Posted on 08/17/2004 7:21:10 AM PDT by lnbchip
John Kerry Confuses Himself With Bob Kerrey
Of course John Kerry is afraid to run on his left-wing Senate record, but does that mean he should pose as a colleague?
Imagine the screaming headlines and nationwide media ridicule if President Bush confused himself with another pol. But don't expect the New York Times and company to report this:
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In trying to defend his horrendous record on intelligence "and spin their way out of his lousy committee attendance record," Kerry's campaign "claimed on its website Monday, 'John Kerry served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for 8 years and is the former Vice Chairman of the Committee.' Fact is John Kerry has never – ever! – served as vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence," the Republican National Committee noted today.
"Turns out, there as a senator named Bob Kerrey from Nebraska who was vice chairman for a while. Kerry’s website later pulled the plug on the page, which might be construed as a metaphor for the whole campaign."
The RNC suggested: "Instead of posting false qualifications on the campaign website, maybe it would be wiser for John Kerry and the Gang That Couldn’t Spin Straight to follow the advice of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who called on the Kerry campaign Monday to end the controversy by simply releasing his committee attendance records. What are the odds?"
And thanks to Bush-Cheney '04 for finding this quote Feb. 10, 1994 in the Congressional Record from Kerry's Democrat colleague Dennis DeConcini, then a U.S. senator from Arizona: "Mr. President, the Kerry amendment includes a $1 billion cut in fiscal year 1994 and $5 billion over the next 5 years from intelligence activities."
Here's what Rep. Hastert said Monday: "John Kerry served on the Intelligence Committee from 1993 to 2000, and according to official records, John Kerry missed 76 percent of the public Senate Intelligence Committee hearings during that time. This figure doesn’t include his attendance at closed door meetings. Those records can only be released to the public at John Kerry’s request. This is something that needs to be done, and I join Senator Roberts, Senator Chambliss, Senator Cornyn, and Senator Coleman and others in calling on him to do so, so that the American people can judge the whole picture for themselves."
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said Sunday on "Meet the Press," "The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request of Senator Rockefeller and myself to release the attendance hearings; not only the public hearings, which they have rebutted, but the closed hearings."
Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said Sunday on CNN: "So I would go to what is solid, uncontrovertible fact, and that is the records that each committee keeps with regard to the attendance at every hearing of all the members, whether they're there or not. Now, those records are available. John Kerry, if he questions the authenticity of this ad that's out there now, should simply get those records and put them into the public domain."
Let's see, is there a positive spin to the fact that Kerry missed 38 of 49 public hearings of the Intelligence Committee, including the June 8, 2000, hearing on the National Commission on Terrorism's warning about the terrorist threat? Well, at least his 22 percent attendance rate was better than his Senate attendance recently.
John Kerry always wanted to win the Congressional Medal of Honor, so I guess his confusion is for the purpose of winning another medal he didn't earn.
So this means it was BOB Kerrey that served in Vietnam, then? :^)
These people are so pathetic. If it weren't so scary that they could well end up in the White House this would be funny. And back in the days when the media were just biased, but did not take all their marching orders from the Demo party, this probably would have been a major embarrassment for Kerry. But not now. No big deal.
It is pretty bad when even Kerry doesn't know what he did on the Senate Intelligence Committee!!
I guess when you miss most of the meetings, and have a rather grand view of yourself (is "narcissistic" enough for this guy?), the story tends to get blown out of proportion! That might explain his 4 months of "glory" in Vietnam too.....
The Frenchurian Candidate has the work ethic of the French. Inspired!
But have you ever mistaken yourself for Bob Kerrey?
Still on his site..............
"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]"
http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/archives/002455.html#more
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"Kerry's website later pulled the plug on the page, which might be construed as a metaphor for the whole campaign."
That is hilarious!! Too bad someone will have to explain it in monosyllabic words to the average Dem!!!
Won't release wife's tax records.
Won't release medical records.
Won't release military records.
Won't release Intelligence Committee attendance.
And these hypocrites have the gall to call the Bush administration secretive.
It appears so. The man is certifiably insane. There's something very wrong with John Kerry's head.
Maybe it was Bob Kerrey who spent Christmas in Cambodia, or maybe, dropping off Navy Seals later in January.
These JFnK people are so weirded out on drugs they have no clue what is going on. Or they were hired be Terry M to leave 08 open. LOL
Next thing you know, Frenchie will be bragging about nailing Debra Winger too....
Sen Kerry hasn't been a Chairman of any committee either!! He does NOT like heavy lifting ad responsibilites!
Remember Senator, you are the one from Massachusetts
Anyone know exactly where this was on the website ?
It's sad to think that this guy was actually ON the INTELLIGENCE committee
Who was it...Tad Devine? He is PERMANENTLY SNEERING!!
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