A GWB saying something stupid thread GWB thinks that he is not a person you want as your commander in chief. I agree. Bush Chides Kerry for Iraq Explosives Talk TOM RAUM Associated Press LITITZ, Pa. - President Bush returned Democrat John Kerry's fire on a missing Iraqi weapons cache Wednesday, accusing his rival of rushing to judgment before all the facts were known and "denigrating" U.S. forces and their commanders. "A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief," Bush told supporters at an airport rally A debate over the theft of 350 tons of high explosives from a military depot near Baghdad has flashed into a major issue in the closing days of the campaign, with Kerry saying it demonstrates the administration's incompetence in managing postwar Iraq. Although Vice President Dick Cheney and other administration officials had responded to Kerry's criticism, Wednesday was the first time Bush spoke directly on the issue. "The senator is making wild charges about missing explosives," Bush said. The president told the crowd that there was no way to know when or how the explosives - last seen by U.N. weapons inspectors in early 2003 - vanished. "The munitions may have been moved before our troops arrived," he said. "The senator is denigrating the action of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts." Joe Lockhart, a Kerry campaign spokesman, said that rather than taking the situation seriously, Bush "opted to give a political response and launched yet another negative attack." "For a commander in chief to sidestep these important questions and somehow imply that John Kerry does anything less than fully support our troops is beneath contempt," Lockhart said. Bush said the Massachusetts senator's own national security advisers can't say for sure when the cache of weapons vanished. Military officials have said a U.S. unit that arrived at the depot in April 2003 on the march to Baghdad never had orders to look for the explosives, and that looting at the large complex was already under way. Bush raised the subject as he visited three battleground states, first at the rally in south-central Pennsylvania, then in almost identical words at another airport rally on the outskirts of Youngstown, Ohio. Bush was ending his day in Michigan. In mocking tones, Bush told several thousand supporters at the rally at Lancaster Airport, "Senator Kerry this week seemed shocked to learn that Iraq was a dangerous place, full of dangerous weapons. ... But after all, that's why we're there" "If Senator Kerry had his way ... Saddam Hussein would still be in power, he would control all those weapons and explosives and could have shared them with our terrorist enemies," Bush said.
He not a person who likes to clog up thread wit 2 much information all at once. Dang: Ok, now I look like a fool now that No Worries editted his initial spelling error Ok, you may say that you look like a fool no matter what you type ron413.
Well, I looked for a "GWB saying something stupid again" thread, didn't find one, and thus started this one.
No Worries Skinner: Oh, starting threads can be fun! All you have to do is make a game of it. Thumbs Simpson: What kind of game? No Worries Skinner: Well, for example, you could see how many you could start in an hour, then try to break that record! Thumbs Simpson: Sounds like a pretty crappy game to me. No Worries Skinner: Yes, well... Get started.
Like I was saying, we should just give you your own thread for occassions such as this when you are in a bind.
Uh... WOW. Seriously, I'm at a loss. I bet when he said this he had that stupid smirk on his face like he just finsihed the Rubik's cube by removing and replacing all the different colored stickers when no one was looking. Then he gave that sideways wink to no one in particular. Sheesh. Nov. 2 can't come fast enough for me.
TOP TEN (OR TWENTY-TWO) OUTRAGEOUS COMMENTS FROM THE KERRY CAMP 1. I actually did vote for the 87 billion . . . before I voted against it. JFK 2. They systematically cut off ears . . . raped . . . on a day to day basis (referring to our own soldiers). JFK 3. Saddam Hussein was a threat . . . Saddam Hussein was not a threat. (Said in the very same debate session.) JFK 4. If you elect John Kerry, people like Christopher Reeve in wheelchairs will get up and walk. JE 5. Dick Cheney’s daughter . . . is a lesbian. JFK 6. Shove it (said to reporter). THK 7. Scumbags (said about opponents). THK 8. I don’t know if Laura Bush has ever had a “real job.” THK 9. The presidency of Ronald Reagan was an era of moral darkness. JFK 10. I have never seen such a bunch of liars and crooks . . . JFK 11. When I said that it was late at night and I was tired and I didn’t choose my words carefully . . . I just made a mistake in how I talked about it (referring to the “87 billion” vote, see 1, above). (It actually was around the middle of the day that he made the statement, not late at night.) JFK 12. I believe life begins at conception . . . but I won’t force my religious beliefs on anyone else. JFK 13. A million African American voters were disenfranchised in 2000 (but somehow no one has any witnesses to this). JFK 14. Mary Cheney is “fair game.” Cahill 15. The way they responded, the Cheneys must have some shame about the fact that their daughter is a lesbian. Elizabeth Edwards 16. What we need in the U.S. is regime change (talking about regime change in Iraq). JFK 17. You must be an idiot if you don’t agree with my husband’s position on health care. THK 18. President Bush has a secret plan to have a draft . . . and a secret plan to privatize social security. JFK 19. I have had one consistent position on Iraq. JFK 20. I will not raise your taxes . . . JFK 21. My favorite Red Sox players now - Manny Ortiz - and all time - Eddie Yost. (No such persons ever were actually players for the Red Sox.) JFK 22. I am a hunter. JFK November 2nd CAN'T come fast enough, you are right about that.
4. If you elect John Kerry, people like Christopher Reeve in wheelchairs will get up and walk. JE honestly...i read this and was VERY disappointed in Edwards. very diappointed. that may be the most pandering statement bent on nothing close to reality that i've ever read/heard in my life.
Well it would be if that's what he said. Here's the full quote. "We will do stem cell research," Edwards exclaimed. "We will stop juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other debilitating diseases." "America just lost a great champion for this cause in Christopher Reeve," Edwards recalled. "People like Chris Reeve will get out of their wheelchairs and walk again with stem cell research."
GJ mc, taking quotes out of context, oldest political trick in the book. Paraphrasing then calling the completely different meaning paraphrases "quotes" is dirty.
Honestly, who didn't see this remark from GWB coming? If there's anything these two candidates have shown they excel at, it's doing or complaining about exactly the stupid thing they complain the other side does or do themselves.
