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Originally posted by Paraskass
"Yes, I voted for the war in Iraq, because I trusted you, I trusted your intelligence, I put my faith in you, because it was important to stand behind you, as president in those hard and trying times. But today, we all know you lied. You lied to your fellow americans, you lied to the world, you lied to our country, and you lied to me."
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Several things come to mind actually because I have been wondering the same thing.
1. He is holding back for the next two debates. A knock out punch is far more effective if you hold it until the last second rather than giving it time to fizzle out before Nov. 2.
2. I honestly think at some points in the debate Bush was daring him to say something to that effect, which leads me to believe Karl Rove has something up his sleeve. Kerry might be just smart enough to NOT walk into that trap.
3. Kerry might simply believe the best strategy is to feed Americans just enough info so they can draw that conclusion for themselves. It would be, after all, very disrespectful to call the President a liar on national television. Republicans can't wait to jump on the, "How can he be President when he does not even respect the office of the President.", bandwagon.
There are still a great deal of voters in this country who are political purist and believe the Office of the President is much bigger than the President himself, and being publicly disrespectful to that office will lose their votes.
I believe a better attack line would be not to call the President a liar, but "Where does the buck stop?"
"Mr. President, I voted to give you the authority to go to war based on what we now know was false intelligence. At the time I believed it, the rest of the Senate, the Congress, U.N., and the American people also believed it and stood behind you. Regardless of who lied to who, and how you came about the intelligence that you reported to us all, Mr. President I say to you that You are the Commander and Chief, as Teddy Roosevelt said, "The buck stops here!", well Mr. President, our Commander and Chief, I have to ask you, WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP! Who is to blame, who is responsible for the misleading of America and the world into a situation that has cost thousands of innocent lives, billions of dollars, turned the world upside down, and has lost America's credibility with the world.
Mr. President, if you do not have an answer, WE MUST HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT! We must have a Commander and Chief who accepts the responsibility of being the President, the Head of State, and a President who will take the responsibility of where the buck stops. And too the American people I say to you, I AM THAT MAN, YOU obviously ARE NOT!"