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03/06/2004 Archived Entry: "Wow, what a scathing response."
Wow, what a scathing response.
So, Kerry delivered that excellent radio address today. AP reports.
The five-minute speech gave Kerry an opportunity to speak to a nationwide audience five days after wrapping up his party's nomination with a string of primary and caucus victories.The choice of topics underscored his intention to challenge President Bush's conduct of the war on terror, and he accused the president of shortchanging the troops on items needed for their own protection.
Kerry said tens of thousands of troops arrived in Iraq "to find that — with danger around every corner — there wasn't enough body armor to protect them." Many families purchased the equipment and had it sent overseas, he added.
"Families should be sending pictures and care packages to Iraq — and the Department of Defense should be sending the body armor," Kerry said.
He called on the president to support a bill he has introduced in the Senate to reimburse families for their purchase of body armor. Similar legislation is pending in the House.
A good sign - all the right quotes are making it into the report. The AP story also makes note of testmony of the acting Army Secretary.
Kerry said acting Army Secretary Les Brownlee had testified before Congress that U.S. forces were "not prepared" for the present conflict in Iraq and they didn't have the preparation and hardware they needed to fight as effectively as they could.In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Brownlee was asked why the Army took so long to produce adequate numbers of upgraded body armor and Humvees with extra armor plating.
"I also regret that we were not more farsighted here. We simply were not prepared for that kind of a counterinsurgency that attacked our convoys and our soldiers in the rear, as it has proven to be," he said.
'Simply not prepared?' Whose fault is that?
The RNC, ever the masters of defending the indefensible, shot back with this.
Scott Stanzel, press secretary for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign, responded Saturday, "If John Kerry's policies had been adopted, our troops would not have the support and protection they need to win the war on terror."
You know, if a half-assed, feeble response like that is the best they can do, Bush is about to have his ass kicked all up and down Pennsylvania Avenue this year.
Replies: 5 people speak up
LOL, that response IS really weak. What's next week's going to be: "You know, Kerry is so ugly that his momma had to tie a pork chop around his neck to get the dog to play with him" ?
BTW, Esteemed Editor, you know Bush is coming onto YOUR turf next Thursday? East Meadow they say, although what a 9-11 memorial is doing on Long Island is unclear to me.
Clout some press credentials NOW or they'll herd you into the Free Speech Zone a mile away. Corrente's got the story out of Newsday...I mention this here because either your email or mine doesn't seem to be working right.
Posted by Xan @ 03/06/2004 01:46 PM NY
John Kerry did not start this F-in war, the g-damn neocons did. When will they EVER accept responsibility for their actions????
Posted by Thom Perkins @ 03/06/2004 02:52 PM NY
I love the smell of squirming repug stooges in the morning. It smells like...victory...
Posted by Tom Dissento @ 03/06/2004 05:30 PM NY
And since when was the invasion of Iraq, a war on terror...assholes!
Posted by KSA01 @ 03/06/2004 05:30 PM NY
I love the smell of squirming repug stooges in the morning. It smells like...victory...
Posted by Tom Dissento @ 03/06/2004 05:31 PM NY
