Kerry/Edwards Campaign Preparing Campaign Ad on Missing Explosives
See, here’s what happened:
380 tons of explosives went missing in Iraq. They just could not be found. Now they think those weapons are being used on our troops in Iraq.
John Kerry and the Dems would have you believe that it’s Bush’ fault. Bush failed. He didn’t protect the explosives because he was too busy protecting the oil – and now our troops are in harms way because of decisions made by President Bush. That’s what their most recent ad is going to say when it’s released.
EXCEPT . . .
The embedded reporters from NBC report that the explosives went missing before American troops arrived in Iraq. They were missing before Operation Iraqi Freedom. ( Video Clip )
With the U.S. presidential election eight days away, news of the missing explosives quickly became campaign fodder.
Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry immediately seized on the information to accuse President Bush of incompetence in failing to secure the material, charging that “this is one of the great blunders of Iraq and one of the great blunders of this administration.”
But in the wake of the NBC report, the Bush campaign fired off a statement saying that Kerry’s criticism of the president over the missing material has “been proven false before the day is over.”
“John Kerry’s attacks today were baseless,” Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said. “He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.”
Schmidt also said that Kerry “neglects to mention the 400,000 tons of weapons and explosives that are either destroyed or in the process of being destroyed” in Iraq.
Please tell me how were we to protect and guard explosives that weren’t even there to being with??
This doesn’t bother Kerry, the Dems OR the liberal media.
It doesn’t bother CBS – 60 Minutes is planning an election eve. broadcast about how Bush let down our troops by not protecting those explosives. (Yes, those explosives that didn’t even exist when we got there)
Not one of these Dems are criticizing the UN Inspectors – who they CLAIM were sucessful at doing their jobs – - for not finding these explosives, or protecting them from being transported wherever they were transported. No, it’s not the fault of Hans Blix or Scott Ritter – - no, no, it’s Bush’s fault!
It doesn’t bother John Kerry – who just yesterday in Wisconsin during his stump speech, went on and on about how Bush failed to find/protect/guard these explosives – putting our troops in harms way. John Kerry siezed on a story printed by the New York Times in order to make his case against Bush. Does Kerry mind when the truth comes out about the missing explosives? Does he care that those explosives weren’t even there for us to guard in the first place? Kerry doesn’t mind the lies and twisted truths that are being vomitted from his own mouth – - the message here?
The truth does not matter to the liberals! The only thing that matters is that Kerry wins and Bush loses!
Instead of retracting the comments and acknowledging the truth of the matter – - they make an ad out of their baseless accusations. I think more than a few apples have fallen off their tree.
But they are always interupting the left side and ask them to quit spinning. And do nothing to the right except encourage more of their hate-filled rhetoric.
In regards to the election being a week away:
What goes on the rest of the time?
“According to an AP report, U.S. solders visited the Al Qaqaa in April 2003 and “found thousands of five-centimetre by 12-centimetre boxes, each containing three vials of white powder.”
35. One other point, Lisa. It was the AP that was credited with the above.
Ellis – thanks . . too many people think I do it to ‘shut them up’ – but that’s not ever the case. I try to explain that if I wanted to ‘shut them up’ on this site, I could do that easily enough. I appreciate opposing views . . and hey, some of them I even can agree with, sometimes. It contributes to the debate, I think. Welcome to the site
how many times have i seen CNN & MSNBC carry a Kerry speech while Fox informs us on how Scott Petersen’s trial is going?
LisaS – do you buy that Sinclair Group is a conservative mouthpiece, The Washington Times? the NY post? the Wall ST Journal Editorial Page?
hey – the first thing i turn on is Fox News. some of it maddens me, but i watch it to get the other side. don’t be afraid, Lisa, of calling a spade a spade.
Ellis – it was also the AP that has quoted Bush wrongly too many times to count, and never offered a retraction when they’ve been called on it by readers and other media outlets. Were the AP reporters alongside the embedded NBC reporters?
I saw O’Reilly’s interview with Bush. I wouldn’t call it much more than a formal chat – the questions were quite lame with little follow-up. I also saw when he stated that Fallujah should be carpet-bombed, as well as when he told the son of a man whose father died on 911 that he should be ashamed of himself for being against the idea of an Iraq War in 2002. As for CNN, I have always criticised it as much as Fox. Fox’s editorials are never liberal. The truth is that all network news sucks. If you want fair and balanced, watch the Newshour.
shiloh – as I said, it’s my opinon – and I’m so astute that I realize you carry a different one than me. It’s how I feel about Fox . . they can infuriate the hell outta me, too, at times – at least we have that in common
I see more Kerry speechs on Fox News than I care to, shiloh – - and they can ditch the Scott Peterson crap anytime and I won’t shed a tear.
