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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (7660)	3/16/2004 10:23:06 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 81568

Gee, what a shame if Kerry gets proven to be a liar...

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (7660)	3/16/2004 11:27:21 AM
From: Mao II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Media Discovers Kerry "Misquoted" Partisan Debate Only Escalates as Kerry Quotation Is Corrected By JODI WILGOREN Published: March 16, 2004 WASHINGTON, March 15 — The White House stepped up its attack on Monday over Senator John Kerry's recent claim to have international support for his presidential campaign, as Mr. Kerry deployed high-profile Democrats to defend him. The escalating argument came amid revelations that the weeklong controversy was based on an inaccurate transcript provided by a reporter covering the Florida fund-raiser where Mr. Kerry made a similar remark. As Vice President Dick Cheney and Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, continued to criticize Mr. Kerry on the issue, the reporter — one of two allowed to attend the event on behalf of the press corps — said Monday that he had made a mistake when transcribing his recording of the session. The inaccurate quotation was widely reported, including on several occasions in The New York Times. Patrick Healy, the Boston Globe reporter who covered the fund-raiser, had quoted Mr. Kerry as saying: "I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but, boy, they look at you and say, `You have got to win this; you have got to beat this guy; we need a new policy.' Things like that." Mr. Kerry said on Sunday that he had used the word "heard," not "met," prompting Mr. Healy to revisit the recording. On Monday, he sent out a corrected transcript, clarifying that the quotation actually began, "I've met more leaders who can't go out and say it all publicly." The remark was part of Mr. Kerry's response to an observation by his Florida finance chairman that when traveling abroad, he had met people who "hate Bush, but they know we're going to get rid of him." Stephanie Cutter, Mr. Kerry's spokeswoman, said the campaign did not raise questions about the accuracy of the quotation amid days of criticism because there was a problem with its tape recorder, making the word inaudible. Mr. Healy also said it was difficult to hear the word on his recorder, particularly when he was transcribing between campaign events aboard a bus and an airplane. Over reporters' objections, campaigns frequently limit access to events, requiring the press corps to rely on one or two journalists' versions. Senator Kerry never denied making the statement, but he refused repeated calls — including one from Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Fox News Sunday — to identify the foreign leaders. On Monday, before Mr. Healy's mea culpa, Mr. McClellan said that if Mr. Kerry did not identify the leaders, "the only conclusion one can draw is that he is making it up to attack the president." Separately, at a fund-raiser in Arizona, Mr. Cheney said, "At the very least, we have a right to know what he is saying to foreign leaders that makes them so supportive of his candidacy." Even after the quotation had been corrected, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Richard C. Holbrooke, President Bill Clinton's delegate to the United Nations, called reporters to offer their response. "It's so obviously the truth what Kerry said, and the Republicans are just having fun with it — everybody knows it's true," Mr. Holbrooke said, adding that he called after speaking to Ms. Cutter. "In the last six or seven months, I've been in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. I've met with leaders in all of those regions, and they have overwhelmingly — not unanimously but overwhelmingly — said that they hope that there's a change in leadership." nytimes.com

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (7660)	3/16/2004 11:30:57 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

We demand Cheney release his energy papers and tell us who outed the CIA agent, orchestretrated the 2000 energy crisis, failed on 9-11 intel and hyped the WMD's evidence.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (7660)	3/16/2004 1:08:17 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 81568

Kerry finally did something worth a comment. He failed the "winning friends & influencing people" campaign goal by yelling the eloquent retort "none of your business" to a voter's question. Some reporters refer to it as "Kerry's Dean moment". Didn't take long for the race to become neck n' neck once Bush Campaign became engaged: Most ominous question in following poll: >>53 percent said they were confident in Bush's ability to deal with an international crisis, while only 33 percent said that about Kerry. Another 19 percent said they don't know about Kerry's ability in that area.<< Poll: Bush, Kerry Run Evenly in Many Areas Tuesday, 16-Mar-2004 6:30AM Story from AP WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush and likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry match up closely on many measures in a recent poll, yet remain far apart in one key area -- familiarity with the voters. The CBS News-New York Times poll Monday underscored the difference in familiarity with the incumbent Republican, who is well known, and the Massachusetts senator, who is just beginning to establish a national identity. For example, voters were closely divided on whether they had a favorable or unfavorable views of each candidate. In the case of Bush, 43 percent had a favorable view, 39 percent had an unfavorable view and 17 percent were undecided. For Kerry, 28 percent had a favorable view, 29 percent had an unfavorable view and 41 percent were undecided. Both campaigns are spending millions on campaign ads to define Kerry, a four-term senator, for those undecided voters. The poll found Bush with a slight lead overall, 46 percent to 43 percent -- roughly the same difference as the poll's margin of error. Two weeks ago in this poll, Kerry was at 47 percent and Bush was at 46 percent. When independent Ralph Nader is added to the mix, Bush has a clear lead over Kerry, 46 percent to 38 percent, with Nader at 7 percent, according to the survey released Monday. The poll found potential vulnerabilities for both candidates. Voters have questions about whether Kerry says what he believes -- one-third said yes, but almost six in 10 said no. When it comes to making economic decisions, almost six in 10 said they are uneasy about Bush's ability to make economic decisions, while four in 10 said they were confident. When asked about each candidate's ability to deal wisely with an international crisis -- almost half, 46 percent, said they were uneasy about Bush, and about Kerry, 48 percent. But 53 percent said they were confident in Bush's ability to deal with an international crisis, while only 33 percent said that about Kerry. Another 19 percent said they don't know about Kerry's ability in that area. The poll of 1,286 adults, including 984 registered voters, was taken March 10-14 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.