Posted on 08/17/2004 7:21:10 AM PDT by lnbchip
Hey, it would even make a great ad for W.
--Bush has released his joint tax records.
--Bush's medical records are public.
--Bush's military records have been examined and re-
examined by the press. --And Bush is there for ALL Intelligence briefings before
it even gets to the Intelligence Committee!
Great idea for an ad!
He had that "deer in the headlights" look, and was sputtering that he would have to find out if that was true and if it was, Kerry's team would address it. It was beautiful!
BTTT for future reference
This isn't the first time.
Back in 2000, some of his supporters and probably he were claiming that he was a Seal Team Member and loved to "adopt" some of what the other Senator K had done.
Thanks for saving that. It will disappear like so much has from the Kerry sites.
Please save this fiasco before it disappears.
http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/archives/002455.html
The blog is still showing that Kerry was Vice Chairman.
Do a 'find' on "vice" on that webpage. It still hasn't been removed.
http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/archives/002455.html
"The MSM could save a lot of $$ and hire stenographers instead of reporters."
Just replace them with fax machines connected to Kerry.com, moveon.com, and DNC.com.
Yeah, I thought that they had pulled the plug on that claim from their web site, too...but it's still up there on the site.
NewsMax should have at least clicked on the web page for themselves rather than simply copied yesterday's FR thread.
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
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OK, John. How many BOTOX injections do you get a week?
You should adopt that as your tagline.
Maybe John Kerry took Bob Kerrey, the Navy seal, over to Cambodia illegally during the Vietnam war.
Excellent point showing the double standard they use.
mc
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease....id=148-08132004
John Kerry is an Experienced Leader in the Intelligence Field - John Kerry served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for 8 years and is the former Vice Chairman of the Committee
LOL! That Bob Kerrey! Er, I mean John Fn Kerry !
Here is the full text of that part:
THE RECORD
John Kerry is an Experienced Leader in the Intelligence Field – John Kerry served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for 8 years and is the former Vice Chairman of the Committee. Kerry joined the Committee in early 1993 and served until early 2001. Among the areas closely investigated by John Kerry and the Intelligence Committee include global terrorism, world wide threats to U.S. national security, international espionage, weapons of mass destruction, drug trafficking, arms trafficking and nuclear security. John Kerry is also the former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations and conducted several high profile Intelligence and International Security investigations. Additionally, Kerry is the author of the 1997 book ‘The New War’ which addressed the challenges of global terrorism and has served on the Foreign Relations Committee for more than eighteen years. One observer of Kerry wrote that, “Kerry plunged himself into the study of international crime and its implications for America.” In fact, the Kerry Commission uncovered the drug smuggling and arms trading in the Oliver North, Iran Contra scandal. “As chairman and then ranking Democrat on the Senate subcommittee on terrorism, narcotics, and international operations, John Kerry has been out front in pushing three presidential administrations to take seriously what is going on in the international underworld.” [Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/6/96, 7/20/97; Boston Globe 6/28/97; The Guardian, 6/19/96]
Kerry Strongly Supports Increased Intelligence Funding – Including $250 Billion in the Previous 8 Years – A 50% Increase Since 1996 – John Kerry, a former member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has strongly supported recent increases in Intelligence funding, and, in the wake of 9/11, has supported the bipartisan call for an even larger increase in intelligence funding. According to a report issued by the Center for Defense Information entitled “Intelligence Funding and the War on Terror” John Kerry has supported approximately $250 billion in Intelligence funding over the past eight years alone. The report concludes that Kerry has supported a 50% increase in intelligence funding since 1996. Recently, Kerry stressed the need for greater intelligence in order to protect the country from terrorism: "The best single defense we have today, the most important weapon in the war against terrorism, is intelligence, good intelligence. We're way behind the curve in terms of human intelligence-gathering capacity as well as mutual legal-assistance efforts. You've got to know who they are, where they are what their plans are and hit them before they hit you. That's intelligence." [Senate Intelligence Authorization Funding voice votes 9/25/02, 12/13/01, 12/6/00, 11/19/1999, 10/8/98 & 9/25/96; 1997, Senate Roll Call vote # 109; Jewish News Bulletin of Northern California, 4/5/02]
KERRY DID NOT “SLASH” THE INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Ad Text: “That same year he proposed slashing America’s intelligence budget by $6 billion.”
Bush Campaign Co-Chair Mark Hatfield Voted With Kerry On This Issue: “Congressman Greg Walden, who is serving his 3rd term representing the 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives, will serve as Co-Chair and former Governor Vic Atiyeh and Senator Mark Hatfield will serve as Honorary Co-Chairman.” Mark Hatfield voted with Kerry in 1994. [www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=2072; Senate Roll Call Vote 1994 # 39]
This was not a proposal aimed solely at intelligence funding; but was a broad-based attempt to reduce the deficit
Like his 1995 plan that has been the subject of false Republican Attacks, John Kerry proposed a broad-based deficit reduction plan that would have cut $45 billion from the deficit over five years.
The intelligence portion would have:
Rescinded $1 billion from intelligence funding in FY1994
Capped funds at $1 billion less than 1994 levels (approx 27B) for next 4 years
Actual amounts approved by Republicans and Democrats over the next two years were BELOW the level they would have been under Kerry’s Amendment.
In fact, the funding levels in FY1997 and FY1998, both approved by Republican Congresses were BELOW the levels that John Kerry proposed in 1994.
Intelligence funding was ripe for cuts at the time.
Surveillance of USSR comprised 58 percent of Cold War budget.
In a letter dated September 16, 1992, CIA Director Gates states:
“In 1980, when we were at the height of our commitment to the cold war, only 58 percent of the intelligence resources were dedicated to the U.S.S.R. -- a far smaller share than many may suppose. Today, the Commonwealth of Independent States accounts for only 34 percent of the President's amended fiscal year 1993 budget.”
Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Intelligence Community. On September 25, 1995, the New York Times reported the existence of an NRO slush fund in the amount of $1.5 billion.
Five days before Kerry introduced his legislation, The Washington Post reported that the NRO had hoarded $1 billion to $1.7 billion of unspent funds without informing the CIA or the Pentagon. Months earlier, the CIA had launched an inquiry into the NRO's funding after complaints by lawmakers that the agency had used more than $300 million of unspent classified funds to build a Virginia headquarters for the organization a year earlier. [Washington Post, 3/12/2004]
Under a plan approved in late 1995, about $1.9 billion was taken from NRO reserve funds through 1997, and another $1.9 billion over the following two years, according to a senior intelligence official familiar with the NRO's activities. [Washington Post, 3/12/2004]
BUSH IGNORED TERRORISM WARNINGS
Bush Went Golfing Day After Getting Report, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” “As dawn broke over the rolling hills of central Texas, an 18-car motorcade roared past fields of grazing black Angus cattle, carrying George W. Bush and his presidential retinue from his ranch near Crawford to a morning round of golf. The day was Aug. 7, 2001, and the sun, glowing orange as it crested the dark treeline, was already hot. Bush, sporting a maroon-and-gold Polo shirt, was upbeat as he arrived at the Ridgewood Country Club, and he teased reporters about the weather. "I know a lot of you wish you were in the East Coast, lounging on the beaches, suckin' in the salt air," he said. He, by contrast, welcomed a chance to work and play in the 100-degree Texas heat. ‘I find that to be a good part of keeping me a balanced person,’ he said. If Bush was rattled by a daily intelligence briefing he had received the day before, titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US,’ he didn't show it. He spread his arms wide and told reporters, ‘I'm enjoying myself.’” [Newhouse News Service, 4/19/04]
2001 State Department Terrorism Report Left Out Bin Laden. “The State Department officially released its annual terrorism report just a little more than an hour ago, but unlike last year, there's no extensive mention of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. A senior State Department official tells CNN the U.S. government made a mistake in focusing so much energy on bin Laden and 'personalizing terrorism.’” [CNN, 4/30/01]
Principals in Bush Administration Didn’t Even Meet on Al Qaeda Until Sept. 4th. [Commissioner] ROEMER: Were there principal meetings on al Qaeda and terrorism before September the 4th?
RUMSFELD: Well, there were certainly principals meetings where it was discussed. Whether it was the sole topic or not, you have those records and you would know. I left out...
ROEMER: Our records say no, that the first principals meeting on terrorism...
RUMSFELD: Just solely on that topic?
ROEMER: ... until September 4th.” [testimony 3/23/04]
Bush transition did not discuss Bin Laden. In his new book, Clarke recounts how on Jan. 24, 2001, he recommended that the new president's national-security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, convene the president's top advisers to discuss the Qaeda threat. One week later, Bush did. But according to Clarke, the meeting had nothing to do with bin Laden. The topic was how to get rid of Saddam Hussein. "What does that tell you?" Clarke remarked to Newsweek. "They thought there was something more urgent. It was Iraq. They came in there with their agenda, and [Al Qaeda] was not on it." [Newsweek, 3/21/2004]
Bush ignored terrorism for months. Richard A. Clarke, who served in counterterrorism posts at the White House until February 2003, also said in an interview to be broadcast tonight on CBS's "60 Minutes" that President Bush has "done a terrible job on the war against terrorism" by failing to capture Osama bin Laden or focus more aggressively on the al Qaeda network. "Frankly, I find it outrageous that the president is running for reelection on the grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism," Clarke said, according to a CBS transcript. "He ignored it. He ignored terrorism for months, when maybe we could have done something to stop 9/11. Maybe. We'll never know." [Washington Post, 3/21/2004]
After Told Second Tower Hit, But Before Pentagon Hit, Bush Stayed in Classroom. “Just after 9 a.m., Mr. Bush took a seat in front of students, most of them from a poor neighborhood. He listened as teacher Sandra K. Daniels pointed to an easel, and the second-graders read aloud lists of words. Then, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card strode into the classroom, leaned down and whispered in the president's ear, "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack," Mr. Card has recounted. Both Republican and Democratic commissioners have said they are focusing closely on what happened next -- and whether mere minutes could have affected the outcome on Sept. 11. The panel's investigators are looking at questions such as the timeliness of presidential orders about intercepting the jet that at 9:37 a.m. plowed into the Pentagon.” [Wall Street Journal, 3/22/04]
Officials Had Said Bush Rushed Out Right Away, But Tape Shows He Waited Seven Minutes—“No Need to Pull Bush Away.” “But uncut videotape of the classroom visit obtained from the local cable-TV station director who shot it, and interviews with the teacher and principal, show that Mr. Bush remained in the classroom not for mere seconds, but for at least seven additional minutes. He followed along for five minutes as children read aloud a story about a pet goat. Then he stayed for at least another two minutes, asking the children questions and explaining to Ms. Rigell that he would have to leave more quickly than planned. Mr. Bartlett confirmed in an interview that the president stayed in the classroom for at least seven minutes. The spokesman said that as the president's staff was trying to learn more about the plane crashes, there was no need to talk to Mr. Bush or pull him away.” [Wall Street Journal, 3/22/04]
Posted by Peter Daou on August 13, 2004 at 05:46 PM
Yep. My grandpa earned a purple heart in the Pacific theater in WWII, and I never knew about it until after he died.
There is the text duplicated Grampa .....
Thanks when the computers thugs borrowed from Move.on by Kerry remove that data, we will have it.
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