Fox and the American League Playoff Series – I truly loved the Op-Ed video of GWB pushing his ideas … attribution was given to “News Corp and Fox.” This played between the second and third innings of one Sox-Yankee game.
Yeah Shiloh. That shows your true colors. Insult a real war hero like Oliver North but go to bat for John Kerry who earned three purple hearts in Vietnam, but didn’t even bleed. Then he fagged out to go home early so he could fuck over all of the other soldiers he served with by testifying before the Senate in 1971.
Then he joined the anti war movement with the likes of Jane Fonda and met with delegates of the enemy while still a Naval Officer and threw his medals on the White House lawn. But wait…….
It was his ribbons………
But he doesn’t remember…..but ribbons and medals are interchangable……
In the process we have our guys in POW camps being tortured while Kerry is lying about them commiting war crimes and attrocities
Yeah, don’t even try to play that little game. Even you’re not that dense.
Sandy – I find Fox to be more fair and balanced than any of the rest . . I don’t believe they are altruistic in their approach to fair and balanced. . . they are just quite a few steps above the rest, in my opinion.
I digest my news from quite a few various different sources – then make up my own mind on what I believe.
55. “Were the AP reporters alongside the embedded NBC reporters?”
I can’t answer that, Lisa. Just don’t know. And, I don’t have the original article to view their source(s).
K – without the ‘trolls’, where would you be? this site could fall into a xenophobic, politically incestuous, narrow-minded fringe group where pcd’s opinions would start to take on the mark of moderatation. (he won’t mind me saying that, will he?)
even your guys in Congress -, even tho they might be lying, granted, call those across the aisle the “loyal opposition”.
would you really rather not have us here. wouldn’t that be a bit boring?
(LisaS – forgive my hyperbole. you’d never allow the site to fall into self-destruction. as you know, like Ellis, i respect what you’ve done and think your accepting manner to be both fair and gracious.)
shiloh, you flatter me
Having this site fall into that xenophobic, politically incestuous, narrow-minded fringe group would drive me insane. This site is almost two years old – - it went through a short period where it was just like that – - drove me cuckoo.
And SandyB, Kerry dodges O’Reilly and even Little Liberal Alan Combs but has agreed to do an interview on MSNBC Dodge Ball W/ Chris Matthews.
Talk about “afraid to be asked the tough question”. Does anybody think Alan Combs is gonna try to pin Kerry down?
Snatch – Oliver North insulted himself and his country and you and me when he lied under oath to Congress. i get the notion that all that you can forgive, ’cause you agree with his views.
Clinton lies about sex and you never let it go. North lies about arming a war for the purposes of Death, but he’s your fucking hero.
okey dokey.
oh i am sure there are a lot of paid RNC workers hitting the DU too. shiloh i have always appreciated your views, you know, one week til the wedding discussion and all
Don’t get cute with me Shiloh. We all know that North took one on the chin for Reagan and the Libs went out of their way to make an example of him.
But I will give you credit……..
You are one tough Liberal cookie:wink:
LisaS,
that’s the 2nd time you’ve said i’ve ‘flattered’ you. i haven’t now but did before when i called you a ‘cutey’. you have nothing to do with being a cutey (except maybe combing your hair) flattery ususally has an alterior motive. thank your folk’s genetics for making you a cutey.
what i wrote today was a ‘compliment’ and i meant it to speak to your character.
(i can even be contentious when saying nice things, can’t i? i guess it’s just a gift.)
LisaS,
“then make up my own mind on what I believe”
That’s good advice. If it’s bad about Bush it must be false. And if it’s bad about Kerry it must be true.
The truth is out there.
Snatch,
“A real war hero like Oliver North”. I yes, I forgot. History ended sometime during the 1970′s. And the Nicaraguan people don’t matter. For what it’s worth, you homophobic meat-head, I don’t support Kerry. So it seems you’re going to actually have to argue with me, rather than simply deflect my criticism of the Republicans by scaring me about the Democrats. I’m no Democrat.
