September 12, 2004
NO WONDER THEY KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE PRESS:
"I've Been in Worse Situations": TIME talks with John Kerry about the upcoming presidential election (KAREN TUMULTY, 9/12/04, TIME)
TIMESpeaking of clarity, a number of your allies have said that you haven't drawn a clear contrast between yourself and President Bush on Iraq.
KERRY
The contrast could not be clearer. They spent a lot of money trying to confuse people, but I have been consistent. I would not have taken the country into war the way he did. I would not have put young Americans in harm's way without a plan to win the peace. I would not have interrupted as abruptly the effort to build alliances with other countries. I would not have turned my back on the international community. And Americans are paying a $200 billion cost today because this President rushed to war.
TIME
Is the President being as aggressive as he should be in dealing with insurgent strongholds in Iraq?
KERRY
At this moment in time, I'm not sitting with the generals in front of me for the full briefing. I'm not going to comment on that right now.
"I'd do everything differently, but, as to specifics, since I don't actually know what's going on I can't comment." Posted by Orrin Judd at September 12, 2004 1:23 PM
Please tell me this is a joke. He would "do everything differently", but doesn't know *how* he'd do it differently?
Posted by: ray at September 12, 2004 2:33 PMAs you say, Orrin, no wonder he avoided major media interviews for almost 40 days prior to this. He might as well not have bothered if he's going to deliver mush like this.
Posted by: Joe at September 12, 2004 2:47 PMTheir new campaign slogan/bumper sitcker--
Kerry/Edwards — Trust Us!
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at September 12, 2004 3:32 PM"I would not...I would not...I would not..." What I would have done was I'd still be talking, nuancing, shucking and jiving.
Posted by: genecis at September 12, 2004 10:03 PM