SCHIEFFER: All right. Let me shift to another point of view, and it comes from another Democrat, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. He takes a very different view. He says basically we should stay the course because, he says, real progress is being made. He said this is a war between 27 million Iraqis who want freedom and 10,000 terrorists. He says we're in a watershed transformation. What about that?Sen. KERRY: Let me--I--first of all, there is so much more that unites Democrats than divides us. And Democrats have much more in common with each other than they do with George Bush's policy right now. Now Joe Lieberman, I believe, also voted for the resolution which said the president needs to make more clear what he's doing and set out benchmarks, and that the policy hasn't been working. We all believe him when you say, `Stay the course.' That's the president's policy, which hasn't been changing, which is a policy of failure. I don't agree with that. But I think what we need to do is recognize what we all agree on, which is you've got to begin to set benchmarks for accomplishment. You've got to begin to transfer authority to the Iraqis. And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the--of--the historical customs, religious customs. Whether you like it or not...
SCHIEFFER: Yeah.
Sen. KERRY: ...Iraqis should be doing that. And after all of these two and a half years, with all of the talk of 210,000 people trained, there just is no excuse for not transferring more of that authority.
And there is no reason that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids,children and women, breaking religious customs. Whether you like it or not Iraqis should be doing that.
"..going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children,.."
"Iraqis should be doing that"
Suggested headline:
"Kerry demands that Iraqis terrorize children in the dead of night"
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
So, from that quote, the Iraqis themselves should be terrorizing women and children? Oh I'm so glad he has a plan....
"American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the--of--the historical customs, religious customs. Whether you like it or not...
SCHIEFFER: Yeah.
Sen. KERRY: ...Iraqis should be doing that. "
Doing what - terrorising women and children? Is he from this planet?
First, it's all about the Democratic Party.
I want this son of a bitch on the town square.
Kerry is a dolt and has always been a dolt. His answer makes no sense if you look at it in total. No sense whatsoever, but then, I expect no better from him.
Shieffer's comment, on the other hand, is inexcusable. As a journalist, he was bound by ethics to remain neutral but did not. If he meant it as "yeah, and so?," his timing was horrible. Worse, to pretend that answer made sense is ridiculous. I bet if you asked Shieffer to dissect what Kerry had just said, he would not have been able to.