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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] immediate reactions
  • Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:54:38 -0400


On Oct 1, 2004, at 2:21 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:

That is very clear to you? Last night he first said Iraq was a mistake, and
very shortly thereafter said Iraq wasn't a mistake. How is that clear?

My understanding of that statement is that as someone who's seen friends die in combat, there's no way in hell you can tell there relatives they died for a mistake, even its its true. Its one of the "have you stopped beating your wife" questions where you're damned either way. If he had answered the other direction he would have been excoriated by relatives of the deceased.


Republicans don't have to say anything about flip flop. Kerry's words speak
for themself.

http://john-kerry.tonyspencer.com/iraq-flip-flop.htm


The funny thing is, if you actually go and read the speeches where Kerry supposedly changed positions, its really clear that the Bush camp is misrepresenting what Kerry said. Here's proof from the non-partisan Annenberg Political Fact Check organization, which analyzes facts surrounding the positions taken by both candidates.

"Kerry has never wavered from his support for giving Bush authority to use force in Iraq, nor has he changed his position that he, as President, would not have gone to war without greater international support. But a Bush ad released Sept. 27 takes many of Kerry's words out of context to make him appear to be alternately praising the war and condemning it. Here we present this highly misleading ad, along with what Kerry actually said, in full context."

http://factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=269

On the other hand, bush really has changed his positions on a bunch of issues.

Bush's Top 10 Flip-Flops:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/28/politics/main646142.shtml


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