Its time for Rove, Bush et. al. to take the gloves off and not only come out swinging against Kerry, but the NYT as well. Bush simply cannot wait for this story to be de-bunked by the MSM or even the New Media. Bush has to take Kerry to task ASAP on the campaign trail and make this incident part of his stump speech.
For example, say something to the effect that: Senator Kerry can't wait to declare American failure in Iraq. Even today, my opponent was claiming that my administration was incompetent because of the failure to prevent the dissapearance of high explosives from an Iraqi weapons site. Yet, as it turns out, the weapons stored at this site had dissapeared before our brave young men and women in arms ever invaded Iraq. It seems that Mr. Kerry and some in the media will go to any lengths to declare our efforts a failure.
Putting that aside, however, I find it incredible that Mr. Kerry is now so interested in securing weapons in Iraq that pose a danger to the United States. I could not agree more with the Senator that this was and remains a priority. Indeed, at one point the Senator agreed with me on this issuse. Sadly, just days ago Mr. Kerry indicated that he has changed his mind. According to the Senator, Iraq posed no danger to the United States. I know this has been a long campaign, but I sure do wish the Senator would make up his mind.
I hope Rove & Hughes are reading FR! Great job on what Bush should be saying this week.