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02/15/2004 Archived Entry: "I forgot to ask earlier...."
I forgot to ask earlier...
What the Fuck was the reasoning behind Bush's Saturday weekly radio address?
Good morning. On September the 11th, 2001, America and the world saw the great harm that terrorists could inflict upon our country, armed with box cutters, mace and 19 airline tickets.Those attacks also raised the prospect of even worse dangers, of terrorists armed with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. The possibility of secret and sudden attack with weapons of mass destruction is the greatest threat before humanity today.
America is confronting this danger with open eyes and unbending purpose. America faces the possibility of catastrophic attack from ballistic missiles armed with weapons of mass destruction, so we are developing and deploying missile defenses to guard our people. The best intelligence is necessary to win the war on terror and to stop proliferation. So we are improving and adapting our intelligence capabilities for new and emerging threats. We are using every means of diplomacy to confront the regimes that develop deadly weapons. We are cooperating with more than a dozen nations under the Proliferation Security Initiative, to interdict lethal materials transported by land, sea or air. And we have shown our willingness to use force when force is required. No one can now doubt the determination of America to oppose and to end these threats to our security.
He couldn't find anything better to talk about?
This is what I'm saying about him 'running on his record.' All Kerry (or whoever is the Dem nominee) has to say is 'George W. Bush can't run on his record - all he can run on is fear-mongering. He won't talk about the economy or all the jobs that have been lost. He won't talk about the deficit. He won't talk about anything without wedging in a reference to September 11, and Americans ought to ask themselves exactly why he's doing that.
It's because he has nothing else to run on. Nothing.'
Replies: 7 people speak up
I pray to God that Kerry (if he does indeed wrap up the nomination) doesn't sell us all out and go back to being a wishy washy Bush-lite Dem that's unwilling to hammer away at Bush.
I don't trust him as far as I can throw him.
Posted by Jason @ 02/15/2004 10:09 AM NY
or in other words "shouldnt you people be cowering in fear somewhere and not worrying about my military record and the fact that you dont have a job, or health insurance, or a decent school system for your children, or air that is safe to breath, or water that is not poisoned with mercury. thats not important, just duck and cover, read your bible, and go back to sucking your flag, god bless 'merika." or is that next week's radio adress?
Posted by justin @ 02/15/2004 10:13 AM NY
I agree. Kerry != Bush-Lite. (Kerry does not equal Bush-lite). We can debate what Kerry v. Bush means but we need to do it on the issues.
Of course Republicans will have NONE of THAT!
Posted by gammarock @ 02/15/2004 12:55 PM NY
His record on 9/11 is pretty shabby as well... What is his stump speech going to be?
I was on vacation cutting brush on my ranch when we were getting warnings from all over the world. I sat incommunicado in a school room during a period if any of the jets had been scrambled like they should have been would have needed clearance from me for a shoot down. Even though the hijacked planes flew over military bases to NYC no fighter jets were scrambled.
I then spent the rest of the day flying around the country like a scared bunny trying to find Cheney's undisclosed location.
Posted by Old Fashioned Patriot @ 02/15/2004 12:59 PM NY
Laying the groundwork...giving a basis for 'see, I told you so!" My money is on an 'attack' before the elections. The neo-con thinking for Pax Americana was that it would take an event 'like Pearl Harbor' to make it 'viable'; I'm sure their thinking hasn't changed drastically since taking power. They're floundering and they know it. What better way to put an end to these uncomfortable questions?
Posted by Allison @ 02/15/2004 02:30 PM NY
Patriot Act is up for re-authorization... he's anticipating a fight.
Posted by Caravaggio @ 02/15/2004 02:39 PM NY
Not quite. He has lowering "your" taxes and adding yet another wedge-issue group to the list of those the republicans pledge to keep down.
Now there's a platform! (In fact, it is the unspoken platform of all republicans. One lie and one abomination. What a grand old party!)
Posted by richard @ 02/15/2004 03:32 PM NY
