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WHITE HOUSE: Setting the Record Straight: Sen. Kennedy On Iraq
White House ^ | November 11, 2005

Posted on 11/11/2005 3:07:21 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

"It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal to our troops and our enemy during a time of war. It is also regrettable that Senator Kennedy has found more time to say negative things about President Bush then he ever did about Saddam Hussein. If America were to follow Senator Kennedy's foreign policy, Saddam Hussein would not only still be in power, he would be oppressing and occupying Kuwait."

- Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary

Sen. Kennedy On Iraq

Sen. Kennedy Said Saddam Hussein Was Developing WMDs: "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." (Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Remarks At The Johns Hopkins School Of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C., 9/27/02)

Sen. Kennedy: "Saddam Hussein Is A Dangerous Figure. He's Got Dangerous Weapons." (CBS' "Face The Nation," 10/6/02)

Sen. Kennedy Now Says The President Manipulated Facts About Iraq's WMDs: "'Instead of providing open and honest answers about how we will achieve success in Iraq and allow our troops to begin to come home,' Kennedy said, 'the president reverted to the same manipulation of facts to justify a war we never should have fought.'" (Deb Riechmann, "Bush Forcefully Attacks Critics Of The War In Iraq," Associated Press, 11/11/05)

Sen. Kennedy Opposed Removing Saddam Hussein From Kuwait. (S.J.Res.2, CQ Vote #2: Adopted 52-47: R 42-2; D 10-45, 1/12/91, Kennedy Voted Nay)

Sen. Kennedy Opposed Removing Saddam Hussein From Power. (H. J. Res. 114, CQ Vote #237: Passed 77-23: R 48- 1; D 29-21; I 0-1, 10/11/02, Kennedy Voted Nay)


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; bush; chappaquiddick; chappaquiddickted; chippaquiddick; chippaquiddickted; iraq; kennedy; kopechne; maryjo; swimmer; teddy; teddykennedy; tedkennedy; veteransday; ytedk
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

of course he is, thats why nobody botehred to knock him off. hes useless. waste of a human being.


101 posted on 11/11/2005 5:04:44 PM PST by beansox
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To: Mo1

Poor Chrissy.

Dems' are in hysteria because the President told the Truth. How dare he do such a thing? ;-)

I'm especially enjoying their "outrage" over saying this on Veteran's Day. Considerate of the military crowd cheering him on, and the Dems' abuse of him every day of the year, understanding of their eagerness to lose this war for political gain endangering the safety of our troops, our country, and dishonor the contributions of past and serving miltary ...It was the perfect day to do this.

Dems, EAT your own Words and choke on your Sedition.


102 posted on 11/11/2005 5:04:49 PM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

This is breaking news? Amazing what qualifies these days vs. what does not.


103 posted on 11/11/2005 5:05:18 PM PST by newzjunkey (CA: Now is not the time to give up! JoinArnold2006.com TomMcClintock.net)
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To: Meadow Muffin
How is it possible that that idiot Kennedy and his son Kerry could ever still be in office? What is the matter with Mass? They must all be inbred in that state....they are 2 of the most un American people I have ever seen.

How can anyone vote for a snake like Corzine?
It's freakin' baffling!
104 posted on 11/11/2005 5:05:33 PM PST by cjmae
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To: roses of sharon

OK...lets take this further...I heard some noise last week that the Kennedy family has some 500 million dollars stashed away in Fiji for tax evasion purposes...anyone else here this?


105 posted on 11/11/2005 5:05:33 PM PST by Hotdog
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To: West Coast Conservative

bttt


106 posted on 11/11/2005 5:06:03 PM PST by cgk (Card-Carrying, Dues-Paying Member of the VCBC {Vast Conservative Base Conspiracy})
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To: SpinyNorman

Very good! Well said.


107 posted on 11/11/2005 5:08:21 PM PST by abclily
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To: Zacs Mom; lightingguy

Wow, what a great quote, never heard it before.


