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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 07:42 AM
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Remember when John Kerry said how to get bin Laden?
John Kerry, in the lead up to the '04 election, said the way to get bin Laden was to use intelligence to find him and a small elite force to go after him. He was ridiculed for it as we began a succession of incursions and occupations. And now look how it has ended - exactly as Senator Kerry suggested.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 07:44 AM
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1. Kerry = military hero
bush and co.= frauds. 'nuff said.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 07:46 AM
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2. I most certainly DO! I was thinking about Kerry's statements while watching the news this morning.
I remember the repuke ridicule very well.

Well, this just shows that they were full of it!

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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 07:52 AM
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3. As one who had personally been on small raids, Kerry knew how effective they could be...
...and as one who served in a giant military machine he understood how ineffective it could be.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 07:53 AM
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4. You can't swat a fly with a sledgehammer
However, that's been our exact strategy all along.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 07:59 AM
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5. Absolutely right.
Sen. Kerry knew what he was talking about.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:17 AM
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6. I just wanted to put this back up as a reminder to the Afternoon crowd.
Sometimes our memories are too short.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:19 AM
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7. yes. every dem has handle terrorists in this manner and has been successful. bushco called it
swatting at flies with flyswatter and wanted to use a hammer.

one works


one does not
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:19 AM
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8. That's because Kerry knew what he was talking about.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:23 AM
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9. +1 n/t
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:25 AM
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10. +1
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:08 PM
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11. Kick
For President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senator Kerry, Gore, and anyone else left out (no slight :)). :kick: :patriot:

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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:09 PM
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12. Our loss we didn't elect him
Things would look far different today, far different and better.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:14 PM
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16. Ohio. n/t
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 04:14 PM
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18. People were too busy dissing him
Edited on Mon May-02-11 04:37 PM by politicasista
waiting for the second coming Democratic savior (i.e. B. Cinton, Obama no diss here), instead dismissing him as another "northeastern liberal" who did not "get" it or "get" them, and refusing to listen to what he says or said.

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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:06 PM
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25. such a loss. i still feel it all these years later. nt
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:10 PM
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13. My very first thought was about Kerry and these statements...
He was right then, proved right now, but still won't get any credit except for what those of us with a funcitioning memory will say.

Good to see this truth here!
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BlancheSplanchnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 09:15 PM
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21. +100
Exactly right
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:11 PM
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14. Kerry was right
This also reminds me of how McCain said he "knew" how to get bin Laden. Maybe Gramps finally decided to reveal his excellent knowledge? :rofl:
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:13 PM
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15. I thought he said to look in the WH basement
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 02:16 PM
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17. Kerry wouldn't have gone into Pakistan to do it though.
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 05:47 PM
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20. You sure about that?
If the CIA had come to him and said they knew exactly where he was? I think he would have.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 09:17 PM
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22. Absolutely. nt
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 03:57 PM
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29. So you think Kerry was lying when he said that he would?
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 04:42 PM
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30. delete n/t
Edited on Tue May-03-11 04:43 PM by politicasista
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:09 PM
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26. you are wrong. nt
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:21 PM
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27. +1 *crickets* n/t
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wildeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 05:45 PM
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19. I have been thinking about that too. n/t
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 10:05 PM
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23. Rec'd. And not this same senator wants to get with the business
of getting out of Afghanistan. I so respect this man.
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:05 PM
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24. +1
:hi:
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TorchTheWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 01:43 AM
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28. Kerry stating the obvious - a shame it needed to be said at all
How else to you catch a criminal? Not even Freepers believed war was how to catch bin Laden. They just wanted the wars on as punishment for... something. And the ridiculous belief that war brings prosperity and cheap gas for the car.


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