WE Must Link Berger to Kerry campaign for the record

7/20/2004 | borrowed from arfcom

[renotse]

In any and ALL references to Sandy Berger we MUST rightfully link him to Kerry, NOT just Clinton!:

"Sandy Berger, now a chief foreign policy adviser to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry..." www.bisnow.com/040708.cfm July 13, 2004

"[Kerry's] foreign-policy team, dominated by Sandy Berger..." www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5251332/site/newsweek June 28, 2004.

"Sandy Berger, national security adviser to President Bill Clinton, who recently joined the [Kerry] campaign." www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/05/31/MNGK86UH4E1.DTL May 31, 2004.

"Kerry foreign policy advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger..." www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/clips/news_2004_0528.html May 28, 2004.

[cripplecreek]

Thank you for saying it.

I see posters getting excited about the connection to Clinton while overlooking the fact that Berger has been acting as a security advisor to John Kerry.

Bill Clinton is a problem but he isn't the clear and present problem. all the headlines about the "former Clinton advisor" are only helping to distance the Kerry campaign from something that they were likely part of.

[Numbers Guy]

all the headlines about the "former Clinton advisor" are only helping to distance the Kerry campaign from something that they were likely part of.

Depends on folks' priorities. If the priority is to win this election and defeat Kerry, people should be talking about Berger's connections to Kerry. If people are more concerned with tarring the reputation of a guy who left the White House 42 months ago, then talk about Clinton. I hope most of us prefer the former approach.

[smoothsailing]

I found this interesting photo on another thread last night.

Notice Sandy (hotpants) Berger next to Lurch.

[Izzy Dunne]

CNN has put up a revised story - the first one barely mentioned the Kerry connection in the last sentence.

This one states:
Rep. Duncan Hunter, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Fox news channel Tuesday that Berger may have taken the documents to help Kerry's campaign.
"I've seen Sandy Berger's protestations and he's proclaimed his innocence and his good faith and said it was just a mistake -- he was just sloppy. I think we accept that," Hunter said.

Again, the pubbies are refusing to play hardball.

[we_will_prevail]

Bush is going to chop Kerry into pieces during the debates. No worry -- W will have plenty of questions for Kerry regarding Berger. Kerry might not answer any of Bush's questions re: Berger -- it doesn't matter, though -- the damage has been done to the Kerry campaign already. Should be fun to watch the debates.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Clinton’s Former Aide Drops Windfall in the Lap of Bush Campaign

[tort_feasor]

From another thread:
"Officials with the Bush-Cheney campaign point out that Berger gave a surprise background briefing to reporters on Feb. 27 on behalf of the Kerry campaign, in which he outlined airline security issues apparently drawn from the now-missing classified memos Berger is accused of removing from the National Archives," FNC reported.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

In a conference call with reporters before the speech, Kerry foreign policy advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger said those remarks were not meant to embrace Bush's doctrine of launching preemptive attacks against states the U.S. views as a threat.

[ChadGore]

Here is a sock that is BEGGING to be Photoshopped:

[Cannoneer No. 4]

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/clips/news_2004_0528.html

[ChadGore]

[DoctorMichael]

Are those documents in his pants or is he just excited about speaking?

[ChadGore]

[ChadGore]

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Sandy Berger and John Kerry

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Berger's Disgrace Shakes Kerry's Campaign

N.Y. Times buries Berger story 'Paper of record' relegated big news to page 16

He has been serving as a national security adviser to John Kerry's campaign.

[votelife]

W: "Senator Kerry, you wouldn't have gotten that idea from Sandy Berger's stolen memos would you?"

[Political Junkie Too]

The Kerry campaign was planning to use the convention to try to show that because of his service in Vietnam, the Democrats can be trusted with national security.

Now, however, the Democrats will have to explain how their last National Security Advisor, and Kerry policy advisor, was caught stealing national security documents.

How does one trust our security to a thief of national security documents?

-PJ

[maggief]

Meeting with Jewish leaders eases fears

John Kerry met privately with 50 Jewish leaders yesterday amid concerns about whom he would pick as a Mideast envoy and his stand on Israel's security, sources said.

The Democratic front-runner assured the group that, contrary to a speech he gave in December, he wouldn't seek out former President Jimmy Carter or former Secretary of State James Baker as his envoys, sources said.

Both men are perceived as tilting against Israel, and Kerry's speech touched off concern among Jewish leaders at the time. Instead, Kerry offered up the names of Sandy Berger, Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/169143p-147763c.html

[truthandlife]

FROM KERRY'S WEBSITE (JOHNKERRY.COM)

Kerry Details Strategy to Fight Terror May 28, 2004

From the article

In a conference call with reporters before the speech, Kerry foreign policy advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger said those remarks were not meant to embrace Bush's doctrine of launching preemptive attacks against states the U.S. views as a threat.

Berger, who was President Clinton's national security advisor, said there was "a profound difference between elevating preemption to a defining strategic doctrine," as Bush has, and "recognizing that no president is going to stand by, if he sees an immediate threat to the United States, and not take action."

In other articles: Revenge of the Clintonites

January/February 2004

If a Democrat ousts U.S. President George W. Bush in November’s election, what would the nation’s new foreign policy look like? Take a glance back to the Clinton White House for a clue.

Top hands from former President Bill Clinton’s ship stand out among the leading candidates’ foreignpolicy advisors. According to the names FP obtained from several campaigns, former U.S. National Security Advisor Sandy Berger is one of the most prominent gurus,...

Sandy Berger On Kerry ForPol

In a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with Bisnow on Business, former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, now a chief foreign policy adviser to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, says, in answer to a question about how long he can imagine a “substantial U.S. force presence” in Iraq: “I can certainly imagine us having a force there in three years. I hope it will be a smaller force.”

[beyond the sea]

Hey Sandy. Are those documents in your pants or are you just glad to see me?

[Krodg]

Rep. Duncan Hunter Which state is he from?

[Izzy Dunne]

Rep. Duncan Hunter Which state is he from?

California.
Google is your friend.

[Mia T]

kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants

[Krodg]

California.

Google is your friend.

I do know what Google is but it's not my friend. I live in a rural area and do not have a high speed connection. I asked here first under the misguided concept that FReepers actually cared about each other.

Thanks anyway.

[Izzy Dunne]

I cared enough to google it for you.

[Krodg]

I apologize for my earlier post. I do thank you for your help. Sorry for being so snippy.