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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-04 07:20 PM
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This is how Kerry should have answer the Iraq war on 60 minutes
In fact this is how he did answer it about a year ago:

“This was the hardest vote I have ever had to cast in my entire career,” Kerry said. “I voted for the resolution to get the inspectors in there, period. Remember, for seven and a half years we were destroying weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In fact, we found more stuff there than we thought we would. After that came those four years when there was no intelligence available about what was happening over there. I believed we needed to get the weapons inspectors back in. I believed Bush needed this resolution in order to get the U.N. to put the inspectors back in there. The only way to get the inspectors back in was to present Bush with the ability to threaten force legitimately. That’s what I voted for.”

“The way Powell, Eagleberger, Scowcroft, and the others were talking at the time,” continued Kerry, “I felt confident that Bush would work with the international community. I took the President at his word. We were told that any course would lead through the United Nations, and that war would be an absolute last resort. Many people I am close with, both Democrats and Republicans, who are also close to Bush told me unequivocally that no decisions had been made about the course of action. Bush hadn’t yet been hijacked by Wolfowitz, Perle, Cheney and that whole crew. Did I think Bush was going to charge unilaterally into war? No. Did I think he would make such an incredible mess of the situation? No. Am I angry about it? You’re God damned right I am. I chose to believe the President of the United States. That was a terrible mistake.”

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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-04 07:27 PM
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1. Good Reply....Also..
Kerry could have said: "On top of it all, and I don't want to get to personal because that would be unfair, but the fact of the matter is....Bush also looks like a damn Monkey. :)
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-04 07:28 PM
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2. What is the difference between a monkey and a chimp?
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-04 07:30 PM
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3. Ah...A bush monkey is dumber than a chimp?
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buycitgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-04 07:37 PM
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4. bush is a chimp; not monkey
Edited on Sun Jul-11-04 07:41 PM by buycitgo
even though monkeys are of a lower order than chimps; maybe there was some miscegenation



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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-04 10:13 PM
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5. Comparing * to either a chimp or a monkee is

an insult to both species.
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