Mr. Bush bristled when reminded that Mr. Kerry called the nations that toppled Saddam — including Great Britain, Australia and Poland — "some trumped-up, so-called coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought and the extorted."
"Yes, well, sometimes people say some things they regret," the president said. "In the course of a campaign, there will be great scrutiny of people's words."
He added: "I'm sure that is the kind of quote that will eventually be in the public arena. We'll let the American people decide whether or not it has any merit."
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"Yes, well, sometimes people say some things they regret," the president said. "In the course of a campaign, there will be great scrutiny of people's words."
He added: "I'm sure that is the kind of quote that will eventually be in the public arena. We'll let the American people decide whether or not it has any merit."
I suspect this interview was before the prisoner torture information came out. And frankly, if Mr. Kerry said that, he was right and it's too bad he's backed down.
"Freedom will prevail, so long as the United States and allies don't give the people of Iraq mixed signals, so long as we don't cower in the face of suiciders, or do what many Iraqis still suspect might happen, and that is cut and run early, like what happened in '91," Mr. Bush said.
Suiciders.
Mixed signals? Like telling them they're being liberated while torturing and humiliating them? Those mixed signals?
"Cut and run early, like what happened in '91." Oooooh...is that a direct hit on Poppy or what? The man simply has too many psyche issues to be president of the world's most militarily powerful country.
But, I suppose those very issues resonate deeply with a deeply dysfunctional citizenry, who like to see him champion their own causes.
Mr. Rove said he expects to portray the candidates as "two men who have a fundamentally different attitude." This entails framing Mr. Bush as a rugged individualist and Mr. Kerry as a condescending elitist.
"One guy who comes from Midland, Texas. You know: 'The sky's the limit. I trust you, not the government. I respect the individual,' "Mr. Rove said. "And another guy who says: 'Hey, I'm better than you. I know better than you. The government knows better than you.' "
"One guy who comes from Midland, Texas. You know: 'The sky's the limit. I trust you, not the government. I respect the individual,' "Mr. Rove said. "And another guy who says: 'Hey, I'm better than you. I know better than you. The government knows better than you.' "
Whatever Kerry's position, obviously Rove has no qualms about simply lying his ass off about Bush, beginning with the simple statement about where he comes from. He may be officially, technically, currently using a home address of somewhere near Midland, Texas, but that's a very long way both geographically and socially from where he's really from. His background in actuality is every bit as elitist as Kerry's. And I'm gonna need a little evidence that Doubleface respects anybody, but that's just the kind of political con job that idiots will respond to (because mostly we the people are clueless about real political issues anyway). "I'm just one of you, and this guy thinks he's better than you." People never wise up, do they?
Four more years!
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
