MSNBC: Kerry on now

[BeyondGeography]

[slinkerwink]

1. more info for the cuberat?

[Pirate Smile]

17. Prez needs to read his CIA reports, they aren't guesses, they are

analysis.

* just wants to stay the course. It isn't the right road and I laid out a plan in NY on Monday.

How to stop beheadings? all about security. Do more rapid training by flying the trainees out of Iraq to other countries to train.

Sect of Defense lied about how many troops were ready and the Prez doesn't hold anyone accountable.

It is a question of judgment.

[gauguin57]

2. "The president skedaddled out of New York so fast he didn't

have time to talk to any (world) leaders."

[HFishbine]

57. But, but, but

You could meet them in any New York deli.

[speedoo]

3. Great!!!

1. He sounds so much better than yesterday.

2. He is maintaining his strong attack on the coWard. He will keep hammering away at the coWard's unbelievably stupid "CIA guessing" comment.

[Claire Beth]

6. I agree....

he does sound MUCH better and his message is consistent about Iraq and lies the Bush is telling the American people. He's doing GREAT!

[BeyondGeography]

4. "America needs leadership to tell the truth."

Eviscerating Bush on his "stay the course" head-in-the-sand mentality. Says Iraq has become a magnet for terrorists. Encourages Bush to "read the National Intelligence Estimate." Also said he fought in a war where the leaders didn't tell the truth.

Very strong. Presidential, dare I say.

[Cha]

8. You dare say it! Kerry is Presidential and

a breath of Fresh Air to a Dying Woman and Man!

[cthrumatrix]

9. the truth is mention the concern with BBV..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gauguin57]

5. WOW -- it's a PRESS CONFERENCE ...

... pundits have been saying he won't take questions from the press. Well, HERE HE IS!

[berner59]

7. moved my response from the dupe...

Saying that the truth needs to be told in a time of war... Course needs to be changed...go John!!


KICKING BUTT!!!!! Saying how Bush should read his CIA reports and know that it's not just guesses!! He is being so clear!! We need to have a summit, get going and fix this!! He's taking questions too!!

Really hitting home on the truth angle!!

[Cha]

14. I thought that was bush that pundits were

saying wouldn't take questions from the press? :)

[rndmprsn]

10. thanks

[berner59]

16. on fire!!!

OMG - he is soooooooooo GREAT!!! It's like he's got that fire back from his anti Vietnam war days... I LOVE IT!!!

[gauguin57]

11. "I hope democracy will take hold (in Iraq) ...

but I think most people will tell you that the United States has retreated from whole zones in Iraq. There are 'no-go' zones in Iraq. You can't hold elections in 'no-go zones.' "

[sonicx]

12. Kerry's got it: they'll only cover him in press conferences

not campaign rallies. he should do 2 everyday. :P

[Cha]

28. Splain to me, please how he gets them to

cover his "press conferences"..I know they won't cover him and the Thousands who go to his rallies but how does Kerry call a press conference and get them to show up?

It's gotten so bad for Dems in the press that this question begs to be answered. Thanks!

[Pirate Smile]

38. The press is always there. A huge hoard is following him constantly but

they have heard the stump speech hundreds of times and look for new news especially if they get to ask questions. You never know what is going to happen in a live news conference. These aren't pre-screened, pre-approved questions.

[Cha]

39. I just read in another post that it was a response

to the allawi speech and he his taking questions..I get it.

This is a sure fire way to get news, though!

[sonicx]

43. i think they want to catch him in a 'flip flop'

anything can happen at unscriped talks, but he's still being consistant. And Kerry gets to practice for the debates. :)

[wildflower]

52. I'd wondered the same thing...

I thought he wasn't allowed to call one--that only the President and certain other people are--and that's why the press wasn't covering what he said. (And why there was no way to get them to.)

