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To: Ron who wrote (12247)7/30/2004 11:07:59 AM
From: tsigprofit  Respond to of 20773
 
Ron agree on all counts - and those are great quotes!



To: Ron who wrote (12247)7/30/2004 3:34:14 PM
From: Suma  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
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KERRY STATEMENT DISTORTED TO PUSH FLIP-FLOP CLAIM

In their desperate efforts to paint Senator John Kerry (D-MA) as a serial
flip-flopper, President Bush's reelection campaign has resorted to gross
distortions of his public statements. The campaign is now trumpeting the
fact that Kerry, after voting to authorize the use of force in Iraq,
described himself "as an anti-war candidate."[1] The claim is based on a
clip of Kerry's 1/6/04 appearance on Hardball with Chris Mathews, which is
featured in a new 12 minute "documentary" on Kerry produced by the
Republican National Committee. This is how the RNC presents the
interview:[2]

MSNBC'S CHRIS MATTHEWS: "Are you one of the anti-war candidates?"

KERRY: "I am - Yeah."

The real transcript of the interview reveals that the clip was doctored.
Kerry was not trying to shift his position but actually reiterating his
belief that President Bush made a mistake in the way he went to war. Here is
the actual transcript:[3]

MATTHEWS: Do you think you belong to that category of candidates who more or
less are unhappy with this war, the way it's been fought...Are you one of
the anti-war candidates?

KERRY: I am -- Yes, in the sense that I don't believe the president took us
to war as he should have, yes, absolutely.

SOURCES:

1. "Extreme Makeover Day 4 Fact Sheet: Setting the Record Straight",
BushCheney04.com, 7/29/04.
daily.misleader.org

2. "RNC Ad Backgrounder",DemsExtremeMakeover.com, 7/28/04.
daily.misleader.org

3. Hardball, Nexis-Lexis Transcript, 1/6/04