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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command
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To: paret who wrote (11019)9/20/2004 3:26:45 PM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (1) of 27181
 
GOP is squashing bugs for us: Hastert’s al Qaeda comment draws fire.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Top Democrats slapped back Sunday at a remark by House Speaker Dennis Hastert that al Qaeda leaders want Sen. John Kerry to beat President Bush in November.

At a campaign rally Saturday in his Illinois district with Vice President Dick Cheney, Hastert said al Qaeda “would like to influence this election” with an attack similar to the train bombings in Madrid days before the Spanish national election in March.

When a reporter asked Hastert if he thought al Qaeda would operate with more comfort if Kerry were elected, the speaker said, “That’s my opinion, yes.”
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