Kerry is on CNN/The Situation Room now...

[lavenderdiva]

being interviewed by Wolfie regarding Gore's speech yesterday...

Just a heads-up!

[JuniperLea]

1. Please feed the cube dwellers!

:)

[lavenderdiva]

2. right now Wolfie is interviewing Kerry

about whether he agrees that the U.S. should 'assassinate' foreign terrorist leaders. The title under the picture of Kerry is 'Kerry Opens Fire'. Supposedly, he is going to agree with what both Gore and Senator Clinton said yesterday. He is talking about his meeting with Israeli Acting Prime Minister... more to come.

[lavenderdiva]

3. talking about Iran developing a nuclear bomb...

Wolfie asking what does Kerry think about military action against Iran? Kerry says not to take anything off the table, but military action is an option of 'last resort'. More importantly, lack of universal condemnation of Iran's leader's comments about 'wiping an entire people off the face of the earth'. Iran has taken its own steps to make itself a renegade nation. How to diffuse this situation? A number of options are available to us. Other world leaders agree that its unacceptable about what Iran is doing. Kerry thinks Russia could play a much more important role in diffusing the Iranian situation.

[dog_lovin_dem]

4. Thanks for the update!

This is one of the few times I'm not glad I don't have access to cnn.

[underpants]

5. Beware of his crafty Ewok mindtricks John

:bounce:

[berner59]

6. just showed Gore clip...

Kerry says Bush is breaking the law... Below his image: headline - "Kerry Opens Fire"...I'll take it!!!!

[underpants]

9. Wolf asks if he can help him shave hard to reach spot for Ewoks

Wold getting a head start on shaving for tomorrow's adventure down in humanland.

[yodermon]

13. lol

are you suggesting that wolfie looks like an ewok,
:rofl:
i think you're right,
guffaw

[tridim]

7. Kerry just agreed fully with Gore!

Wolfie: "Do you agree with Gore that the president broke the law?"
Kerry: "Yes"

[berner59]

8. played clip of Hillary...

saying this is the worst administration... Kerry agrees... What now Wolfie??

[JuniperLea]

10. Woooo!

Thanks for the updates, peeps!

Is Wolfie ready to explode? hahahaha!

[lavenderdiva]

11. Wolfie is now specifically asking Kerry about Gore's speech...

showing snippet of Gore's speech quoting him saying, 'The President of the U.S. has been consistently been breaking the law'. Wolfie: Do you agree with him? Kerry: Absolutely, repetitively, definitively. The law we passed clearly envisioned a court that has the power, on a moment's notice, set up only for the purpose of approving these warrants, to be able to review them to be able to protect the constitutional rights of Americans, that's number 1. Number 2, out of 16,000 some odd warrants that have been reviewed, only 4, I think, have been refused in that entire period of time. Finally, nothing in the law that Congress passed to respond to 9-11, nothing contemplated this kind of constitutional violation. So it is clearly a violation of the law. Now, there are any number of different recourses that could be taken. With a Republican Congress, we've had a particularly hard time getting any kind of recourse taken. We don't have any power to issue subpoenas, we don't have the power to call hearings. I think we have to continue to present this issue to the American people. I hope this administration, of its own admission, and its own steps, will reverse course and admit its own mistakes and try to guarantee that the protections put in place are adhered to.

Wolfie: Sen. Spector says he will hold hearings next month on this issue.

Kerry: I've heard that. I hope the hearings will be bi-partisan. I hope the appropriate people will be called on a bi-partisan basis. That Dems will have the right to have equal number of witnesses, and that subpoenas, if necessary, will be issued, as appropriate without the chairman having the right to veto them.

Wolfie: I want to get your response to Senator Clinton's remarks yesterday. Do you agree that Sen. Clinton's statement that this administration is the worst in history?

Kerry: I think this administration is one of the most derelict in responsibility in the history, yeah sure. I don't disagree with her. I mean almost every single issue of importance, with a completely a-political point of view. Look at healthcare in America. What's their plan? They don't have a plan. Look at GM and Ford, they are looking at bankruptcy and the loss of jobs overseas. What's the plan? They're not even engaged in major discussions to figure out how we move forward. Look at what's happened to investment in research and development, technology and science, and all of the things that create jobs of the future. We're going backwards. The promise of No Child Left Behind has been left behind. The environment, we're literally going backwards. Bottom line: we're not as safe in the world as we ought to be, and we're not facing up to our responsibilities at home as we ought to be, and I think history will be a harsh judge of those realities.

Wolfie: Do you want to tell our viewers how you are going to vote on Alito?

Kerry: No not from here (he's in Jerusalem) not without having had a chance to review the hearings fully. But I will be back in a couple of days, and I intend to do that as soon as I get back.

Wolfie: Thanks for joining us. Be safe over there.

Kerry: Thanks a lot Wolf.

Wolfe: Different perspective in our next hour from Paul Bremer.



Hmmmmm..... Sorry all, I tried to type as fast as I could. Had to use the rewind button on the DVR a lot.

[politicasista]

12. Thanks for the updates lavenderdiva

We appreciate it. It's hard to type and listen at the same time for sure. :hi:

[lavenderdiva]

14. thanks politicasista...

Paul Begala is on now with Wolfie, and someone named Victoria, who is a former Pentagon Spokesperson, now CNN commentator (and obviously rightwing).

Wolfie asks Begala if Gore should run in 08. Begala thinks he should. Victoria (trying to be sarcastic) says she thinks he should too.

Gore 08!!! Yes!!! I worked for his election in 2000, and would do so again in a heartbeat!

[radio4progressives]

15. Victoria Clark - She was the Reichbot Pentagon Spokesperson

during the Invasion of Iraq..

[lavenderdiva]

16. thanks for helping me out with that.

I couldn't get her name/position quick enough, and hadn't seen her on before.

[JuniperLea]

17. Thank you so much, lavenderdiva!

You did a great job! Above and beyond! What a pal!

[lavenderdiva]

18. no problem, Juniperx!

I know what its like to be trapped in cube-world, and want to know what's going on in the outside world. I remember coming home and watching the national news, only to think its loaded with spin, and wondering if I'm really getting the WHOLE story....

[kerrygoddess]

19. Good job!

I just posted this on my blog and linked back! Thanks for doing this - I missed it!

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1678

[lavenderdiva]

20. Thanks kerrygoddess!

I look forward to reading your blog...

[blm]

21. Thanks for that.

Another poster chose to put up a lie about Kerry and call it sarcasm.

[lavenderdiva]

22. Are they branded with 'disruptor' yet? If not, I'm guessing it won't be

long..........

[blm]

23. nah....just musta thought lying about Kerry is funnier than posting what

he actually said.

Like Dems don't get enough lies about them spread by the GOp and the media.

[lavenderdiva]

24. Yeah, we don't need any help there...

n/t

[ProSense]

26. Great recap. Thanks! n/t

[ginnyinWI]

25. recommended

I was so happy to see Kerry backing up Gore!