to the British side.

Benedict Arnold was a war hero as well.

[GailA]

One has to wonder just how many of these Vietnam vets at his rallies might be some of his old anti-war buddies?

[Steven W.]

you are right! (Hanoi John's "vets" include his anti-war buddies)

DNC talking points tonight goes to the heart of this article - both Joe Klein (Time/CNN) and Craig Crawford (Hotline/NBC) - liberal media darlings - were parroting each other tonight that the slanderous charges against the president & National Guard service are now over but that they served the message which they intended which is that John Kerry has now shown the DNC he is willing to sling the dirtiest of dirt against Bush with hopes that will help the remaining Deaniacs and other hate-fringe party faithful to coalesce and get behind Kerry.

[GailA]

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1744/a10.html

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1744/a10.html
Newshawk: chip
Pubdate: Sun, 09 Nov 2003
Source: Charlotte Observer (NC)
Copyright: 2003 The Charlotte Observer
Contact: opinion@charlotteobserver.com
Website: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/78
CANDIDATES UNABASHED BY PAST POT USE

Presidential Watch

( AP ) - The question during the debate, held in front of an audience of twenty-somethings in Boston, was inevitable. The answers showed how much the times have changed.

"Which of you are ready to admit to having used marijuana in the past?" Anderson Cooper, the moderator of Tuesday's "Rock the Vote" debate on CNN, asked eight of the nine Democratic presidential candidates. ( Rep. Dick Gephardt was not there. )

"Yes," said Sen. John Kerry, leading off.

"Yes," said Sen. John Edwards.

"Yes," said former Gov. Howard Dean.

None of these three baby boomer candidates said anything beyond their short, declarative affirmations. The implication of their answers seemed to be, "Yeah, so what?"

In fact, the defensive answers tended to come from those replying in the negative.

"No," said Rep. Dennis Kucinich. "But I think it ought to be decriminalized."

"I grew up in the church," said the Rev. Al Sharpton. "We didn't believe in that."

"Well, you know, I have a reputation for giving unpopular answers at Democratic debates," said Sen. Joe Lieberman. "I never used marijuana. Sorry!"

The next day's news coverage of the debate focused on the attacks on Dean for his references to appealing to people who fly the Confederate flag. The admissions of marijuana smoking by three of the Democratic candidates for president were largely ignored. -- NEW YORK TIMES

Gephardt asks staff to take a pay cut

Democratic presidential hopeful Dick Gephardt, facing a huge cash disadvantage against Howard Dean, has asked his senior staff to take a pay cut."We want to make sure we spend the bulk of our resources in the early states on the ground and on the air," said campaign manager Steve Murphy. - -- ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kerry backs UMass effort to grow pot

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry supports the University of Massachusetts' effort to grow marijuana for medical research. The University of Mississippi is the only legal grower of marijuana for research. Kerry and fellow Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy say that amounts to an "unjustifiable monopoly."

"The current lack of such competition may well result in the production of lower-quality research-grade marijuana, which in turn jeopardizes important research into the therapeutic effects of marijuana for patients undergoing chemotherapy or suffering from AIDS, glaucoma or other diseases," Kerry and Kennedy wrote in a letter to the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration dated Oct. 20. . -- ASSOCIATED PRESS