Friday, June 25, 2004
The Republican connect-the-dots strategy in a nutshell:
On June 24 Al Gore said:
"When you boil it all down to precisely what went wrong with the Bush Iraq policy, it is actually fairly simple: He adopted an ideologically driven view of Iraq that was tragically at odds with reality."
Jim Dyke of the Republican National Committee responded:
"Al Gore's history of denial of the threat of terrorism is no less dangerous today... than it was in the 1990s in his role as vice president, a time when Osama bin Laden was declaring war on the United States five... times."
Note that Albert was criticizing the Bush Iraq War, but the Republicans completely ignored this & countered with "terrorism" & "Osama bin Laden." Osama is, of course, responsible for the 9/11 attack, is a radical Islamic fundamentalist, is based in Afghanistan, is still at-large, & is from Saudi Arabia. Iraq was a secular dictatorship, committed no overt terrorist acts against the United States & never declared war on the United States during the Clinton/Gore administration. & the Clinton/Gore team did not deny the threat of terrorism, & effectively contained & isolated Saddam. They also led the way in stopping the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims.
Oh that Al had talked that tough in 2000!
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
On June 24 Al Gore said:
"When you boil it all down to precisely what went wrong with the Bush Iraq policy, it is actually fairly simple: He adopted an ideologically driven view of Iraq that was tragically at odds with reality."
Jim Dyke of the Republican National Committee responded:
"Al Gore's history of denial of the threat of terrorism is no less dangerous today... than it was in the 1990s in his role as vice president, a time when Osama bin Laden was declaring war on the United States five... times."
Note that Albert was criticizing the Bush Iraq War, but the Republicans completely ignored this & countered with "terrorism" & "Osama bin Laden." Osama is, of course, responsible for the 9/11 attack, is a radical Islamic fundamentalist, is based in Afghanistan, is still at-large, & is from Saudi Arabia. Iraq was a secular dictatorship, committed no overt terrorist acts against the United States & never declared war on the United States during the Clinton/Gore administration. & the Clinton/Gore team did not deny the threat of terrorism, & effectively contained & isolated Saddam. They also led the way in stopping the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims.
Oh that Al had talked that tough in 2000!
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