108 posted on 11/11/2005 5:11:19 PM PST by agrace (Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me if you know so much. Job 38:4)
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To: roses of sharon
Oh yes, Kennedy does believe his hate rhetoric. He used the same hateful speech during Viet Nam.

He was Kerry's mentor and they, together, did all they could to undermine America in that war.

109 posted on 11/11/2005 5:12:19 PM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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To: Ramstein75

Exactly, he needs to keep it up and not go back to silent mode.


110 posted on 11/11/2005 5:12:51 PM PST by headstamp
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To: Mo1
I am watching.

I was curious to see how he and his winged monkey, David Shuster, were going to show how the Bush Administration tied Iraq directly to 9/11 in their "pre-war hype" as promised in their Yackball promos.

They never were able to show an incident of anybody in the Bush Admin. making that direct assertion, yet Chrissy kept insisting that Bush and co. made that claim.

It seems that regardless of the topic, Matthews will lead-in with that lame CIA leak case video expose his hack satff created with pictures of folders and files with mug shots some of the players attached with a paper clip and words like INDICTMENT and CIA LEAK flashing across the screen.

He really is an idiot.

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The way Olbermann and Craig Crawford laugh, giggle and make goo goo eyes at each other during their little chats, I'm beginning to think they're dating.

111 posted on 11/11/2005 5:13:40 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: West Coast Conservative

Stripping the bark off that tree - way to go W!


112 posted on 11/11/2005 5:15:18 PM PST by gotribe (Hillary: Accessory to Rape)
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To: infidel29

Very interesting though par for the course I would say for "Senator Dog Paddle".


113 posted on 11/11/2005 5:15:40 PM PST by headstamp
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To: West Coast Conservative

Ted Kennedy proves that his family curse is not to die a tragic death.


114 posted on 11/11/2005 5:15:51 PM PST by KStorm ("Liberals resent having to be elected!" - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: West Coast Conservative

"Regrettable." Yes.

Also "egregious."


115 posted on 11/11/2005 5:18:07 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: West Coast Conservative
So Ted Kennedy is a fat, lying swine.

So what's new?!

116 posted on 11/11/2005 5:23:00 PM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: lizma
He's an absolute coward for not going in to get her out of the car. He was just worried about his own skin and political ambitions.

That girl died a horrible death by drowning in a sinking "coffin". One can only imagine the stark terror that went through her mind while the water came up and she eventually succumbed and drowned.

That man is a despicable low life. You or I would still be in prison for criminally negligent homicide or at least manslaughter.
117 posted on 11/11/2005 5:25:07 PM PST by headstamp
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To: GodBlessUSA
Way to go S. McClellan!

The timing on this is impeccable. Hit Kennedy hard on Friday night; he'll wake up about noon on Tuesday and wonder what the hell happened lol

118 posted on 11/11/2005 5:29:31 PM PST by be-baw
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To: mariabush
Now is the right time for letting the fur fly.

Well yes, high time, even. But in the meantime, essential work was scuttled because a weak president has no clout amongst cowardly rino majorities. By refusing to defend his own record all these months, the 'rats have had an open field for the Big Lie, repeated over and over, and NEVER DIRECTLY CONFRONTED. No wonder the masses believe it and his numbers have tanked. Let the fur now fly, by all means, but face it--harm has been done by the WH's slack posture.

119 posted on 11/11/2005 5:35:52 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: abclily
We certainly are at war. It is the War on Terror. You want some more words spoken before you will allow the War on Terror to be real? Then you will authenticate the War on Terror? Our brave military has already authenticated the War on Terror and are doing a great job of winning it also. They've done it all without your permission.

Yes, we're at war because we were attacked. We're also not at war because Congress hasn't declared war. Things are confused and they can't be cleared up by your declaring we're at war because you don't have Constitutional standing to do so. Neither does the President. Neither do the Courts. Until Congress says the words explicitly we are not at war legally, however much we may be in fact.

120 posted on 11/11/2005 5:37:42 PM PST by Grut
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