KERRY ON CNN NOW!

[mzmolly]

Tune in!

[NewJeffCT]

1. summary for the cuberats, please

Thanks!

[FlaIndie]

39. taking * to task for the spin on the WMD report

He is ripping Shrub a new one, still saying * is not telling the American people the truth.

[SW FL Dem]

2. looking great and sounding even better!

Citing Paul Bremer, saying that Bush is making excuses, denial and blaming others for his mistakes.

[SW FL Dem]

6. Now citing yesterday's report

the report concluded that inspections and sanctions worked and prevented Saddam from resuming his weapons program. Remember the facts and the truth - the primary justification for going to war was to disarm Saddam AFTER exhausting all other options.

[SW FL Dem]

9. You don't make up reasons after the fact to justify war.

He's on fire - Bush and Cheney must be the last 2 people on the planet that don't see what is happening in Iraq.

[speedoo]

16. Really blasted Condi for blaming the military commanders...

for not having enough troops. Kerry says the WH used to be a place that had a sign saying "the buck stops here"... went on the say the responsibility is with the C in C.

Talked about the Duelfer report and says "the President in now in full spin mode.... my friends you don't manufacture reasons for going to war AFTE you go to war."

Kerry is blasting away.... "pattern of deception".

Now talking about the lies about reading scores.

[tjdee]

3. "It's always someone else's fault with this president"

AWESOME.

[Robert Oak]

4. Damn get rid of that tie

[sangh0]

68. How petty

Kerry's taking bush* to the woodshed, and you're obsessing over details like Kerry's tie, and where they placed the mics.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. WTF was with the CNN Anchor

who cut to the Kerry statement? I think it was Miles O'Brien.

Stentorian?

Since when is it ok for a news anchor to poke fun at a candidiate's speaking style? If he was just feeding off of Begala and Carlson, fine. But he did it a couple more times after that!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

11. "Stentorian"?

[meegbear]

26. Extremely loud: After Stentor, a loud-voiced Greek herald in the Iliad.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Stentorian

Not the word I would have chosen. Without knowing the definition (myself included) it sounds very negative.

[MsTryska]

60. shoot. if i don't know what stentorian means

that means a good 85% of america doesn't.


i remember trying to read Dianetics once.

in that first chapter L. Ron Hubbard basically said, if you're reading, and you come across a word that you don't know the meaning off, you wind up not comprehending everything beyond that word, because your brain is still trying to figure the word out.


Hopefully that works for talking newsheads too.


maybe the rest of america thinks he's like a Centaurion!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

66. Whenever I come across a word that I don't know the meaning of

I look it up.

[MsTryska]

72. I don't.

I tend to either dissect the word by root, or hope to gather meaning from context.

but i also was a spelling bee geek when i was little. so dictionaries now give me the heebie jeebies.

[SpiralHawk]

77. Centaurean ! (Kerry is a Sagittarius)

Chironian, too !!
(Chiron was the wisest of the Centaurs, and the mentor for Hercules, Jason, Asclepius, and other Hellenic Immortals).

[MsTryska]

78. He was ...

senatorial?? what?

:shrug:


ironically enough - i just realized i had spelled centurion wrong above. *lol*

[Gabi Hayes]

27. how does he characterize the chimp's speaking style?

halfwitted?

retarded?

buffoonish?

simpleminded?

fatuous?

jejune?

[Bleacher Creature]

30. No CNN anchor would EVER try that.

[troublemaker]

76. Stentorian is a flattering word for an orator, not a bad thing

[JI7]

35. he is the one who called Clinton supporters "Clintonistas"

[Vincardog]

7. point after point go John

[SeanQ]

8. Details please!! Some of us are at work!

[CatWoman]

17. Kerry is taking * to the woodshed

about the pattern of deception about Iraq.

and leave no child behind.

busting * on his lies.

telling the lies, then correcting them with truth.

GO KERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[liberal N proud]

59. Give 'em Hell Kerry!

[tjdee]

23. So hard to do, but he asked people to remember what the reason

was that we went into Iraq. He mentioned the Niger yellowcake and the aluminum tubes....

He said he'd never mislead the American people, and that the pResident has not met that standard.

[Vincardog]

13. calling * on lies out right

[nostamj]

10. "you don't make up reasons to go to war...

AFTER THE FACT.

The president and VP may be the ONLY people on the planet that do not admit to the facts about Iraq.

(close paraphrase)

[nostamj]

18. "The PATTERN OF DECEPTION...

goes beyond the Iraq war.

