Kerry responds to NBC's Chris Matthews' partisan attack on Michael Moore

[fedupinBushcountry]

Thursday, January 19, 2006

John Kerry responds to NBC's Chris Matthews' partisan attack on Michael Moore
by John in DC - 1/19/2006 10:51:00 PM


Kerry just released the following statement. Good for him.


"You'd think the only focus tonight would be on destroying Osama Bin Laden, not comparing him to an American who opposes the war whether you like him or not. You want a real debate that America needs? Here goes: If the administration had done the job right in Tora Bora we might not be having discussions on Hardball about a new Bin Laden tape. How dare Scott McClellan tell America that this Administration puts terrorists out of business when had they put Osama Bin Laden out of business in Afghanistan when our troops wanted to, we wouldn't have to hear this barbarian's voice on tape. That's what we should be talking about in America." -- John Kerry


Along those lines, Dick Cheney said this today:
"It is no accident that we haven't been hit in more than four years."
Oh yeah? It's also no accident that Osama bin Laden hasn't been captured in more than four years.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/john-kerry-resp...

Thanks to KPete for posting this in GD.

[JI7]

1. he is such a good person

[fedupinBushcountry]

2. I hope he responds

to scumbag Scarborough. Does anyone know how to let his office know about this?

Also, funny isn't it here he is out of the country and he is the first to rapidly respond. I hope he hits Scarborough hard.

[ProSense]

3. Excellent statement. n/t

[globalvillage]

4. Damn, he's busy.

Perfect statement. He's on fire this week.

[_dynamicdems]

5. Hot damn! That's my Prez...taking names and kicking ASS! n/t

[ProSense]

6. There is an article

in LBN about the OBL tape being a blow to Bush. Kerry's statement should really get under Bush's skin.

[kerrygoddess]

7. JK's been consistent on this

Kerry has consistently said that the Bush administration dropped the ball with capturing Osama bin Laden. A couple of weeks ago I posted that Gary Berntsen’s new book, “Jawbreaker” backs up what Kerry has been saying all along -

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1547

Here’s a quote from the recent discussion on this issue Kerry had in an interview with Don Imus, on Imus in the Morning:

KERRY: We had Osama bin Laden trapped in the mountains of Tora Bora . But the president and Donald Rumsfeld decided not to use Americans, the best fighting in the world — we have SEALS on the ground there. I’ve talked to some of them.

They wanted to go up after Osama bin Laden. And the orders were never given to bring in the 82nd Airborne or the Marines, or others, surround that mountain, do anything necessary. We outsourced that job to Afghans, who went up in the hills and Osama bin Laden escaped.

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1356

[zann725]

8. GO John!

Tell it like it is...again.