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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (549958)	3/9/2004 2:04:15 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

FRIENDS IN BRITAIN PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF LIBYAN CONSPIRACY THEORY Kerry Claimed Bush Administration Delayed Libya Deal For Political Gain. “Kerry also suggested Bush sat on December's deal to have Khadafy renounce weapons programs to get a political boost. ‘Khadafy's been trying to get back into the mainstream for several years now,’ Kerry said. ‘There's evidence that we could have had that deal some time ago.’” (Thomas M. DeFrank And Maggie Haberman, “Kerry’s Haiti Jab,” [New York] Daily News, 2/29/04) Kerry Cited “Friends In The British Government” As Source. “As proof, [Kerry] said he'd heard ‘from friends in the British government that the deal was in a slow lock,’ although he declined to give specifics to back it up.” (Thomas M. DeFrank And Maggie Haberman, “Kerry’s Haiti Jab,” [New York] Daily News, 2/29/04) FRIEND IN MASSACHUSETTS PROVIDES KERRY WITH HAITIAN RUMOR Kerry Floats Stories That Bush Administration Helped Overthrow Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide. “Asked if he believed the U.S. government engineered the overthrow of Aristide, Kerry said: ‘I don’t have evidence of it personally. I've heard stories of it. I don't believe anything without evidence.'’ But, he added, ‘There may be some legitimate questions.’” (Peter Wallsten, “Bush's Policies On Haiti At Issue,” The Miami Herald, 3/1/04) Kerry Says He Heard Haiti Rumor From “Close Friend In Massachusetts.” KERRY: “I think there should be some investigation of it. I have a very close friend in Massachusetts who talked directly to people who made that allegation. I don’t know the truth of it. I really don’t. But I think it needs to be explored and we need to know the truth of what happened.” (NBC’s “Today,” 3/2/04) FRENCH FRIENDS’ EVIDENCE DIDN’T PAN OUT BEFORE – SO BACK TO RUMORS? In October 2003, Kerry Claimed Bush AdministrationRebuffed French-Russian Offer To Prevent War. “I talked to [UN Secretary-General] Kofi Annan the Sunday before the president decided to go to war. And I knew at that moment in time that the Russians and the French were prepared to, in fact, make a further offer.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 10/20/03) But France And Russia Don’t Recall Making Such An Offer. “The French and Russian ambassadors to the UN, in separate interviews Thursday, said they knew nothing about any private offers made by their governments to the US on the eve of the war. The envoys told the Globe that the only concession made was a public proposal to extend weapons inspections in Iraq by four months before military action could begin. … Kerry questioned whether the two ambassadors were fully apprised of the proposals that top officials in Paris and Moscow were prepared to discuss, however.” (Patrick Healy, “Kerry Presses Assault On Bush,” The Boston Globe, 10/25/03) John Kerry’s Conspiracies Are Not New: gop.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (549958)	3/9/2004 2:05:16 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

JOHN KERRY: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY II Friends Don’t Let Friends Spread Rumors _______________________________________________________________http://www.gop.com/RNCResearch/Read.aspx?ID=3960 “You don’t want to risk the reputation that you don’t just push the envelope, but you tear it here or there. If you do that, you get the Al Gore problem . . .” (Stuart Rothenberg On John Kerry As Quoted In Glen Johnson, “Doubt Cast On Kerry’s ‘PAC-Free’ Claim,” The Boston Globe, 6/12/03)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (549958)	3/9/2004 2:07:33 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

more on kerryboy JOHN KERRY: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY Is Kerry Making Stuff Up Or Is There A “Deep Throat” At The U.N? _______________________________________________________________ “You don’t want to risk the reputation that you don’t just push the envelope, but you tear it here or there. If you do that, you get the Al Gore problem . . .” (Stuart Rothenberg On John Kerry As Quoted In Glen Johnson, “Doubt Cast On Kerry’s ‘PAC-Free’ Claim,” The Boston Globe, 6/12/03) KERRY CLAIMS TO KNOW OF SECRET PRE-WAR DEAL . . . April 2, 2003: Claims He Spoke To Number Of Foreign Leaders But Doesn’t Name Names. “In remarks in the basement of the Peterborough Public Library Kerry … said ‘I talked to leaders of a number of countries … that told me they lost all confidence in the administration.’” (James Pindell, “Kerry: $8 Million In The Bank,” PoliticsNH.com Website, www.politicsnh.com, Accessed 4/3/03) October 20, 2003: Claims Bush Administration Refused To Work With France And Russia But Doesn’t Offer Specifics. “I talked to [UN Secretary-General] Kofi Annan the Sunday before the president decided to go to war. And I knew at that moment in time that the Russians and the French were prepared to, in fact, make a further offer.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 10/20/03) October 21, 2003: Says I’ll Tell You Later. “‘I have it on the highest authority’ that the French and Russians were prepared to make an offer at the UN, but were rebuffed by American officials intent on going to war, Kerry said. ‘I’m going to talk about it more publicly at a later time.’ [Kerry] would not disclose details of the position the countries, which opposed the US-led military offensive, were prepared to take or identify the source of the information.” (Patrick Healy, “Kerry Won’t Elaborate On Missed Deal,” The Boston Globe, 10/22/03) SO SECRET, ONLY HE KNOWS? EVEN FRENCH AND RUSSIANS ARE BEFUDDLED October 23, 2003: Assertions Disputed By France And Russia. “The French and Russian ambassadors to the UN, in separate interviews Thursday, said they knew nothing about any private offers made by their governments to the US on the eve of the war. The envoys told the Globe that the only concession made was a public proposal to extend weapons inspections in Iraq by four months before military action could begin. … Kerry questioned whether the two ambassadors were fully apprised of the proposals that top officials in Paris and Moscow were prepared to discuss, however.” (Patrick Healy, “Kerry Presses Assault On Bush,” The Boston Globe, 10/25/03)

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (549958)	3/9/2004 2:10:06 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769667

KERRY CONSIDERS VOTING “SMALL PART” OF JOB Senator Virtual No-Show In Senate Chamber ___________________________________________________ “‘In the age of telecommunications, Sen. Kerry is in daily contact with his chief of staff,’ [Kerry Advisor Michael] Meehan said. ‘Voting is just one small part of being a U.S. senator.’” (Jonathan Wells and Maggie Mulvihill, “Kerry Not On Roll With Voting,” Boston Herald, 3/1/04) gop.com