Kerry: Mr. President, look behind you. There's no one there.

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Kerry: Bush Not the Leader He Claims to Be

October 20, 2004 8:30 a.m. EST

By MARY DALRYMPLE, Associated Press Writer

WATERLOO, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is questioning whether President Bush is the exemplary leader he claims to be and points to the war in Iraq as evidence that he is not.

"This president likes to say he's a leader," Kerry said in remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday. "Mr. President, look behind you. There's no one there. It's not leadership if no one follows."

Kerry said U.S. leaders must stop treating other countries with "contempt," driving them away from a role in Iraqi security and reconstruction. He also repeated charges that the president's conduct has made the United States weaker, not stronger, in the war on terrorism.

"America is fighting and must win two wars. The war in Iraq, and the war on terror," Kerry said. "Iraq was a profound diversion from that war and the battle against our greatest enemy, Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda network. But now that we're fighting two wars, we must and we will prevail in both."

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/1098275402

[rogue emissary]

1. There's no one there. It's not leadership if no one follows." Damn!

I'm speechless.

:yourock: Kerry