Bush Against Winning War on Terror Before He Was For It, Says Kerry

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Another example of the Kerry campaign 'sitting on their hands':eyes:

8/31/2004 12:45:00 PM

Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004, 202-464-2800; Web: http://www.johnkerry.com

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by Kerry-Edwards 2004:

BUSH FLIP-FLOPS ON WINNING THE WAR ON TERROR:

Kerry spokesman Phil Singer said: "What today showed is that George Bush might be able to read a speech saying we can win the war on terror, but as we saw yesterday, he's clearly got real doubts about his ability to do so and with good reason.

"This President has gone from mission accomplished to mission miscalculated to mission impossible on the war on terror. We need a leader who knows we can win the war on terror and has a plan to do it. America can do better than a go-it-alone foreign policy that has alienated key allies, leaving U.S. troops bearing the overwhelming burden in Iraq and U.S. taxpayers shouldering the bulk of the cost."

BUSH ON THE ATTACK BECAUSE, CAN'T TALK ABOUT HIS RECORD

BUSH DISTORTS KERRY POSITION ON REDEPLOYMENT

Bush Distorts Kerry's Position. While the Bush campaign continues to distort Kerry's position, Kerry in fact believes that now would be a dangerous time to pull troops out of nuclear- armed North Korea and further fray our alliances in Europe at a time when we need them more then ever. Bush and Cheney themselves have pointed to the need to keep our troops in the Korean Peninsula.

What Kerry said in early August was: "IF THE DIPLOMACY THAT I BELIEVE CAN BE PUT IN PLACE CAN WORK, I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops, not just there but elsewhere in the world. In the Korean peninsula perhaps, in Europe perhaps." Unfortunately, with Bush's failures in Korea and with our alliances around the world, we don't have the diplomacy right at this point. (This Week, August 1, 2004)

Bush: "And I'm not -- I strongly believe we need to have a military presence in the Korea Peninsula, not only to keep the peace in Peninsula, but to keep regional stability. And I strongly believe we need to keep a presence in NATO." (Bush, 10/11/00)

Cheney Said Danger Posed By North Korea Requires U.S. Presence. Cheney: "'In view of the dangers of nuclear proliferation in North Korea and the destabilizing impact on Northeast Asia -- and as a result of our consultations -- we have concluded that it would be unwise to proceed with major U.S. force reduction,' he said. 'We have therefore postponed the next round of force level adjustments being considered for Korea until the dangers and uncertainties of the North Korean nuclear program have been thoroughly addressed.'" (UPI, 11/21/91)


Much more:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35453

[tedoll78]

1. That's so rich!

Kudos to Kerry for such a clever press release. Now, let's see if the media even mentions it..

[buycitgo]

2. CBS made FUN of it! that's what they were talking about

on the news tonight

I started a thread on it

thanks for the link

I was SO furious

[librechik]

3. good one. Me like. More of this, please. n/t

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4. Not bad for a campaign that is described as 'on vacation'

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Ashcroft de-emphasized counter-terrorism before 9/11 . . . nt

[John_H]

6. Nice release---but

have press releases been imbued with some sort of magical power I'm not aware of?

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7. Funny how some folks have seized on press coverage of polls and swiftliars

to condem our candidate, and then you want to assert that the press is meaningless where Kerry is covered. Sad to come here and defend the position that our candidate is not effective. But that seems to be your main mission. Good luck with that.

[ItsMyParty]

8. Now, when those words come out of Kerry's mouth, live and in

living color, the media will actually be yacking about it instead of an item buried somewhere in a newspaper. Amureka don't read...hell it can't even make it through more than the headline news on the evening news. There have been enough press releases by the campaign to fill a filing cabinet---perhaps in the debates Kerry can hit George over the head with the cabinet. This is a release from a "spokesman" and that carries little weight.