pugs EVERYWHERE today, slaughtering Kerry on his intel votes

[buycitgo]

Kerry could be in very deep trouble if the onslaught about his supposed sponsorship of legislation calling for deep intelligence cuts since 1994 are not countered, and fast!

Every channel I turned to had pugs claiming that Kerry was one of the major factors to blame for 911, because he helped gut CIA funding, among other things, and has been against intelligence community "since 1970"

from Tweety to Gloria, to Xfire, to Lester, to the nightly news, pugs are anuerizing about how Kerry is, implicitly, complicit in 911, by dint of his lack of support, no, actions AGAINST keeping our intelligence agencies adequately funded.

the dems who were defending Kerry were obviously unprepared, and need to get some facts out there quick, to counter this, and I mean FAST

tweety was absolutely FOAMING at the mouth, going after Fla. Rep Wexler, moments ago, on Iraq, Saddam, intel. Wexler didn't do too well, especially with the split screen shot of the TERRORIST sponsor Ileana Ros-Lehtinen grinning beside him, just about orgasming over Wexler's inability to handle CM's onslaught

so.....what are the facts about Kerry's voting record on intel?

he'd better have something to say, and soon. this could be bad news

what to do?

one thing for certain: dems better get somebody on screen who can give back as evenly as they get, cause they're getting jackhammered, as of now

[aquart]

1. Come again?

So what are you saying? They're blaming Iraq on Kerry's votes to rein in runaway spending in secret agencies? Agencies which are now proven to have shamefully misallocated their funds?

Agencies which received all the necessary info to prevent 9/11 and didn't bother to assemble or analyze it? Agencies which, in the case of Iraq, did provide correct intelligence which the government refused to recognize at any price?

By all means, let's throw more money at our intelligence agencies instead of instituting oversight and meaningful reform. THAT would be the BushCo way.

Oh, this is too easy.

[snippy]

2. I think Kerry needs to point out two things in response to this.

First, the intelligence agencies did a good job and warned Bush on August 6, 2001 of the upcoming terrorist attacks. Bush did nothing.

Second, Congress has oversight responsibilty of the CIA and the FBI. What was Congress investigating after 1994? Bill and Hillary Clinton.

This attack on Kerry could be made to backfire on Bush which would just reinforce the growing realization that he is a dreadful fuck up.

[papau]

3. Kerry has responded - Wash Po printed yesterday - but media will not

broadcast response - just the Bush charge


not that our media ia right wing GOP controlled - they just act like it.

[capriccio]

4. Jackhammered?

On MSNBC? On Hardball? Inside the beltway hijinks for posers and spinmeisters.

Go here for the facts:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2096874/

Neither Kerry nor his people are possibly going to be able to pop up on every TV screen between now and November to counter every ridiculous charge thrown at him. But I trust when we get to the debates--and when it really matters--he'll be able to hit the flyboy with more than a few "there you go again" moments.

[sandnsea]

5. Don't have a cow man

I saw Wexler twice today, he was fine. I saw Kendrick Meek too and he was fine. They're going to attack, we're going to answer. Then we're going to attack, they're going to answer. That's the way it's going to be. The CIA needed an overhaul in the mid-nineties and that's the fact. There's nothing to this story. The more they repeat it, the better. Then when we smack it down permanently, more of them lose credibility. Deep breaths.