General Hoar and Clinton OMB Dir. to Preview Wed. Kerry Iraq Speech

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General Hoar (USMC Ret.) and Former Clinton OMB Director to Preview Kerry Speech

9/7/2004 8:48:00 PM


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To: Assignment Desk, Political Reporter

Contact: Allison Dobson of Kerry-Edwards 2004, 202-464-2800

News Advisory:

On Wednesday at 9:00 AM ET, General Joseph Hoar (USMC Ret.) and former director of the Clinton White House Office of Management and Budget Jacob Lew will hold a conference call with reporters to preview John Kerry's speech in Cincinnati.

Kerry will talk about how George W. Bush's wrong choice to go it alone in Iraq without a plan to win the peace has taken the country in the wrong direction and shortchanged priorities here at home.

Conference Call Wednesday at 9:00 AM ET

To participate in the call, please contact Chris Jackson at [e-mail] or 202-464-2800.

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1. When will Kerry give the speech ?

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2. Wednesday:

Kerry Delivers Remarks on Bush's Wrong Choices in Iraq

Edited on Tue Sep-07-04 06:23 PM by bigtree
9/7/2004 6:06:00 PM
To: Assignment Desk, Political Reporter

Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, 202-464-2800, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004

News Advisory:

On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry will travel to Cincinnati, OH and deliver remarks on a central issue in this campaign, Iraq. Kerry will talk about how George W. Bush's wrong choice to go it alone in Iraq without a plan to win the peace has taken the country in the wrong direction and shortchanged priorities here at home.

Following his speech, Kerry will travel to Rochester, MN for a front porch discussion on health care.


Kerry Delivers Remarks on the President's Wrong Choices in Iraq-

Wednesday, September 8 - 9:30 AM ET
Cincinnati Museum Center- Union Terminal

1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, OH

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4. I hope he tells us Bush lied to Congress and the people

about what he would do with that authority.

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3. IMO, this is the most important speech Kerry will make in this campaign.

This should be a clear and well reasoned attack on the incompetence of the administration's conduct of the war, as opposed to a rally-type stump speech. Laying out the mistakes is easy, but the tricky part is whether or not to answer the question: "What would you have done, Sen. Kerry?" I will leave that to the experts in the campaign, but I would argue that he should only address the past with specifics. I don't think he should get into any specifics at all about what he would do about Iraq in his presidency, except perhaps for some guiding principles.

Laying out why dumbya's decisions were wrong should be so compelling that the answer to the question of what should have been done will be obvious. The litany of mistakes should all be tied back to the motives of the administration to attack Iraq in the first place. In other words, it was an unnecessary war.

The speech must clearly show how Kerry's position on Iraq is truly different from dumbya's and serve as the cornerstone for the rest of the campaign on Iraq.