Kerry Urges Bush to Share Responsibility With U.N. in Iraq

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/15/politics/campaign/15KERR.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=

April 15, 2004

Kerry Urges Bush to Share Responsibility With U.N. in Iraq
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER

enator John Kerry urged President Bush yesterday to share responsibility for Iraq with the United Nations, saying the administration's "stubborn" insistence on controlling the reconstruction there was costing Americans money and lives.

"We shouldn't only be tough, we have to be smart," Mr. Kerry said at a news conference in Harlem in which he directly responded to Mr. Bush's on Tuesday. "And there's a smarter way to accomplish this mission than this president is pursuing."

Mr. Kerry said Mr. Bush ought to "just come out and say, `I want the United Nations to be a full partner,' " and offer to turn over civil authority in Iraq.

"That's the argument right now," he said. "Whether or not we're prepared to turn the authority over, whether they're prepared to come in without the authority. That's the fight. And the question is why the president won't do that."

Mr. Kerry asked why Lakhdar Brahimi, a United Nations special envoy, was charged only with handling the transition of government authority "and not the reconstruction and not the full authority for the transformation of government."
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[Tellurian]

1. Woo-Hoo!

""I want the Americans out!" Mr. Daum shouted.

"Yes, and I want the Americans out —— " Mr. Kerry started.

"No you don't, you say, `Stay the course'!" Mr. Daum shouted again.

"Stay the course of leaving a stable Iraq," Mr. Kerry said, finally winning a round of applause."

Mr. Daum, you should have led the WH Press Conference last night!

Great Balls of Fire!

[sandnsea]

2. Leave a stable Iraq

"Stay the course of leaving a stable Iraq," Mr. Kerry said, finally winning a round of applause."

On another note:

"Mr. Kerry closed out his day in New York by raising money. His campaign said that a gala at the Sheraton New York raised $6 million and that another at a nightclub, Crobar, brought in $500,000. The campaign said the total was a one-day record for New York."

Wohoo!!

[Tellurian]

3. I've noticed..

""Mr. Kerry closed out his day in New York by raising money. His campaign said that a gala at the Sheraton New York raised $6 million and that another at a nightclub, Crobar, brought in $500,000. The campaign said the total was a one-day record for New York."

Bush was formerly the benchmark for raising record amounts of campaign money. Since the press conference trainwreck, he hasn't dared to be caught blatently fundraising. Although, knowing the King of Greed, he is probably running a heavy duty $1000 a hand card game from the WH bunker.