By the way, we’ve been over this before, you and I. Kerry’s actions did not lead to torture of US POWs, that had been going on since the US started bombing North Vietnam. US forces did commit many of the same systemic acts of atrocity that Kerry ascribed to the findings of the Winter soldier hearings.
(By the way, Lisa, slurs based on sexual orientation probably should be considered a bad thing, perhaps?)
Alright then, I’m not flattered. I take it back and will thank my folks for you (Mom are you reading THIS?) when I have the chance.
You are a contrary bugger, anyone ever tell you? :p
Sabor –
Is that an example of how you digest things?
Snatch – so North was lying for Reagan and Reagan’s “i don’t recall” answers were lies, too?
Presidents lie to the country? how can you tell when? doesn’t that mandate the citizenry to question everything? do you question?
that’s the question.
Lisa,
That’s what many do on both sides. I was just wondering where you fit.
Sandy –
Well I think so, Sandy – yes. What do you think? It’s about as pleasant as your useage of the f-ing word in your commetns – - but hey, different people think different things contribute to their side of the debate. I don’t sit here as judge and jury.
Sorry SandyB if I happened to “offend” you but I don’t subscribe to Political Correctness Weekly. I don’t have anything against fags…..I mean HOMO—-SEXUALS.:twisted: Come on. Lighten up.
Not in that category, Sabor.
Keep going, snatch, I had a whole paragraph there….
Anyone who has slang term for a female body part as their pseudonymn, could never be a closet homosexual.
OR COULD THEY?
Thats whats so great about Political discussions. We can argue all day, but still be cool when the day is done. Don’t you guys agree?
Let’s get back to the missing explosives.
LisaS – you’re right. why would i take on a defensive, contrary attitude while spending time with you fine folks.
i’ve been called everything but the son of God and had my well being threatened.
but my 68 was said with a good heart.
Lisa,
True, I do drop an f-bomb every once in awhile, usually in response to another (in this thread it happened to be snatch’s).
Maybe we should all get together for a beer.:lol::lol::lol:
You offering to buy, Snatch?
RE #84
After the election, of course.
Anyway, go I must. This missing explosives story should be getting more complex – I think both sides could emerge as losers on it, depending on how they play it. This can be a frustrating place for someone without political allegiances (who scoffs at both Kerry and Bush), who will probably end up voting Nader. Sigh…. Have a good day all.
Sabor – you mean the missing explosives that went missing before our troops went into Iraq? The ones that Kerry thinks our troops should have protected and guarded . . even though they weren’t there to protect and guard. Yes, that story -anyone have anything left on it that hasn’t already been said?
It’s kind of like the way the media pushed the story that we didn’t guard the museums enough and it’s the US’s (read:Bush’s) fault that the artifacts were stolen from Iraqis countrymen – only to find that Iraqi citizens took the items to hide and protect from looters and damage as a result of war, and the items were returned at a later date. But the media didn’t let go of the fact , for weeks and weeks, about the heartbreak of the missing artifacts, art, etc that was Bush’s fault.
Shiloh, RE #82
What ever happened to PCD, did you beat him up or something?
You know what, you guys are relentless. You’ve taken all the fight out of me.
Now don’t get me wrong. I still don’t and probably won’t ever find myself agreeing with Sandy and Shiloh and the rest of you liberals, but I will give you your applause
Oh sorry again Sandy. I forgot that your not a lib.
Hey, does anybody here get offended when I call them a LIBERAL.
Bye, Sandy – thanks for the contribution. Later
Sandyb – thanks for your 79. i’d been wondering all day. maybe he’s from Oregon, the Beaver State.
(sorry – no more – i promise)
Lisa,
I would like to read more about these artifacts, where could I find the article.
Let me find it for you, Sabor
And Lisa, I’ll buy anytime.:wink:
Hey, does anybody here get offended when I call them a LIBERAL.
I get called both a liberal and a conservative. I am always disagreeing,just depends who is talking. I play the devil’s advocate and am always pissing them off.
Sabor –
Only Thing Looted Here Was The Truth was a post I did on 6/9/03 that links this article about the museum items.
That’s just a short search – you can go to google to get the rest of it
Later Shiloh. We still got alot more to hash out but I’ll go while I’m still on top
Of course this was a non-story or else it would have grabbed every head line yesterday! Thanks for the update Lisa!