Excuse me, what did you just say?
Posted : October 27, 2004 at 1:06 pm [America/Los_Angeles]
President Bush today:
For a political candidate to jump to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief.
Well, jeez thanks. Thanks for making our case. Could not have said it any better myself 
Gen. Wesley Clark’s reponse:
Today George W. Bush made a very compelling and thoughtful argument for why he should not be reelected. In his own words, he told the American people that “…a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your Commander in Chief.
President Bush couldn’t be more right. He jumped to conclusions about any connection between Saddam Hussein and 911. He jumped to conclusions about weapons of mass destruction. He jumped to conclusions about the mission being accomplished. He jumped to conclusions about how we had enough troops on the ground to win the peace. And because he jumped to conclusions, terrorists and insurgents in Iraq may very well have their hands on powerful explosives to attack our troops, we are stuck in Iraq without a plan to win the peace, and Americans are less safe both at home and abroad.
By doing all these things, he broke faith with our men and women in uniform. He has let them down. George W. Bush is unfit to be our Commander in Chief.
Update 10/27/2004 14:00 PST):
A commenter on Senator Kerry’s blog had this to say:
Bush just came out with: “For a political candidate to jump to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief.”
Kerry should turn Bush’s recent joke on Kerry right back in his face, quoting this already notorious sentence above, then simply adding, “I’m John Kerry, and I approve this message.”
- Anand
Category: United (or not) State of American Politics 2004