Kerry was right

[Mass]

Well, we already knew that, but I never get tired of reading that.

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/kerry_was_right.php

Kerry Was Right

29 Jul 2008 02:19 pm

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As you may recall, back during the 2004 campaign John Kerry said something about counterterrorism being primarily a question to be dealt with through law enforcement and intelligence rather than something that should be understood as primarily a kind of war. George W. Bush was eager to pounce:

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[ProSense]

1. Excellent. Love these

comments:

Of course Kerry was right. About this and nearly everything else. We are infinitely poorer as a nation for not electing that guy.

Yeah! What he said! Of course John Kerry was bloody right! John Kerry is one of the smartest, most capable, most thouhgtful public servants this country has ever seen.

But he "looked French," meaning "didn't come across as some inbred hillbilly with cow manure on his boots," and there's no way we can have a president like that.

Bloody idiots.

[beachmom]

2. The Carpetbagger has a similar post with more info:

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16371.html

John Kerry will probably accept Bush’s apology
Posted July 29th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

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Back in 2004, Bush told a Florida audience, “ Kerry said, and I quote, ‘The war on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering law enforcement operation.’ (Audience boos.) I disagree…. After the chaos and carnage of September the 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers. With those attacks, the terrorists and supporters declared war on the United States of America — and war is what they got. (Audience applauds.)”

Bush, pleased with himself and the reaction, repeated the attack again and again and again. The point was obvious — paint an image in which Bush battles terrorists with the most powerful military in the world, while Kerry fights al Qaeda with cops and lawyers.

Four years later, McCain is picking up where Bush left off. As it turns out, Bush and McCain are clearly wrong.

[ProSense]

3. Terrific piece, and

I like the title. This should be posted in in GD-P.

[MBS]

6. blm, there's a comment on BCCI link to Kerry-Bush campaign

See "guy from Ohio" at #12.

[karynnj]

4. Great post

I loved this comment -

Of course Kerry was right. About this and nearly everything else. We are infinitely poorer as a nation for not electing that guy.


Posted by Francisco The Man | July 29, 2008 2:32 PM

Yeah! What he said! Of course John Kerry was bloody right! John Kerry is one of the smartest, most capable, most thouhgtful public servants this country has ever seen.

But he "looked French," meaning "didn't come across as some inbred hillbilly with cow manure on his boots," and there's no way we can have a president like that.

Bloody idiots.

Posted by joe from Lowell | July 29, 2008 3:03 PM

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Nice that it is from Massachusetts.

[MBS]

5. Francisco, and joe from Lowell, wherever you are,

Huge hugs from me. Their comments are PERFECT. I laugh everytime I read Joe's comments. YES to every word!

[karynnj]

7. He sounds sooo Massachusetts

[MBS]

8. "Bloody idiots" : ) n/t

[Mass]

9. And they never stop, as today shows us.

[wisteria]

10. Wonderful, these type of "rights" can't be repeated enough. n/t

[beachmom]

11. Great post on Think Progress. Includes the attack ads on JK in '04.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/31/bush-naive/