September 15, 2004
DIRECT, LIKE ED WOOD:
Only 48 Days Left for Kerry to Explain His Position on Iraq (Official Campaign Blog, 9/15/04)
Appearing on Don Imus' radio show this morning, John Kerry said that there were no circumstances under which we should have gone to war in Iraq -- but he still would have voted for the war.IMUS: Do you think there are any circumstances we should have gone to war in Iraq, any?
KERRY: “Not under the current circumstances, no. There are none that I see. I voted based on weapons of mass destruction. The President distorted that, and I’ve said that. I mean, look, I can't be clearer. But I think it was the right vote based on what Saddam Hussein had done, and I think it was the right thing to do to hold him accountable. I've said a hundred times, there was a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. The president chose the wrong way. Can't be more direct than that."
Imus has the definitive last word on this: "I asked him a number of questions about Iraq and I can't tell you what he said."
Imus has endorsed Mr. Kerry for President and is a big fan--imagine when a real journalist gets ahold of him at a debate? Posted by Orrin Judd at September 15, 2004 6:53 PM
They posted several interchanges on the "Kerry Spot" this morning. I know Kerry is floundering, and Imus has a sizeable audience, but does he really need to be appearing on a radio show where the interviewer openly mocks him?
Posted by: brian at September 15, 2004 7:14 PM"I mean, look, I can't be clearer."
Neither he nor his cast of thousands understand that that's PRECISELY THE %&*##$ PROBLEM?! BTW, Imus is a RINO who said after 9/11 that he'd vote for Bush because "how can you not?" A RINO in a cowboy hat is still a RINO.
Posted by: AC at September 15, 2004 8:12 PMThe journalists are Kerry fans too. Dont count on them to make things tough for Kerry.
He's still in bad shape though.
Posted by: MarkD at September 15, 2004 8:41 PMMaybe Imus can offset Howard Stern who was a strong Bush supporter after 9-11 but now is a strong anti-Bush type due to FCC regulations.
Posted by: AWW at September 15, 2004 11:05 PMActually, I'm pretty sure that Imus was quoted somewhere as saying the RNC had moved him from supporting Kerry to undecided...
Posted by: brian at September 15, 2004 11:31 PMKerry is now officially beyond satire. Is he auditioning for SNL or something?
Posted by: Jeff Brokaw at September 15, 2004 11:49 PMone question:
'Senator Kerry, were you in Cambodia during Christmas in 1968?'
Posted by: JonofAtlanta at September 16, 2004 9:37 AM