Kerry is hammering on education failures now

[tjdee]

12. The P and VP may be the last two people on the PLANET

to ignore what is going on in Iraq.

Kerry is kiiiiiiccccckkking PunkAss butt right now, please read the transcript if you can.

[Vincardog]

22. No child Is a failure not funded,

WE will create jobs and fund schools. I always tell the truth. W lies

[fugop]

14. BWAH!

"The president and the vice president may be the last two people in the planet" who think things are going well in Iraq.

Sorry if that's not exact, but I laughed my butt off and may have been paraphrasing at the end there ...

Apologies as two others posted before me, but it's worth repeating. I hope they play this all over the news tonight.

[meegbear]

True ...

and :party: WELCOME TO DU!! :party:

[Vincardog]

32. Q How do you feel about Proportonal EV in CO? A it is up to CO

[Vincardog]

36. Q What will you do? How fkd up will it be after W?

[Vincardog]

38. Q Sadams Intention? A Intention without ability is no threat

[Vincardog]

44. W Wrong to rush to war no plan for peace. Kerry kills! NOw ancor say

Kerry is in full SPIN MODE. LOL

[sonicx]

52. answer?

this one and the other questions. what were the answers?

[Demi_Babe]

15. great message

[sonicx]

19. any 'sound problems' ?

[Robert Oak]

20. whoever set up location/microphone settings should be chastized

traffic irritating, doesn't look "secure" and the microphone is
picking up "th" and "sp" and is distrating.

Bad campaign, bad campaign...get your PR together.

[AVID]

33. frreek

[tibbiit]

47. oh just shut up about campaign details its just too late now

and is bullshit and counter-productive to getting Bush OUT to complain about anything from NOW until the election.
Kerry and Edwards are doing great with the hand they have been dealt (completely biased-assed media)
We have to work with what we got-get it?
So everyone who is bitching Just Shut Up hehe.

tib

ps I dont mean this personally to you, its actually meant for all the bitchers, your message was just my catalyst to vent:)

[sangh0]

69. How petty

Kerry's taking bush* to the woodshed, and you're obsessing over details like Kerry's tie, and where they placed the mics.

[CitySky]

21. more details?

[tjdee]

34. "I may be handed Lebanon."

Doesn't know what he's going to find on Jan. 20, and he might be handed Lebanon.

:scared:

[tishaLA]

54. I loved that line

[SeanQ]

24. Thanks for feeding the cuberats!

[CatWoman]

25. So statesmanlike

"you always get the truth from me"

Quite a contrast from *'s temper tantrum yesterday.

Now he's taking questions from the press.

WHAT A MAN!!!!!!!!!!

[crispini]

75. Wow! Actually TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS!

How refreshing, we haven't seen THAT in a while now have we?!!! (Shrub, this is directed at YOU, ya enormous pussy.)

[nostamj]

28. "I will NEVER mislead you... good times or bad...

THE PRESIDENT HAS FAILED THAT TEST.

[dogtag]

29. I'm not liking the outdoor location nor the bad audio -

can barely hear the reporter's questions. Shoot me, but this should have been indoors with good lighting, etc. Like what he's saying.

[carpediem]

62. I actually liked it -

he is basically announcing to everyone that Colorado is in play. I haven't seen Colorado as a backdrop for any of *'s speeches. Also, it is beautiful with the mountains in the background.

The sound didn't bug me - I think most people will see past that.

[dogtag]

64. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, carpediem, but

it made me nervous. As an old Art Director I get antsy about our campaigns lack of attention to detail. It's so easy for a toppled mic, for instance, to become the story. Colorado is indeed lovely, but I would have been happier to see it through a large picture window.

[cynatnite]

31. Sanctions and inspections were working!

JK just kicks ass every time!

Gotta love the guy :)

[G_j]

37. excellent!!

the gloves are off baby!

[txindy]

40. Hot d*amn

"I have no idea what I'll be handed on Jan. 20th! I could be handed Lebanon, figuratively speaking."

Thank you! I'm so tired of hearing people asking JK in the media about the tiniest details of his plan. How can you plan for something that won't be anywhere near the same when you have control of it?! What would be the point?!

Thank you, thank you!

[tjdee]

41. He said that the Bushies fictionalized and aggrandized Saddam.

He said that earlier.
I'm just so impressed lately with Kerry.

[Sparkly]

49. A reporter tried to say that was a flip-flop

because Kerry had said Saddam was a threat. The reporter tried to make hay of the "fictionalized" remark.

