TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) turned President Bush (news - web sites)'s own words into a weapon on Thursday and said it was the Republican incumbent who had jumped to conclusions in Iraq (news - web sites), disqualifying him from being commander in chief.
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The Massachusetts senator, energized by his beloved Boston Red Sox's long-awaited win in baseball's World Series (news - web sites) and a joint appearance with rocker Bruce Springsteen, launched a withering attack on Bush over 380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq and chided his rival for invoking the memory of President John Kennedy.
Kerry said the weapons were not "where they were supposed to be, you were warned to guard them, you didn't guard them. They're not secure, and, guess what, according to George Bush (news - web sites)'s own words, he shouldn't be our commander in chief and I couldn't agree more." With Tuesday's election deadlocked, Kerry took aim at the president's perceived strength -- national security -- and hammered him for a fourth consecutive day on the missing explosives.
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