March 8, 2004
AN ARGUMENT THAT WORKS FOR BOTH SIDES
Kerry Predicts Character Attacks, Foreign Support (Patricia Wilson, Reuters, 3/8/04)
Without naming anybody, Kerry said he had received words of encouragement from leaders abroad who were eager to see him defeat Bush on Nov. 2.I know he's got other things on his mind, but if he's been meeting with Osama, shouldn't Senator Kerry let the army know where he is? Posted by David Cohen at March 8, 2004 2:14 PM"I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy they look at you and say, 'You've got to win this, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy,' things like that," he said.
What kind of a bent mind believes that the endorsement of foreign leaders will compel American voters to accept him? Isn't it clear to all save children and knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers that the agenda of a leader of another country runs at cross purposes to the agenda of the leader of the United States of America? Can this bone-headed appeal gain JFK one single vote that he did not have in hand already?
Posted by: Michael Gersh at March 8, 2004 2:37 PMWhat I particularly loved was that these are undisclosed "foreign leaders", as if the secret endorsement of any person who happens to run a foreign government is meaningfull. I know we've said that the Democrat's don't believe that America is doing the right thing unless some other country agrees, but I never thought that any other country would do. That's what led me to the title: George Bush, too, could campain on the slogan "Foreign leaders prefer Kerry."
Was it M. Chirac, M. Martin or M. Aristide? Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: David Cohen at March 8, 2004 2:57 PMKerry wants the emigre vote. He wants to cover every modality.
Posted by: jim hamlen at March 8, 2004 2:57 PMUndisclosed =s every anti-american here and abroad. I'm not saying everyone of his supporters are anti-american. I'm saying every anti-american is rooting for him. That doesn't make him a bad person. It just makes him the most electable Democrat presidential candidate.
Posted by: genecis at March 8, 2004 3:25 PMWhat Michael and David said.
Also, Kerry is promising to neither privatize SS, nor to cut benefits.
I wonder how many people realize that said promise is also an implicit promise to raise taxes ?
Beyond the tax hikes Kerry's already promising the "rich", which may mean people earning $ 70,000.
I'm suprirsed Kerry didn't repeat the remarks from the foreign leader in their original French...
Posted by: John at March 8, 2004 3:42 PMKerry's Band of International Brothers
Abdikassim
al-Bashir
Annan
Aristide
Assad
Ben Ali
Bouteflika
Castro
Chavez
Chissano
Chirac
Khamenei
Khin Nyunt
Kim
Luong
Martin
Mugabwe
Putin
Schroder
Sihanouk
If he is trying to get Americans to believe he means sitting foreign leaders, his story is unbelievable. Heads of State do not get together at a bar to chat off the record with political aspirants challenging other foreign leaders. If they meet at all, they meet formally and on the record in the presence of the U.S. ambassador. I can't imagine even Chirac or Assad telling Kerry he has to "beat that guy." Can you imagine President Bush meeting with Putin's or Schroder's opposition and telling him to "beat that guy."?
Somebody should really push him hard on this one.
Posted by: Peter B at March 8, 2004 5:31 PMIt is repulsive, but the press corps would say the same thing. I doubt if Kerry ever gets a question about it.
Posted by: ratbert at March 8, 2004 7:44 PMI seem to recall that an unsupported allegation that George Bush (then running for vice president) met with Iranian officials in Spain (the 'October Surprise') prompted a Democratic Congress to open a full investigation into the threat of candidates meeting with 'foreign leaders.'
Posted by: Fred Jacobsen at March 8, 2004 7:50 PM