KERRY 'REGIME CHANGE' ECHO CHAMBER

The Drudge Report | April 6, 2003 | Drudge

[faithincowboys]

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KERRY 'REGIME CHANGE' ECHO CHAMBER

Massachusetts Senator John Kerry may have been the first presidential candidate to publicly call for a "regime change" in Washington, but other pillars of the party have been indoctrinating the term for months, research shows.

At a fund-raising concert for House Democrats last October, ActressSingerMotherDirectorCitizenWifeProducer Barbra Streisand called for a "regime change" in Washington and said, "I find bringing the country to the brink of war unilaterally five weeks before an election questionable -- and very, very frightening."

Rev. Jesse Jackson: "We need a regime change in this country." [October 27, 2002]

Louis Farrakhan: "I am crying out to the American people to rise up because your president is the world's threat to peace. When you talk about a regime change in Iraq if this man continues like this there must be a regime change in America. Our president is drunk with the power of the United States of America." [October 9, 2002]

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI): "We need a regime change in the United States." [March 16, 2003]

Former LBJ Attorney General Ramsey Clark: "Regime change! George Bush has to go and we have the power to do it. The officials of the government shall be removed from office for crimes and misdemeanor; their crime against peace, and for use of torture in Iraq." [March 31, 2003]

Michael Moore: "The regime change ought to begin at home." [Nov. 10, 2002]

Actress Susan Sarandon: "I'd like a regime change in the United States, but I would really resent Iraq coming in, throwing out Bush and then telling us who to have." [Jan. 3, 2003]

[faithincowboys]

If I'm Karl Rove I would use this as a campaign spot--a great commercial showing michael moore, farrakhan, jackson, sarandon, streisand mouthing the same tired bs.

Kerry's comments and the company he keeps have destroyed his candidacy! Yee haw!!

[xJones]

If I'm Karl Rove I would use this as a campaign spot--a great commercial showing michael moore, farrakhan, jackson, sarandon, streisand mouthing the same tired bs.

That is a great idea! It would show the idiot opposition very well.

[Yeti]

"I find bringing the country to the brink of war unilaterally five weeks before an election questionable -- and very, very frightening."

Did I miss something?

[Boundless]

> John Kerry may have been the first presidential candidate
> to publicly call for a "regime change" ...

My distinct impression is that because the phrase had some
history, Kerry wasn't expecting the backlash he's getting.

In the previous uses, of course, an actual regime change
wasn't yet underway in Iraq, and wasn't a certain eventuality.

By wasting a wonderful period to keep quiet, and waiting
until our troops were in harm's way effecting a regime change,
Kerry demonstrated a keen insensitivity, and an ineptness of
timing that seems to characterize much of what the domestic
disloyal opposition does these days.

[Terpfen]

"Kerry's comments and the company he keeps have destroyed his candidacy! Yee haw!!"

If anything, Kerry's hair destroyed his candidacy long before he opened his mouth. PETA should be going after him for public display and degradation of a dead animal.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"If I'm Karl Rove I would use this as a campaign spot--a great commercial showing michael moore, farrakhan, jackson, sarandon, streisand mouthing the same tired bs. "

Maybe it's just me, but I believe that will hardly be necessary by 2004.

[faithincowboys]

He is politically tone deaf, and his vietnam days are not going to immunize him from this. There is a major backlash against streisand/moore/sarandon. For him to be seen as palying off the same sheet music as them is political suicide. what an idiot! he has lehane and some of the other gore goons as his advisors. Good to see that they are as incompetent and hateful as ever!

[faithincowboys]

well, you never know 2 years is an eternity in politics.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"well, you never know 2 years is an eternity in politics."

Oh really? I have faith. And here I thought you had "faith in cowboys"....LOL!

[faithincowboys]

I totally agree! The fact that he spends that kind of jack on his hair will never make his blue collar joe pose credible. A little guy worth $500 million (Republican earned money)is not gonna get populists votes!!

[SandRat]

Massachusetts Senator John Kerry may have been the first presidential candidate to publicly call for a "regime change" in Washington,....

Sen. Kerry is right we do need a "regime change" in Washington,.... we need to ensure that after the next election there are only token RATS in either chamber of congress. Just one in the Senate and one in the house would be about right.

[faithincowboys]

Faith without work cannot be called faith!!!

[PGalt]

I can see Kerry on stage with the Dixie Chicks singing their hit "Ready to Run" on the side...Hollywood producers are drooling as I type.

[A Citizen Reporter]

I've been enjoying watching the jacksons, streisands, kerrys, farakans, French, Russians and the UN all self-destruct. I really can't ask for better than that!

[Terpfen]

"I totally agree! The fact that he spends that kind of jack on his hair will never make his blue collar joe pose credible. A little guy worth $500 million (Republican earned money)is not gonna get populists votes!!"

Exactly. I don't know why Kerry is getting so much press and is considered the front-runner, other than maybe because he hasn't said anything, and has simply let Sharpton, Dean, and Kucinich do the talking so far ("regime change" line aside).

And, you know, haircuts over at Capitol Hill are something like 10 bucks a pop: not only does Kerry have roadkill for hair, but he pays next to nothing to make sure it rots as slowly as possible.

[lilylangtree]

Consider the sources calling for a regime change because that in itself is a turnoff: Clintoon Wannabe Kerry, Stupid Streisand, Shakedown Jackson, Nutty Farrakhan, Crackers Conyers, Forgotten Clark, Slobby Moore, Rescue Career Sarandon.

[need_a_screen_name]

Senator John Kerry saying that the U.S. needs a "regime change" wasn't the worst of it. What most of the papers are missing is that he said something like "we can't wait six more years." Anyone have the exact quote that they can post??

[A Citizen Reporter]

Yes, here it is at townhall.com

"Just because the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision in its selection - and an error in its decision - in the year 2000 doesn't mean we have to live with it for six more years," Kerry charged. The Massachusetts Democrat hopes to unseat Bush in the 2004 presidential elections, but he faces primary competition from a number of fellow Democrats.

[need_a_screen_name]

Thanks, that's it!