Fact: he was a threat.
Fiction: he was a huge, imminent thread superceding all other threats to such an extent we needed to invade immediately, without a plan, without allies, without a clue that the WMDs weren't there.

[Nightjock]

42. Kerry the closer

He is absolutely hammering bushco on Iraq. No stammering to the reporters. Clear powerful answers.

I LOVE THIS MAN !

[MazeRat7]

51. Reminds me of a line from that movie Sea Biscuit

"Watch out for ?? he closes like a freight train"...

I do believe our John is that freight train and * better get off the tracks....


MZr7

[MsTryska]

63. hell no ..our Boy IS Seabiscuit. (nt)

nt

[MazeRat7]

67. Well he did close like a "Freight Train" in that last race... :-)

BTW.. I really thought that was an excellent movie that was very well done. I found so many parallels between the depression of the 30's, Seabiscuit, and our world today... Let's bring something home to the "common man"... the elites have had enough.

MZr7

[MsTryska]

74. This is true....

He is closing like a freight train!

I loved the movie too, and I definitely see the parallels here.

And Bush turns out seeming more and more like War Admiral everyday.

[0007]

43. Dynamite man dynamite, calling junior a liar that the ATC school scores

are not what junior portrays they are.

[CitySky]

46. THANKS! & keep feeding us his words, please

this sounds great so far -- so encouraging!!!

[0007]

71. Your quite welcome!

[AnIndependentTexan]

45. I think he knew what he had to do in order to set the debate

[mzmolly]

48. Wow! Kerry had a bit of that 27 year old soul back today!

:toast:

[Jersey Devil]

50. Kerry also distinguished among "threats"

He said that yes, Saddam was a "threat", but that there are other ways to deal with threats and different types of threats. At one point he said, Russia and China and about 35 other countries with nuke capabilities were "threats", but "we didn't invade them, did we?"

He was on fire.

[Brotherjohn]

56. Yes Yes Yes Yes YYEEESSSS!!! I am so glad he is finally, clearly....

... refuting this LAME talking point.

I am starting to think Kerry is a "good closer' because he has good timing. He knows when to pull out the "big guns", the necessary (if easy) refutations of his opponents' accusations. If he addressed such charges too early, it would leave them more time to shift tactics, smear more, and come up with something that sticks.

[Sparkly]

58. That was a GREAT answer, and right to the point

Very, very good -- I can't wait to see that fighting spirit tomorrow night!!!

[Contrary1]

53. Loved the replay

of the snippet of the Dim Son's speech this morning...
really shows the contrast. Kerry sharp and clear.
Bush was Bush.

[ewagner]

55. Couple more details

Kerry on NCLB and Bush's spin:

Reading scores are NOT going up...instead in 11 out of 15 largest states, scores are either flat or declining.


Kerry on Jan 20


...I may be handed another Lebanon figuritively speaking, ...I don't know what I'm going to find...if the President keeps going the way he's going...." (not exact but close..)

[blue neen]

57. Kerry is getting stronger and stronger every day.

He looks and sounds sooooooooo Presidential. He handled the questions from the press very well.

It's such a refreshing change from Shrub's bumbling agitation.

[Bossy Monkey]

61. Nothing at all on CNN.com yet; here's the AP:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KERRY_IRAQ_WEAPONS?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Kerry: Bush, Cheney in Denial About Iraq

By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Thursday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have failed to recognize a deteriorating situation in post-war Iraq and "may well be the last two people on the planet who won't face the truth."

In his strongest statement yet, the Democratic presidential nominee suggested that if Bush fails to recognize the severity of problems in Iraq, then if Kerry takes office in January he will face a situation as chaotic as the Middle East in the early 1980s.

"If the president just does more of the same every day and it continues to deteriorate, I may be handed Lebanon, figuratively speaking," Kerry told reporters at a brief news conference.

...

"My fellow Americans, you don't make up or find reasons to go to war after the fact," Kerry said.


Quite a lot in between (covered by the ellipses, I mean)

[Pirate Smile]

65. Bush and Cheney in denial - that sounds familiar, where else did we hear

that today? David Kay

"Bush administration in denial about lack of Iraq WMD: Kay

The White House has insisted Saddam was a threat to the United States and had weapons of mass destruction capability, but Kay told NBC television: "All I can say is 'denial' is not just a river in Egypt."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x889964

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&e=9&u=/afp/us_iraq_weapons_kay

[mzmolly]

70. Thanks

:hi:

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

73. This will get him on the news in CO

and most certainly put him over the top!!!

Cavassing will be easy this weekend!