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.
The really frightening thing is, this man is actually close in the polls to W.
If the press was doing its job, and subjecting Kerry to the same scrutiny as W, he would be nowhere near.
We accept the severe liberal bias of the MSM because we are so used to it; we have always had it. But when you think how actively they are working to get this really deficient candidate in, it's frightening.
At least John Kerry will never be confused with Drew Carey.
"This is a typical Republican attack on decorated war hero John Kerry." - Kerry campaign/MSM
"It appears so. The man is certifiably insane. There's something very wrong with John Kerry's head."
But he and Terazza WERE the inspiration for "Love Story" ... right ?
I thought he was NEVER a Chairman.
I think the Kerrey misstep was from a Hillary mole.
... the Senator's been listening to the voices, again..."
The blog is still showing that Kerry was Vice Chairman.
http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/archives/002455.html
Do a 'find' on "vice" on that webpage. It still hasn't been removed.
"Won't release medical records" You know, a few weeks ago I was polled by Gallup and along with the usual questions about the election, I was also asked if a candidate had a problem with anxiety or depression would I be less inclined to vote for him. That question has bothered me now for almost a month. Does anyone have any insight as to why they would ask this out of the blue?
Next time someone makes fun of Cheney, I'm dredging Devine's puss up.
It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
Just what kind of people does Kerry find to work for him?
All these revisions aren't worth any media attention, after all it isn't as if he misspelled potato.
The MSM could save a lot of $$ and hire stenographers instead of reporters.
You cannot make this stuff up !
They're sure not going to come up with a man of integrity for the position; first, because there's no such thing among the ranks of Democrats, and secondly, because he would alienate the precious base. A turd is fine when your game is coprophilia.
What cracks me up is that they have this posted on their 'Fact Check" page :-)
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