Kerry Turns Bush's Faux-Optimism Into Delusion And Deception (Brilliant!)

Kerry: Bush failed to level with the U.N. about Iraq

U.S. troops don't have support from allies and "terrorists are pouring across the border," Kerry said. "The president wants to shift the topic and I am not going to let him shift the topic. This is about President Bush, his decisions and his choice and his unwillingness...to live in reality. And American lives are on the line as a consequence of that."

Kerry said Bush is risking failure because of mismanagement "every step of the way." No one could have imagined, he said, that "they would discard their own State Department's 11 volumes of plans on what to do. That they would not guard the borders. That they would not guard the ammunition docks. That they would disband the army. That they would not keep the civil service structure in place. That they would not provide electricity and provide jobs and services."

Kerry said the president "has not denied one of the facts that I laid out yesterday." He cited, as an example, estimates of Iraqi security forces that he said had shifted downward from 210,000 to 95,000 to 5,000.

But even as he spoke, Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt circulated a memo calling Kerry's use of statistics "disingenuous."

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"Disingenuous?" That's the best you can come up with? Oh, boy!

Besides suddenly grasping a whole lot of reality about Iraq, the Kerry strategy is brilliant. Not only does it stress Bush's utter incompetence, it goes after his deceptions and unwillingness to concede glaring difficulties.

These go straight to Bush's greatest vulnerabilities. What's worse for Bush in this chess game is that the Bush strategy is to come off as resolute and optimistic - kinda hard to do when Iraq is, well, Iraq.

Kerry, in a brilliant gambit, makes himself the realist and turns Bush into Willy Wonka.

I don't think it was strategic for Kerry to blow August as a political rope-a-dope. He's good, but he's not that good. It was mostly an attempt to conserve resources until closer to the election, but also a lack of preparedness towards the Convention and Swifties.

But something must be said about Kerry, and I give him infinite respect for it. The man doesn't live in a bubble. He is willing to truly listen to people when he screws up and adjust accordingly and decisively. That was true in Iowa, and it is true here. And just like Iowa, Kerry is coming into the home stretch with his eyes dead set on the prize.

He said he's glad he didn't vote for it since billions of it have been wasted by Halliburton- Jiu Jitsu

The Halliburton Helper Bill. (See? Kerry needs me on his campaign)

he would fire Halliburton? I LOVED THAT!!! FIRE THOSE FUCKERS!

reality and Bush's excuses and ignoring his own intelligence reports.

By hammering this disconnect in his brain, it undercuts Bush's authority, crediblity, "trust factor." You want the voters to begin to hear their own doubts about Bush...encourage them to overcome the fear that Bush/Cheney is doling out and and paint Bush for what he is....incompetent and inept and lying. At the same time this happening, Kerry is giving them a reason to vote FOR HIM--strong, fighting, tough,
in your face...

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kerry has a top notch team that is in deliberations day and night on how to win this thing. They are not going to let Karl Rove out campaign them. It is more than a matter of honor for them personally, it is a matter of the health of America. I sincerely believe that team Kerry is working 24/7 to win this one for America, not just for Kerry.

"I sincerely believe that team Kerry is working 24/7 to win this one for America, not just for Kerry."

Kerry wants to work for America, ALL of America, not just the rich/Bush/Bush friends.

as Ted Kennedy feeding his expertise as they trump the Rove machine. Kennedy will remain in the background with a well heeled and "seasoned" mix of America's most loyal. Kennedy despises the little piss-ant George. And don't forget that men like John Kerry and Ted Kennedy have been in the political world of D.C. as long as Bush2, Bush 1 and Reagan..go back to Nixon, and the murder of Ted Kennedy's two brothers, as well as the queationable death of John Kennedy Jr. Ted Kennedy knows and lives every day with the memories and the family knowledge of the dislike between Prescott Bush and Old Joe Kennedy. Kennedy knows too well the devious moblife of the Bush family.
He knows what's on the line in this election. America, as we used to know it. He knows what the Bush family is after. The ultimate prize at the expense of America.

I belive they will kick George Bush's ass to Crawford before this is over. I believe they are planning to hang Bush et al. with indictments when Kerry becomes President. They will put an end to the Bush dynasty and the Rove mofia.
They know that the fate of this Nation is up to them. And this is the small window of time they have to keep Her. I believe they are that serious. I'm certain there are many others also adding their wisdom. Clinton, Carter, Howard Dean, Robert Kennedy Jr, Wes Clark, Gephart, Sen. Harkin, and many other true American Patriots.
God Bless Them All.

well said.

:D

I'd bet Clinton hit him with the clue stick on this.

Whats the GOP tag line now?

'the world is safer now' BULLCRAP! Hussein never was a threat!

'the presidents strong and steadfast leadership'= CRAPSICLES!! he broke it he bought it. he caused the mess, stupid asshole does not have the sense to pour piss out of his own boots, and the instructions are right on the heels

HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER

Keep hammering Bush on Iraq

This is the most valuable thing he can understand going into the debates - that he doesn't have to sit back and answer Bush's questions, that he can take the fight to Bush. And if Bush dodges, take it to him again.

He has learned his lesson from (stupidly) answering Bush's hypothetical about whether he would vote the same.

Kerry is ready and I am getting psyched.

... where the State Department's "11 volumes" of postwar-Iraq planning are shown in a pile or being thrown in a trashbin, intermixed with snapshots and clips of the ongoing chaos in Iraq -- with a voiceover commenting on how the Bush Admin arrogantly and stubbornly ignored the planning that had been done, resulting in ever-increasing chaos and deaths.

End the commercial with one simple word... Why?

It's aggravating that I haven't heard Bush asked this question once... WHY did the Bush Administration ignore, discard!, the State Department's postwar planning?

(The voiceover would be even better if short quotes could be grabbed from those who had helped put together the State Department's plans.)