Gambit
2 August 2004, 08:34
OK, so some of you may have caught the bit about the terror alert going to Organe for NY, Newark, and DC... (story here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31951-2004Aug1.html)) can you believe this shit Kerry's campaign said?
Kerry's senior adviser for national security, Susan Rice, said in a statement yesterday that the heightened alert indicates "we are not as safe as we could or should be" and underscores the need to implement the Sept. 11 panel's recommendations.
"John Kerry and John Edwards will bring all aspects of our nation's power to crush al Qaeda and destroy terrorist networks," Rice said.
Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor and Democratic presidential candidate, also questioned yesterday "how much of this is real and how much of this is politics." He said in an interview on CNN that "every time something happens that's not good for President Bush he plays his trump card, which is terrorism."
At least some people--even on their side--have their heads in the right place:
Other Democrats, including Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), said they did not doubt the credibility of the warning.
"I don't think anybody who has any fairness or is in their right mind would think the president or the secretary of homeland security would raise an alert level and scare people for political reasons," said Lieberman, who also sought the Democratic nomination for president. "That's outrageous."
And Kerry thinks I'm gonna vote for him?!??
Kerry's senior adviser for national security, Susan Rice, said in a statement yesterday that the heightened alert indicates "we are not as safe as we could or should be" and underscores the need to implement the Sept. 11 panel's recommendations.
"John Kerry and John Edwards will bring all aspects of our nation's power to crush al Qaeda and destroy terrorist networks," Rice said.
Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor and Democratic presidential candidate, also questioned yesterday "how much of this is real and how much of this is politics." He said in an interview on CNN that "every time something happens that's not good for President Bush he plays his trump card, which is terrorism."
At least some people--even on their side--have their heads in the right place:
Other Democrats, including Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), said they did not doubt the credibility of the warning.
"I don't think anybody who has any fairness or is in their right mind would think the president or the secretary of homeland security would raise an alert level and scare people for political reasons," said Lieberman, who also sought the Democratic nomination for president. "That's outrageous."
And Kerry thinks I'm gonna vote for him?!??