Watching John Kerry tackle the issue of weapons of mass destruction.
by Hugh Hewitt
04/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
After the "Train Wreck" on Meet The Press and Good Morning America, John Kerry took his tattered credibility to the friendly confines of Hardball, where a sympathetic and compliant Chris Matthews did his very best to help Kerry make it through at least one interview without wandering into bizarre asides, prolix dependent clauses, and baffling hedges.
Below is the last question Mathews asked Kerry, and his answer:
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Matthews: If there was an exaggeration of WMD, exaggeration of the danger, exaggeration implicitly of the connection to al Qaeda and 9/11, what's the motive for this, what's the "why?" Why did Bush and Cheney and the ideologues around take us to war? Why do you think they did it?
Kerry: It appears, as they peel away the weapons of mass destruction issue, and--we may yet find them, Chris. Look, I want to make it clear: Who knows if a month from now, you find some weapons. You may. But you certainly didn't find them where they said they were, and you certainly didn't find them in the quantities that they said they were. And they weren't found, and I have talked to some soldiers who have come back who trained against the potential of artillery delivery, because artillery was the way they had previously delivered and it was the only way they knew they could deliver. Now we found nothing that is evidence of that kind of delivery, so the fact is that as you peel it away I think it comes down to this larger ideological and neocon concept of fundamental change in the region and who knows whether there are other motives with respect to Saddam Hussein, but they did it because they thought they could, and because they misjudged exactly what the reaction would be and what they could get away with.
What did he say?
I know this will bring the Bush bashers out of the woodwork. But considering how difficult it is to defend Kerry on his own merits, mindless bashing Bush is their only resort.......
That is my opinion.
Considering that everyone has already heard the President bashed and called every name in the book, if you feel compelled to reply, I have a proposal for you....
Can you tell us why you think John Kerry would make the best President, but do it without mentioning or referring to Bush at all?
by Hugh Hewitt
04/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
After the "Train Wreck" on Meet The Press and Good Morning America, John Kerry took his tattered credibility to the friendly confines of Hardball, where a sympathetic and compliant Chris Matthews did his very best to help Kerry make it through at least one interview without wandering into bizarre asides, prolix dependent clauses, and baffling hedges.
Below is the last question Mathews asked Kerry, and his answer:
This is Great - I Love It
Matthews: If there was an exaggeration of WMD, exaggeration of the danger, exaggeration implicitly of the connection to al Qaeda and 9/11, what's the motive for this, what's the "why?" Why did Bush and Cheney and the ideologues around take us to war? Why do you think they did it?
Kerry: It appears, as they peel away the weapons of mass destruction issue, and--we may yet find them, Chris. Look, I want to make it clear: Who knows if a month from now, you find some weapons. You may. But you certainly didn't find them where they said they were, and you certainly didn't find them in the quantities that they said they were. And they weren't found, and I have talked to some soldiers who have come back who trained against the potential of artillery delivery, because artillery was the way they had previously delivered and it was the only way they knew they could deliver. Now we found nothing that is evidence of that kind of delivery, so the fact is that as you peel it away I think it comes down to this larger ideological and neocon concept of fundamental change in the region and who knows whether there are other motives with respect to Saddam Hussein, but they did it because they thought they could, and because they misjudged exactly what the reaction would be and what they could get away with.
What did he say?
I know this will bring the Bush bashers out of the woodwork. But considering how difficult it is to defend Kerry on his own merits, mindless bashing Bush is their only resort.......
That is my opinion.
Considering that everyone has already heard the President bashed and called every name in the book, if you feel compelled to reply, I have a proposal for you....
Can you tell us why you think John Kerry would make the best President, but do it without mentioning or referring to Bush at all?
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