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Home Front: Politix
Kerry Stands by Iraq War Voting Record
2004-08-10
Responding to President Bush's question with several of his own, Sen. John Kerry said Monday he would have voted to authorize the war in Iraq knowing what he does now, but added that he would have used the power more effectively than the current commander in chief.
'cause he served in Cambodia Vietnam, you know.
The Democratic presidential nominee said he hoped to begin reducing the number of U.S. forces in Iraq within six months of taking office if he is elected. "It is an appropriate goal to have," he said, but added that achieving it would depend on broader international assistance, better stability within Iraq and other related factors.
In other words, he has no idea if his plan will work, but he'll pull the troops anyway.
Fielding questions from reporters after he and wife Teresa Heinz Kerry hiked along the rim of the Grand Canyon, Kerry also said he opposes raising the retirement age for Social Security as part of any plan to overhaul the system."People who start talking about raising the retirement age are people who may not have worked at real jobs for a lifetime," he said.
"Like me, for instance."
Posted by:Steve White

#16  Kerry Stands by Iraq War Voting Record

By it... or in it?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-10 20:00  

#15  Another definite maybe from Kerry. Drudge links to a Turkish news site with the headline "Bush Crows Over Kerry Acknowledgement...". Heh.
Posted by: eLarson   2004-08-10 16:24  

#14  Interesting thing about Kerry standing on his voting record is the timing. His statements are meant to show a non-flip-flopping foreign policy stance and it comes after his Vietnam record and flip-flopping on Cambodia suddenly came into question.
Posted by: yank   2004-08-10 15:00  

#13  Had a discussion with my super-liberal extended family the past weekend. Pretty much all of them felt Dean would have been better. At least he would have been honest.

The one real Kerry supporter (my Aunt) there was frothing as I picked apart her arguements one-by-one and told her that Bush hatred doesn't make Kerry a good candidate, and that hatred is a bad reason to choose anything. The crowd should have been sympathetic to her views but she lost the debate without question.

I doubt anyone there would vote for W. based on my little debate but hopefully a few will stay home or toss a vote towards Nader.
Posted by: yank   2004-08-10 14:58  

#12  Heard this quote by Kerry this AM.

"Would we might have gone to war? You bet we might have."

Or some such.
Posted by: Lucky   2004-08-10 12:39  

#11  '..., but added that he would have used the power more effectively than the current commander in chief."


I beleive Tommy Franks was running this war very well and you Hanoi John ARE NOT A LEADER.
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2004-08-10 11:41  

#10  oops..Cheney.
Posted by: B   2004-08-10 10:51  

#9  snicker....

I really am enjoying watching my Dem friends struggle in their support of this loser, being that they are so wise and I am so foolish for supporting Bush.

For months they've been going on about the "Bush Lied about WMDs" and now Kerry has flopped on them giving me fuel for my fire and snuffing theirs out. And since it's becoming more clear that Sadaam had them and cooperated with Al Qaeda, they are starting to go on about Haliburton again. Did you know that Haliburton's profits increased about a gazillion percent over the last several years? It's a deep dark conspiracy led by Dick Cheny.

heh, heh.
Posted by: B   2004-08-10 10:50  

#8  Teresa has all the facial expression of a muppet.
Posted by: Oldspook   2004-08-10 09:13  

#7  Kerry on Iraq: "voted for it but I would have implemented it better".

Kerry on No Child Left Behind: "voted for it but I would have implemented it better".

Kerry on Bosnia/Kosovo: "voted for it but I would have implemented it better".

Yet the only thing Kerry has ever implemented is the Dukakis prison release plan.
Posted by: mhw   2004-08-10 08:09  

#6  Kerry makes me think of Sam the Eagle from the Muppett Show. He talks, looks and acts like him.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2004-08-10 08:03  

#5  If Kerry does move to the right and ends up pissing the anti-war crowd off, it can't be good. While a lot of folks may not be pleased with Bush, trading him in for someone who until recently was anti-war, and who may be a fraud in his pro war stance, ain't going to win him many votes.

As "plans to win the peace" Kerry needs to be reminded that no plans survives contact with the enemy. The bad guys get a vote, no matter what you plan.
Posted by: Ben   2004-08-10 06:45  

#4  Kerry's insistent focus on "bringing the troops home" makes me wonder whether he even comprehends why they're there in the first place: so we're in a position to apply military pressure to Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

Our troops sacrificed to give us that leverage. And John Kerry would throw it all away, just for the sake of a cheap-- and ignominious-- withdrawal. Just like Vietnam.
Posted by: Dave D.   2004-08-10 06:41  

#3  I suspect that since Nader didn't make the ballot in CA, Kerry feels a bit freer to piss off the anti-war crowd (too small to elect him...see Air America stats) and move to the center.
Posted by: B   2004-08-10 04:44  

#2  First of all, he didn't answer the question, as usual. Bush asked if he would have supported the invasion even if we knew about the WMD.

Kerry says he would have "voted for the authority" that Bush got to invade Iraq, which isn't the same thing as supporting the actual invasion.

OK, then he turns around and says there was a "rush" to war based on "faulty intelligence"? He had the same intelligence Bush had. And what was the "rush"? It took six MONTHS from authorization until invasion.

And to clain he has not brought other nations in, is ridiculous. Bush tried like hell to get Frawnce and Wormany to assist. They refused. So he got 34 others.

No plan to win the peace? Well, pardon me, but why wasn't Kerry interested in this back before the war? I don't recall him saying jack about the postwar period.

Kerry has essentially announced he plans to pull the troops out if things don't fall exactly his way. It's outrageous and typical of this flipflopping sheep in wolf's clothing...
Posted by: RMcLeod   2004-08-10 04:37  

#1  Not sure which one has had the most botox, JFK or Teresa. Both have no real facial activity. JFK looks like he's just from the dentist, no?
Posted by: Lucky   2004-08-10 02:46  

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