Kerry on Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN now

[LittleClarkie]

For anyone interested.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. Thanks for the heads up! Just got done watching President Kerry because

of your post!

[paineinthearse]

2. Wake me when it's over

:boring:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

3. Way To Honor Our Democratic Heroes

:eyes:

[bahrbearian]

11. Oh I'm so excited ..what channel.. ZZZZZ

[LittleClarkie]

16. I remember that song

B-52's wasn't it?

[bahrbearian]

17. So, enlighten us what did he say?. now ,now ,without the transcript.

[LittleClarkie]

7. It's still amazing to me that you didn't understand

why everyone in the Kerry group was hostile when you came in there looking for info on Sen. Kerry. Gee, maybe it's because we knew whatever info you were after was not in support of the guy? Considering we're a support group, that kind of thing ain't gonna go over.

Anyway, if you were so apathetic, you wouldn't have bothered to post, would you.

Couldn't have just bypassed though, hmm?

[paineinthearse]

10. Nope, and I will continue to remind all DU'ers that Kerry caved

...after promising to not rest until every vote was counted.

He is definately NOT my leader. He is my employee.

[LittleClarkie]

12. Will you?

Wake me when it's over

:boring:

[paineinthearse]

14. Boxer has bigger balls than Kerry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3980533.stm

In full: Kerry's concession speech
Democratic challenger John Kerry has publicly admitted defeat in the US election, giving President George W Bush a second term in office.
Here is his speech:

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Earlier today, I spoke to President Bush, and I offered him and Laura our congratulations on their victory.

We had a good conversation, and we talked about the danger of division in our country and the need, the desperate need for unity, for finding the common ground, coming together.

Today, I hope that we can begin the healing.

In America it is vital that every vote count, and that every vote be counted.

But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process.

I would not give up this fight if there was a chance we would prevail.

But it is now clear that even when all the provisional ballots are counted - which they will be - there won't be enough outstanding votes for us to be able to win Ohio, and therefore we cannot win this election.

more (if you can stand it....)

[LittleClarkie]

15. I saw it

Thanks anyway.

There is still that court case in Ohio pending.

And don't let Sen. Boxer hear you talking like that. She appears to be a supporter of his as well. At least she appeared to be thus during the campaign. Much better than your average Dem shmuck on the talk shows, she was.

[autorank]

18. Facts are facts. Let Kerry be Kerry and us be dissatisfied.

I worked very hard for the guy. I supported my daughter completely for 3 months so she could work full time for him. I gave him $$$'s. I have some credibility as a Democrat and Kerry supporter.

Having said that, paine is right. Kerry caved election night. He had the $$$'s, he had the case, actual fraud, he had the inference, strong, in the Exit Polls. What did he do, he was Kerry the politician. He caved.

Would I support Kerry again in hopes that he toss out the boy wonder. You bet. I would also send emails every f'ing day and make calls every day saying, "Ohio is he next Florida...Do something about it before hand!!!"

Facts are facts...sorry...he blew it. Paralysis by analysis...versus...l'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace!

[FreedomAngel82]

21. And the fact is

there is still a case in Ohio for next year. Don't you go to the election forum and keep up with this stuff? :eyes: Go do your bashing in your own thread.

[LittleClarkie]

22. It was amusing (not really) to me when people called for him to stay

in that case.

Because calling for him to "not stop" meant they'd have to admit he was doing something in the first place. After all, how do you stop if you never started. Ya know?

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4. Dammit! Its over already? Please, what was said?

[babylonsister]

5. Can you tell us what that was about? nt

[LittleClarkie]

6. I'm trapped at work

Anyone?

[LittleClarkie]

20. Transcript:

Heidi: Senator Kerry, you believe that the Bush Administration hyped and exaggerated the intelligence leading up to the war. Today the president talked about the faulty intelligence. Let's go ahead and listen to a bit of that speech today. (showing excerpt of Bush speech about wrong intelligence) What do you think of his comments?

Kerry: Well, I'm glad that he's finally, after several years acknowledging what many of us have been saying. But the really issue is not just whether or not the intelligence was wrong,it's why intelligence that they knew was wrong, was used in order to exaggerate the situation. That is still unacknowledged and unresolved.

Heidi: I want to play something else that the president said about the situation in Iraq. (showing excerpt of Bush speech about problems that had been fixed). Do you think some of these adjustments have been successful?

Kerry: Yes, I think some have been successful and some are obviously helping. And it's interesting because what many of us have been saying in our criticism over the last two years was exactly what be were hearing from the Iraqis and from our own generals. And we would quote our own generals to the administration but they have refused to move until now. I'm delighted that the president has finally acknowledged that.

Heidi: I have to ask you about that the Republicans condemn you for, for some of the recent comments you made about the American troops (reading the Kerry “terrorizing kids” quote).

Kerry: Obviously I have said it before in a difference way, but I said the same thing essentially which is that to the families that see those troops coming to their homes in the dead of night, everybody here understands, it's very upsetting to them. Our own generals, General Sanchez said that it was causing a counter-reaction, that it's counterproductive. I'm simply quoting here one of our own generals who said: “Iron-fisted policies” That's a general speaking about the policies. And what I'm trying to say is that Americans shouldn't be the ones conducting a lot of those house searches, a lot of those efforts, except under certain circumstances where I understand our special forces need to do it with respect of very hard intelligence. But the Iraqis sort of be policing the streets, policing Iraq and standing up for Iraq.

Heidi: But are they ready, Senator? Isn't this the heart of this discussion?

Kerry: No. There are lots of them who are ready, and we have been told for months after months of the thousands upon thousands who have been trained. Look, we are not asking them to fight World War II. We are not asking them to go out there against an armed resistance that's got trenches. What we are asking them to do is to provide basic security around buildings. The fact is that you ought to be able to put more people out there to protect Iraqis in the Iraqi streets. And I don't think you need Americans doing some of the patrols that they're doing...

(this is where the interviewer cut him off)

[frogmarch]

8. A couple of highlights

Kerry said he was glad Bush finally admitted that the pre-Iraq invasion intelligence was faulty, but Kerry criticized Bush for not admitting that Bushco knowingly used the faulty intelligence as an excuse to invade Iraq.

Kerry reiterated his belief that Iraqis, not Americans, should patrol the streets in Iraq, and that Iraqis also be the ones who search Iraqi homes. Kerry said that certain situations may call for American special forces to conduct some of these searches, but for the most part, Iraqi forces should do it. Kerry said that Iraqis resent Americans barging into their homes.

[babylonsister]

13. Wow! Thanks for this-makes perfect sense to me! nt

[bahrbearian]

19. Now he say's it !

[LSK]

9. crap - i missed it

Hopefully Crooksandliars will have it.