Edwards says Kerry will 'crush' al-Qaida

[BlackRain]

Edwards says Kerry will 'crush' al-Qaida


9/19/2004, 4:54 p.m. ET By BILL BERGSTROM The Associated Press

PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, in a stop near Philadelphia on Sunday, returned a Republican jab about whose leadership would be more vulnerable to al-Qaida terrorists.

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"When John Kerry is president of the United States, we will find al-Qaida where they are and crush them, before they can do damage to the American people," Edwards said in Phoenixville, the second of three scheduled stops Sunday in Pennsylvania.

Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Saturday said he thinks al-Qaida operatives would attempt terrorist strikes to try to disrupt the Nov. 2 election — and sway voters toward Democrat John Kerry. Hastert, at an Illinois fund-raiser, said he thinks al-Qaida wants Kerry to win the election because they would allegedly have a better chance to continue their terrorist operations

[Secret Squirrel]

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[BarkingSquirrel]

Funny that you post that when Kerry says in the article, that he will do exactly what Bush is already doing.

[Hot Lips]

Here's the rest of that article (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9707150.htm)


Edwards took just hours to respond.

"Denny Hastert, the Speaker of the House, has joined the fearmongers' choir. He said al-Qaida wants John Kerry to be president of the United States," Edwards said.

Hastert spokesman John McGovern responded to Edwards' comments Sunday evening.

"Instead of attacking Republicans, John Edwards should help John Kerry explain to the American people his inconsistent and contradictory positions on national security, intelligence and other defense issues," he said.

Earlier Sunday, Edwards urged a black congregation in Philadelphia to vote for Democrats whom he said would reverse the rising rate of black unemployment.

Edwards told about 400 congregants that unemployment among blacks had fallen to the single digits during former President Bill Clinton's administration.

"It's back up in double digits again, going up, going up," Edwards told the supportive crowd at the Bright Hope Baptist Church. "We know we can do better than that."

Edwards noted that civil rights leaders Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and Martin Luther King Jr. had all appeared at the North Philadelphia church. He urged members to use their vote to continue the gains for which those leaders strove.

For example, Edwards pointed out the slim margin by which affirmative action had been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

"We know that probably over the next four, six, eight years, we're going to have one, two, three new justices on the United States Supreme Court," Edwards said. "We don't want the cause of justice to be hanging by a thread, do we?"

At the rally later in a sunny park in Phoenixville, 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Edwards also jabbed at Vice President **** Cheney. He said Cheney had joked about the two Americas Edwards often talks about in campaign speeches, referring to the gap between the wealthy and those in the middle class and in poverty.

"It may be a joke for George Bush. It's not a joke for the 4 million Americans who have gone into poverty. It's not a joke for the 5 million people who have lost their health care," Edwards said. "We believe there should be one United States of America that includes all of us."

Jim Harper, a union leader and Vietnam veteran in an enthusiastic crowd of about 2,000, said Edwards' speech countered critics who said Democrats were having trouble getting their message to voters.

"It's clear to us," said Harper, 60, of Chester, business manager for Laborers Local 413, a building trades union. "The people in the street, the people who need jobs, the people who need health care and other services, it's clear to them that Kerry and Edwards are the ones we are going to support."

Edwards planned to attend an evening rally at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown before traveling to Ohio on Sunday night.

[Dennis G]

So now King flip-flop is going to pre-emtively strike Al Qaeda? I believe just a couple of weeks ago he said we needed a UN mandate to go to war with anyone. Hmm..........as much as he would like, he can't have it both ways. What a loser!

[Secret Squirrel]

So now King flip-flop is going to pre-emtively strike Al Qaeda? I believe just a couple of weeks ago he said we needed a UN mandate to go to war with anyone. Hmm..........as much as he would like, he can't have it both ways. What a loser!

What Kerry really said -- in his own acceptance speech -- is this: "I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response. I will never give any nation or international institution a veto over our national security." Perhaps you could point me towards something where Kerry said without a doubt that he would never use military force unless approved by the U.N? Or you could even post something where Kerry said he would never take military action unless approved by the security council.

[VorpalDoom]

If kerry is elected, i truely hope that man is just as agressive, if not MORE then bush.

[usa320]

Dont worry, i dont tihnk we will be in that situation.

;)

Hes a pussy. He wouldnt use force if he himself got attacked.

[Geezah]

So now King flip-flop is going to pre-emtively strike Al Qaeda? I believe just a couple of weeks ago he said we needed a UN mandate to go to war with anyone. Hmm..........as much as he would like, he can't have it both ways. What a loser!

What Kerry really said -- in his own acceptance speech -- is this: "I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response. I will never give any nation or international institution a veto over our national security." Perhaps you could point me towards something where Kerry said without a doubt that he would never use military force unless approved by the U.N? Or you could even post something where Kerry said he would never take military action unless approved by the security council.

