just posted this in the other thread.
It's a good one, isn't it?
Partial transcript here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3226997/ NEWS QUOTE OF THE DAY #2:
Imus: "So Senator Obama announced on Saturday, did you watch his speech?"
Sen. John Kerry: "I did not actually…"
Imus: "He was--I mean, the context of his speech was like all the speeches that you guys give, it was nonsense, but..."
Sen. Kerry: "(Laughter) Thank you, that's good to know that we have such an impression on you."
Imus: "Oh please like ‘they're reporting for duty’, I still have nightmares about that."
Sen. Kerry: "Oh, no."
Imus: "But anyway-but he was--he was marvelous in the way he delivered it. Maybe it's not nonsense, I'm just kidding around, but have you seen any of it, or do you care?"
Sen. Kerry: "Of course I care, obviously I care Don. I read the reports on it, and it looked like it was a terrific start, impressive--an impressive setting, you know I think he's been clear, I think he's exciting. It'll be interesting, you know there are a lot of qualified folks out there but--and many of them good friends of mine and I'm going to watch with great interest. But, what I care about Don, I think you do too, and others do, is that there's a clarity to the--to the priorities that they're setting out for the country, and obviously priority number one is getting out of Iraq in a thoughtful intelligent way. This war has got to end, and it's just setting us back in the region, it's hurting most of our interests, and so I think people are going to look with great interest in what all of the candidates are saying."
NEWS QUOTE OF THE DAY #3:
Monday February 12, 2007.
Imus talks to Senator John Kerry (D - MA) about the troop surge plan.
Imus: "I don't see how this surge works, do you?"
Sen. John Kerry: "No. I mean I've said that from day one, I think it's an escalation and a very dangerous one, because it just invites a lot more targeting of American troops, it puts American troops out front when the whole purpose of what we ought to be doing is pulling them back from that kind of a role, and leveraging the role of the Iraqis. Now I just don't think this is going to do it. I mean there were more bombs yesterday, everyday there are more bombs, you know what infuriates me is, front page of the Washington Post this morning a story about the lack of armored humvees, these guys going out--they say they won't have enough of them until the summer time. What are these guys supposed to do in the next months? Go out there in inadequate protective status? I just get so angry about that."
Imus: "That's what--I just asked Charles that, Charles didn't have an answer either, well not that he should, but..."
Sen. Kerry: "Well you know, it reminds me--I don't want to go backwards, but I’ll tell you, when we were going up the rivers in Vietnam, and you know it was the same kind of mission, you go up, you sort of be out there, you'd show the flag, you'd attract an ambush, you'd get shot at, you'd get your medivacs, get your guys out, and you turn around and look at each other and say, okay what did we get done? And I just read the paper this morning, exact same report from Engel and NBC who you know went out with these guys and they had an IED go off near them and they all come back, and they look at each other and they ask the same question, what did we just get done? And I think that the--it's a--you know there's only one way this thing is going to be resolved, and that's by a negotiated political settlement that resolves the fundamental issues. If you don't resolve them, the civil war continues."
It's not up yet, but there is an Imus podcast.
I had the same impression Elias had. Kerry was playing his 2008 cards close to the vest, and after the show I was wondering about what he might be thinking. Of course, I don't know. He didn't exactly jump to defend Edwards or Clinton. I got the impression he is in no hurry whatsoever to jump into the fray.
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