New Kerry Ad on Bush Failure to Secure Explosives

[Robbien]

Misjudgments that Have Made America Less Secure

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Kerry-Edwards campaign released the new television ad "Obligation" Tuesday. Emphasizing that it is the obligation of a Commander-in-Chief to keep our country safe, the 30-second television spot focuses on George W. Bush's misjudgments that have put our soldiers at risk and made America less secure, including his failure to secure 380 tons of explosives in Iraq:

"Obligation" will run in markets that Bush campaigns in this week. It can be viewed online at: http://www.johnkerry.com/video/102604_obligation.html

It is available on satellite today at 2:00 PM ET at the coordinates below.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=38896

[dicknbush]

1. Excellent John

show this over and over again!

[Sinnerman]

2. Why Isn't Kerry Up by 10 Points or More.

This repuke liar of a appointed pres let weapons escape

[Tempest]

4. Because the polls are flawed

In most polls, Repugs are being over-emphasized based upon decades old voter data.

Also, young voters are not being included.

Nor are new voters.

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Don't worry

the polls are bogus and the corporate media is full of shit.

[pdx_prog]

3. Yeahhh!

It hits home........shows him in a good light, he's at ease, and he's decisive......Yeahhh!

[rjbny62]

5. strong and serious

[underpants]

6. Yes VERY smooth. Almost looks like it is live

Very very good. I think it is stupid that if he is the only one in the ad (okay two news items shown) that he has to say he approved the message. Duh!

[sjdnb]

7. Very serious situation

I'm afraid it look like a party a little to eager to 'jump' on this for political purposes. It's one of the characteristics of the GOP I loathe.

I'm a 'rabid' Kerry supporter, but, I don't think we want to lose sight of what is important in the 'heat of battle'.

This is tragic (troop deaths), scary (potential for increased terror attacks of greater intensity), and worthy of a full investigation and prosecution of responsible parties. Congress (including Kerry, Biden, et al) ought to be out there calling for special sessions (committees and/or houses) to deal with the situation, most importantly the potential threat to our troops, country, and innocent civilians around the world.

I believe the Admin and their officials in Iraq shortly after the invasion, were so eager to find WMDs and save face, that when not found, they basically threw hundreds of tons of other munitions and explosives aside to be recovered by terrorists, etc.

And, people are dying because of this.


Posted 4/4/2003 7:07 AM Updated 4/4/2003 10:46 AM
Marines reportedly find cyanide, mustard agents in Euphrates
snip
But a senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the material was under further study. The site is enormous and U.S. troops are still investigating it for potential weapons of mass destruction, the official said.
"Initial reports are that the material is probably just explosives, but we're still going through the place," the official said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-04-04-iraq-white-vials_x.htm

[idiosyncratic]

8. Check out Pat Oliphant's cartoon about the missing explosives

[JPace]

9. I love the response time in the last of the campaign...

they respond in a nano second to everything.
Poor old AWOL can't catch his bad breath before
he gets hit with another punch from Kerry.

Love it!

[lil-petunia]

10. just saw it, it rocks.

wonderful.

[Tropez]

12. Weren't those missing when we arrived?

A repug buddie of mine told me NBC had footage of this location as we first arrived there and the stuff was gone then. Is that true?

[Robbien]

14. No. Only bushbots still believe that lie

Didn't you watch the Kerry ad?

[Tropez]

15. Not yet, I can't here right now.

[Jacobin]

16. Check out talkingpointsmemo.com

for the timeline on that.

They were there in the bunkers when the US soldiers first arrived. Then, they weren't guarded and were looted

[Tropez]

18. Are you sure?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041026/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_weapons_nbc&cid=540&ncid=1480

"On Monday night, NBC reported that its embedded crew said U.S. troops did discover significant stockpiles of bombs, but no sign of the missing HMX and RDX explosives."

[Bandit]

20. It seems to me our guys are getting blown up daily by bombs

So what is your point? We left an arms dump unguarded and the armaments are now gone and GIs are dying daily. Just because the specialty explosives may not have been there does that mean the other armament was unimportant?

[Robbien]

21. You are being very persistant that the GOP spin is right

I wonder why. I wonder why GOPers are ignoring the fact that 380 TONS of explosives are in the hands of rebel Iraqis who want to do our troops harm. I wonder why you and the GOPers are consistantly trying to fog up that issue.

Don't talk about Bush letting the explosives be unguarded says Bush supporters. Just keep throwing out bogus issues while our guys are dieing at the hands of Iraqi rebels. Just keep repeating ARE YOU SURE to the DUers and sidetrack the main fact.

[Beetwasher]

24. That's a LOAD OF CRAP!

Why are you posting shit out of context? Huh???

Embedded Reporter Saw No Explosives Search

That's the fucking headline of the article you quoted. THERE WAS NO FUCKING SEARCH, GET IT??? They made a pit stop there and did not search, so they had NO CLUE what was there and what wasn't there.

Stop peddling this bullshit, it makes you look like a moron.

[jpak]

26. Yeah - It make "us" look bad

LOL!!!!

[Tropez]

19. cool, thx.

[Tropez]

17. Watched it. Found the article. Also found this one.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041026/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_weapons_nbc&cid=540&ncid=1480

"On Monday night, NBC reported that its embedded crew said U.S. troops did discover significant stockpiles of bombs, but no sign of the missing HMX and RDX explosives."

"That raised the possibility that the explosives had disappeared before U.S. soldiers could secure the site in the immediate invasion aftermath."

I'll be glad when the election is over. So much crap on both sides of the fence in this election.

[Beetwasher]

22. Blah Blah Blah THAT'S OLD AND ALREADY DISCREDITED BY

The imbedded reporter herself. Get with the program and stop peddling this bullshit.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6323933

An NBC News crew that accompanied U.S. soldiers who seized the Al-Qaqaa base three weeks into the war in Iraq reported that troops discovered significant stockpiles of bombs, but no sign of the missing HMX and RDX explosives.

Reporter Lai Ling Jew, who was embedded with the Army’s 101st Airborne, Second Brigade, said Tuesday on MSNBC TV that the news team stayed at the Al-Qaqaa base for about 24 hours.

‘No move to secure the weapons’
“There wasn’t a search,” she said. “The mission that the brigade had was to get to Baghdad. That was more of a pit stop there for us. And, you know, the searching, I mean certainly some of the soldiers headed off on their own, looked through the bunkers just to look at the vast amount of ordnance lying around.

--snip--

Get it? THERE WASN'T A SEARCH. THIS WAS BULLSHIT FROM THE GET GO.

[Robbien]

23. No, there is only crap being thrown around by Bush supporters

who are trying to deflect the fact that Bush allowed 380 tons of explosives to get into Iraqi rebel hands.

[Democat]

25. More right wing talking points?

Don't people ever get tired of being told what to think?

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Damn, he looks so presidential

I can't wait.

[fryguy]

27. excellent job JK

who else thinks he's so dam good that he did that in one take?

btw - how dumb are election laws if, even with the camera right on him throughout almost the entire commercial he still needs to end with "I'm John Karry and I approved this ad...."