Wonder if this ties to the alledged e-mail from Kerry to Iran news agancy, and the follow-up in Iran.
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Wonder if this ties to the alledged e-mail from Kerry to Iran news agancy, and the follow-up in Iran.
Kiddpeat, did you catch the news footage of Kerry saying, "that's none of your business." and the following shout, "Are you a Republican!?"?
Way to keep your cool in a O&A, Kerry, a real "Presidental moment".
Haven't seen or heard about that one.
Might be a bit different now that he will be in front of more than just the party faithful.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the presumptive next prime minister of Spain, has openly stated that he'd rather see Sen. Kerry as President. Also, the North Korean state media has spoken glowingly of the Kerry candidacy. AFAIK, that's it: a Spanish socialist and Korean Stalinists.
Presumably, Mr. Kerry has abundant support in all the other obvious places: Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Moscow, Riyadh, Damascus, Teheran and whatever cave Usama bin Laden presently calls home. Is he really sure he wants this type of support?
A family can squabble among themselves, but let an outsider butt in, and that family will close ranks.
This political campaign is a squabble among the USA family. Should the leaders of a foreign country butt in, openly supporting Kerry, it could reopen old Fonda sores.
Hi, KP.
>>Sounds like it's time to put up or shut up.<<
No, it's not -- and Bush ought to be ashamed of himself for this tactic. He knows that Kerry's statement (made in answer to a reporter's question, AIR) is true, but he also knows Kerry is in a lose-lose situation here. Kerry is being attacked for "no comment," but naming names would immediately damage our foreign relations with those countries (most likely England and France -- neither should be a shock, given their leaders' views in one way or another) and open him up to charges of disloyalty and meddling in foreign affaris to the detriment of the nation. Kerry is taking the honorable course, and those without honor are excoriating him for it.
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President Bush doesn't respond in a lose-lose situation. If it's too sensitive to talk about, then he shouldn't have talked about it. The failure of honor is his, but that's nothing new for him.
to say that he was really in a bed with special interests. King sized? What kinda sheets?
Just kidding, Ed. You didn't mean literally, you meant figuratively.![]()
Dan
.....that Kerry won't be able to count on Ed's vote, or Clay's, or Evie's, or Kiddpeat's, or James's, or J's. ![]()
This morning I counted 7 -- count 'em -- 7 -- Kerry-bashing threads on the first page of the forum. I'm starting to think it's time to just ignore them and let these guys high-five each other to their hearts' content. We know who we're voting for, they know who they're voting for, and neither side is likely to sway the other.
I'm sure the temptation will be too hard to resist at times, but I think I'm going to give it a shot.
He could go either way. ![]()
I'll believe your non participation when I don't see it.
ummmm...
You know what I mean!
Dan
Hi, KP.
I haven't been starting or responding to more messages lately than I normally do -- quite a bit fewer than a couple of years ago, in fact.
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Who funds Tides Foundation?
Your apology is accepted as I realize that jerking knee was bothering you.
When you say something literally happened, you're saying that that thing did happen exactly as you're describing it. If you say you're literally in bed with someone it means that you're on a mattress, under the covers, with pillows, and that kind of thing. You don't mean that Kerry and the special interest reps are in their pj's, snoring away on the ol' Posturepedic. You mean that you think there is a level of rapport and (figurative) backscratching, and one hand washing the other (figuratively).
The misuse of the word literal is not unusual, but can be amusing. Unless someone is talking from beyond the grave, they can't truthfully tell you that something literally scared them to death.
Dan
Checkout the Tides Foundation. Jointly run by Teresa Heinz-Kerry John Forbes Kerry's wife (And also by Ted Turner, ex husband of Jane Fonda)
Bo
When I said LITERALLY, I meant Literally.
What part of that are you having trouble with?
You could argue this either way. I suppose that if Kerry had those conversations it would be difficult for him to 'name names'. That being the case, was it honorable (or even smart?) to make a claim regarding a statement of fact that he cannot possibly defend? It seems to me that if he wants to slam Bush regarding something like this, Mr. Kerry should be prepared to defend himself.
Of course, the cynical folks may speculate that Kerry completely invented the input from foreigners knowing that, if challenged, he could plausibly decline to offer proof in order to protect the identity of the foreign leaders who were inappropriately trying to inject themselves into our political process.
Even if Kerry's statement was true (which is not a given) it seems to me that making the statement in public was rather indiscreet.