-wildflower

[demokatgurrl]

56. Anyone can call a press conference.

The question is how many press show up. For the Dem challenger, usually a lot do. Yeah, probably looking for some misstep or something they can trash him with later.

[berner59]

32. Yes yes yes!!!

That's the ticket!! "It's the press corps stupid"!! He's good at this...he answers qurstions - the press will eat him up - they are so hungry for someone to answer a question!!

[Pirate Smile]

41. I saw a story yesterday on Inside Politics where they were talking to the

reporters who are with him all the time.

They seemed exited and said you could feel a big change since Monday (don't we all).

They didn't know if it had effected the polls yet but they were definitely liking it and that helps Kerry get much better press.

[MsTryska]

35. The shame of it is.....

when it comes to the evening news when people are home, there's no sight of him anywhere.


this happened ot me the other day.
fuckers.

[BeyondGeography]

13. He's also taking on Allawi

Saying he contradicted his own statements about the level of terrorism in Iraq.

He's basically painting Allawi as a Bush lackey who is painting the best face on a bad situation. Ballsy stuff.

[Cha]

18. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

"Ballsy stuff"!! Kerry is out of the starting gate!! Seabiscuit is rounding the corner!!

[gauguin57]

15. Re: the beheadings ...

... "you have to provide security!" He says the president needs to change course to be able to do more rapid training in nearby countries, etc. ... Rumsfeld "mislead the American people about the number of people who have been trained."

"It's a disgrace," Kerry says, that the president and the defense secretary have both lied to the american people about the sit. in Iraq.

[girl gone mad]

19. He looks and sounds great.

Speaking from the heart, and sounds very angry at Bush for misleading the country on how things are going in Iraq.

Now getting mad at the media for misrepresenting his position on Iraq.

[gauguin57]

20. I stood in Fulton, Mo, and gave Bush advice ... I stood on the Senate

floor and gave him advice about how to proceed with Iraq, and he didn't take that advice, Kerry says.

[slinkerwink]

22. damn, why did I have to be in class right now?

[chimpymustgo]

Any questions? Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!

He was magnifique!

[Nashyra]

33. Kerry just rocked

He pointed out that * was wrong wrong wrong, he pointed out that he did not take advice, he is stubborn, he pointed out the CIA analysis is just that an analysis and not guesses, he actually sounded incredulous that the * could call the CIA report a guess and suggested that * read and study it. CNN just stated that Kerry just hit * hard, strong languauge. He did great.

[Pirate Smile]

21. "If diplomacy had been done with Turkey, we wouldn't have had a

Fallujah."

[NightOwwl]

23. Just Awesome!

Oh wow, I just heard a reporter ask if <missed the name> was "living in a fantasy world" like Bush. Damn, Kerry is sounding good! Anger and disgust at Bush are just oozing from him. He is not faking this. He is pissed.

[BeyondGeography]

24. This is FIGHTING JOHN!

Reminds me of how he reacted when Dean was kicking his ass. He's convinced he's right about what he's saying about Bush's incompetency and it shows through.

Extremely forceful perfomance.

[irancontra]

25. YEAH BABY!!

what a great way to wake up!! Slam 'em John!

[speedoo]

26. He kicked ass, seriously.

Wow. Just a great performance.

This is a sample of what we are going to see in the debates, folks.

[gauguin57]

27. Great that he took questions from the press!!!

It was billed as a response to the Allawi speech, but he took questions (VERY IMPORTANT, since he's been criticized for not talking to the press more).

He sounds good (Drudge has a screaming headline that Kerry has laryngitis and will be resting his voice till the debate ... uh, Matt ... his voice sounds pretty good to me!)

[Cha]

36. drudgehead get it wrong again!

Kerry has made a quick recovery. Wasn't Edwards suppose to fill in for him in Iowa or someplace today?

[Pirate Smile]

47. Kerry was supposed to be in Cedar Rapids tonight but on the ABC News

Note it says Edwards will be there but now there is no mention of Kerry.

