Kerry Sharpens Attacks Against Iraq War

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - With casualties mounting in Iraq and the president's justification for invading the country under increasing question, Democratic challenger John Kerry is sharpening his attacks against the war.

The candidate who struggled to explain his position on Iraq during the primary campaign now has a more defined message - President Bush misled America about the reasons for war.

As his case against the president's foreign policy is becoming more succinct, his criticism of Bush's fiscal policies has become less direct as the economy rebounds.

Kerry can no longer point to rising unemployment as the main evidence that Bush's economic leadership is failing. So far this year, 1.2 million jobs have been created, although there is still a net job loss of more than 1 million jobs since Bush took office.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040618/D839AMQ81.html

[CWebster]

1. LOL:

"The candidate who struggled to explain his position on Iraq during the primary campaign now has a more defined message - President Bush misled America about the reasons for war."

What a joke.

[emulatorloo]

5. Cool that you and Steve Schmidt have so much in common!

EOM

[CWebster]

8. If you were honest with yourself

You would recognize that it was what Kerry has been claiming from the start. There is nothing new or "sharp" about it.

[emulatorloo]

9. Sorry I misinterpreted you

You are correct, it is only new to "Nedra Pickler"

I thought you were more pushing the "vacillation" and "contradiction" line from Steve Schmidt. . .my mistake, sorry!

[Newsjock]

2. "By NEDRA PICKLER "

I knew it!

When is AP gonna fire this biased piece of trash?

[Mistress Quickly]

3. The problem

is John Kerry has been a strong advocate of removing Saddam Hussein/regime change since at least 1998, when Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act. He went along with that, and voted for Bush's war. Where was his backbone then? Did he show any reluctance then?

I swear, if it wasn't for ABB, I wouldn't even vote in November.

[emulatorloo]

6. if the inspectors had been allowed to do their work

there would have been no invasion

[Mistress Quickly]

7. Yes, but he (Kerry)

knew what Bush was up to with the unlimited powers to start a war with Iraq Kerry allowed Bush. Dammit, its just frustrating. If so many of these poli's had been more vocal in 2002/early 2003, and voted how they should have, maybe the War* wouldn't have happened.

Deep breath, ABB.

[pansypoo53219]

10. unfortunately

kerry assumed that georgie was rational and would not start a war for his own political reasons and/or his personal WHIMS.

[rumguy]

4. Headline is misleading - it should be say that Kerry sharpens his attacks

against Bush's lies about WMD and about the mismanagement once in Iraq...