In another example of the Republican Two-fer, Kerry pays for *'s lies

[donkeyotay]

If bush had been impeached for lying for his war, Kerry would not be called untrustworthy. John Dean in his book “Worse than Watergate” lays out very succinctly, in about 2 pages, the issue of how bush MISLEAD the congress, how the vote “for” war had two important caveats: 1) that bush show a link between 9-11 and Iraq and 2) that bush show that all other options had been exhausted.

Bush did not do those things, he simply LIED to congress. The fact that Democrats can't impeach bush for this shouldn't stop them from talking about it because - in a classic twofer - not only is bush not held accountable for LYING to congress, but Kerry is called a flip-floper and untrustworthy. Here are two examples of how this still hurts him:


From an AP report on the debate that hasn’t taken place yet, this quote:

His (bush's) stance is that Americans know he is a decisive leader even if they don't always agree with his decisions and that Kerry has taken conflicting positions on Iraq and can't be trusted to lead the nation.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=875959&mesg_id=875959 (See the LBN thread “ABC Accidentally Posts AP Recap of Tonight’s Debate.” The link to the story has been taken down.)


And this from a thread at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x875646

“When we asked people why they would vote for Bush, the war on terrorism was the second most important reason for men (30 percent) and the third most important reason for women (24 percent). In fact, even among white married women, the war on terrorism (24 percent) trailed behind a strong leader who does what he says (33 percent) and his faith and values (29 percent).”

http://www.alternet.org/story/20036

I see Kennedy on C-Span talking about this, but the media is pretending that bush never lied. Kerry is not only a flip-flopper, but they ask HIM how he will end the war, even though they've never had bush elaborate on anything more than "stay the course."

[Catfight]

1. That's the point Kerry needs to drive home, he was duped TOO!

This does a few things, makes us all on the same team, and makes us all understand Bush lied to us and pisses us off. End of story.

[donkeyotay]

2. It would take him off the defensive

Thanks for playing.

:)

[Pobeka]

3. I agree. I've been saying that for months.

Get ready for the "Kerry should have known better than to trust *" retorts.

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