[treading_water]

54. Edwards is filling in today

John Edwards was on Larry King last night and said he would be filling in for John Kerry today.

[Claire Beth]

40. yes, very good.....

and he did great. Kerry took random questions and had sensible answers. He was FIRM and on target. He's so much better than the current idiot we have who avoids press conferences unless he can hand pick the questions. Such a relief to see Kerry who can talk in complete sentences and think in paragraphs.

[EST]

42. Dumbass cnn was quoting Drudge about an hour ago.

Said Kerry was taking the day off from campaigning-all day. Heehee-dumbass
Guess they got a cool surprise. Kerry sounded a lot better today than yesterday, although you could tell it hurt to talk.

[sonicx]

45. why the fuck does a 'news organization'...

quote a tabloid reporter? :eyes:

[Lex]

50. CNN and Drudge: wrong again!

[EST]

53. I could give you three guesses

but you probably need only one. The real insult is the assumption that everybody needs someone to do their thinking for them. FSTV has done several good documentaries on this phenomonon, recently.

[Pirate Smile]

49. MSNBC was showing that this morning also.

[EST]

55. Has anyone actually gotten any replies

from "the media?" I have sent hundreds, umm-between fifteen hundred and two thousand, emails to various media outlets in the last six months and have yet to get a single reply.I have written missives that range from outrage and anger to sweet and third person passive and it's sort of the email black hole.

[kwolf68]

29. Good conference

Nothing earth-shattering, but he is demanding in his presence and borders on being appaled at the failure of this mis-administration.

[gauguin57]

30. "no-go zones" -- a subtle thing, but it's good to hear him using the

"commander-in-chief" lingo ... sounding like a guy who has a grasp of the military situation -- BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE MILITARY!!!!!

[Pirate Smile]

31. Great, extremely quick response to Allawi's speech to Congress.

[gauguin57]

34. Cuberats, I'm sure Keith Olbermann will run big chunks of this speech

... which we'll all have to tape, because we'll all be at our Kerry meetups tonight (man ... ours here in Lancaster, PA, has a huge agenda -- so many committees -- so many protests and fundraisers and canvass dates and phone bank dates -- so many places for people to plug in, depending on their time availability!).

[rndmprsn]

37. [e-mail]

send an email to be read on the air.

who do you think can handle the iraq situation more effectively?

send away!

[Guaranteed]

44. I did

:)

I was actually very civil. I just said that I don't think Bush wants to handle the situation at all. It looks like he wants to just ignore what's going on because he knows he's blown it with the international community, so there's nothing he can do to clean up the mess he made. We need someone new with a clean slate and credibility to come in and get things done.

[LittleClarkie]

48. I did the comment thing too

And basically raved positively about how Kerry has been thinking about this stuff since before the Bush Administration was a twinkle in Rove's eye (one of my older comments) and that they should go read his book on international terrorism to see that he actually knows his stuff and didn't have to be taught.

I told them I used to be an ABBer, but now I'm a true Kerry fan, and that I would give my right arm and most of my internal organs to see him elected.

[Lex]

46. If you see a link to watch Kerry's press conference online, please post!

I missed it. Dang.

[EST]

51. As a final note, Even the reporters sounded relieved to be getting

real, substantive answers and the impression I got was that the reporters were framing complex questions that really had to be answered in words of more than one syllable, and sentances of greater than three words. My pet goat, indeed.(snort)

I can just imagine JFK in the debates asking the genius, "Since you lied about every other important issue so far, why should we believe you, now?"
His throat must hurt enough so that he actually stopped talking when there was enough said and you can easily tell he was pissed at both the genius and Allowi and wasn't willing to waste the effort being nicey-nice. So clear, direct and on target, at this juncture predict Kerry in a landslide! This is the candidate we're working for.

[Cha]

58. Thank you so much for that!

I know it is THE candidate that I was looking for!