That's right a swift and certain response form the Military that is non-existant due to the lack of funding because that's what I like to vote against........funding the Military :cantbeli:

[Geezah]

Edwards says Kerry will 'crush' al-Qaida


9/19/2004, 4:54 p.m. ET By BILL BERGSTROM The Associated Press

PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, in a stop near Philadelphia on Sunday, returned a Republican jab about whose leadership would be more vulnerable to al-Qaida terrorists.

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"When John Kerry is president of the United States, we will find al-Qaida where they are and crush them, before they can do damage to the American people," Edwards said in Phoenixville, the second of three scheduled stops Sunday in Pennsylvania.

Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Saturday said he thinks al-Qaida operatives would attempt terrorist strikes to try to disrupt the Nov. 2 election — and sway voters toward Democrat John Kerry. Hastert, at an Illinois fund-raiser, said he thinks al-Qaida wants Kerry to win the election because they would allegedly have a better chance to continue their terrorist operations


"When John Kerry is president of the United States, we will find al-Qaida where they are and crush them, before they can do damage to the American people,"

Wow........such bravado, well I'm sure with his ambulance chasing skills we should be okey dokey then :|

[ShotOver]

Did he present this quote while yelling and pulling his hair out in a red faced fit of rage?

[Secret Squirrel]

So now King flip-flop is going to pre-emtively strike Al Qaeda? I believe just a couple of weeks ago he said we needed a UN mandate to go to war with anyone. Hmm..........as much as he would like, he can't have it both ways. What a loser!

What Kerry really said -- in his own acceptance speech -- is this: "I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response. I will never give any nation or international institution a veto over our national security." Perhaps you could point me towards something where Kerry said without a doubt that he would never use military force unless approved by the U.N? Or you could even post something where Kerry said he would never take military action unless approved by the security council.

That's right a swift and certain response form the Military that is non-existant due to the lack of funding because that's what I like to vote against........funding the Military :cantbeli:

:roll: Starting in 1997 Kerry voted for every regular Department of Defense appropriations bill and for every authorization bill as well.

[Geezah]

So now King flip-flop is going to pre-emtively strike Al Qaeda? I believe just a couple of weeks ago he said we needed a UN mandate to go to war with anyone. Hmm..........as much as he would like, he can't have it both ways. What a loser!

What Kerry really said -- in his own acceptance speech -- is this: "I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response. I will never give any nation or international institution a veto over our national security." Perhaps you could point me towards something where Kerry said without a doubt that he would never use military force unless approved by the U.N? Or you could even post something where Kerry said he would never take military action unless approved by the security council.

That's right a swift and certain response form the Military that is non-existant due to the lack of funding because that's what I like to vote against........funding the Military :cantbeli:

:roll: Starting in 1997 Kerry voted for every regular Department of Defense appropriations bill and for every authorization bill as well.

That's before he voted against it ;)

[fokket]

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That summarises expert's opinion beautifully.

[DPGLAW]

What a joke....The terrorists are probably hoping and praying that kerry gets elected. If he does than they will be able to walk all over us like they did while Clinton was in office. I mean come on, they blew a hole in one our warships killing 17 of our sailors and we did what??? absolutely nothing. We actually turned away oppertunitites to be GIVEN, without a fight, Bin Laden and we said No.....thats insane

[usa320]

That summarises expert's opinion beautifully.


Not really.

Up until George W. Bush Osama has had free run of a country. Now hes stuck hiding somewhere, assuming hes alive.

Alive or dead, the fact of the matter is his life is very miserable.

[fokket]

I mean come on, they blew a hole in one our warships killing 17 of our sailors and we did what??? absolutely nothing. We actually turned away oppertunitites to be GIVEN, without a fight, Bin Laden and we said No.....thats insane

Absolutely nothing? Some things aren't called 'covert' for no reason.

The point was about Bush's action anyways. Why do you have to bring up Clinton's name?

[BarkingSquirrel]

"Yeah we got them back."
"How?"
"Secret! Covert Ops! You know, I'd tell ya but then I'd have to kill ya..."
"Uh huh..."
:roll:

[scm77]

:roll: Starting in 1997 Kerry voted for every regular Department of Defense appropriations bill and for every authorization bill as well.

Except the one to fund the soldiers going to Iraq. ;)

[Kilgor]

[quote=DPGLAW]
The point was about Bush's action anyways. Why do you have to bring up Clinton's name?

For being president in a 8 years time, when islamic terrorism was growing and attacks were being carried out, attacks that were left unpunished.

[Secret Squirrel]

:roll: Starting in 1997 Kerry voted for every regular Department of Defense appropriations bill and for every authorization bill as well.

Except the one to fund the soldiers going to Iraq. ;)

Was that a regular Dept. of Defense appropriations bill? ;) Why did Bush object to paying for the bill by rolling back some of his tax cuts for those making over 400,000 a year? And why the hell did Bush rush to war if there wasnt even enough kit to go around? Why didnt anyone identify this problem before hand? Here's a possible answer, someone screwed up the occupation planning. Of course, the body armor only amounted to 1/3 of 1 percent of the bill.

John Abizaid...

Now, I can't answer for the record why we started this war with protective vests that were in short supply.