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

To: JakeStraw who wrote (10521)	3/29/2004 11:02:51 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Democrat presidential candidate (and veteran) John Kerry was recently on the slopes during a campaign break. Since he’s Democrat top dog, he receives Secret Service protection. After one of those agents reportedly bumped him while he was snowboarding, Kerry said, "I don't fall down. The son of a bitch knocked me over." This is the best you have? Bush's proven lies about wmds that never existed (investigation), his betrayal of senior citizens by trying to sell them on bogus healthcare (investigation), Clarke's sworn testimony about Bush's failure to get al Qaeda (9/11 hearings), Cheney's refuttal of Rice, Rice's refusal to testify under oath, Rumsfeld's lies don't bother you, but Kerry's pissy moment does?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (10521)	3/29/2004 11:05:40 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Clarke urges public airing of testimony Former aide looks to rebut allegations by White House By Michael Kranish and Bryan Bender, Globe Staff, 3/29/2004 WASHINGTON -- Richard A. Clarke, President Bush's former counterterrorism chief, called on the White House yesterday to release his still-secret 2002 congressional testimony on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as reams of terrorism-related communication between Clarke and other top officials. ADVERTISEMENT The request by Clarke, who has alleged that Bush did not do enough to fight terrorism before the attacks, was made as analysts debated the ethics of both Clarke's public disclosures and White House attempts to undermine his credibility by releasing carefully selected e-mails and other materials. Some critics not only said the White House strategy stands out from its normal obsession with secrecy, but they also warned that it could have a chilling effect on internal and public debate by Bush's top aides. Meanwhile yesterday, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice refused again to testify publicly before the independent commission investigating the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Speaking on CBS's "60 Minutes," she also confirmed that Bush directed intelligence advisers to search for an Iraq link after the attacks -- a Clarke assertion that White House officials had previously questioned. Clarke, just eight days earlier a relatively little-known former bureaucrat, capped his week in the spotlight with an appearance on the NBC news program "Meet the Press" yesterday in which he practically dared the administration to release documents that he thinks would buttress his case. Seeking to turn the tables on Republicans who have suggested that the release of Clarke's classified 2002 testimony would show conflicts with his testimony last week before the commission, Clarke said that he wanted as much of his secret White House material released as possible. "I would welcome it being declassified, but not just a little line here or there," Clarke said about his 2002 testimony. "Let's declassify all six hours of my testimony." boston.com