The words inside the quotation marks are those of Keith Olbermann, Anchor at NBC's "Countdown" as he used them on November 1's special comment,
where he said Bush, not Kerry, should apologize to the troops. I find them appropriate as an attempt to get a person, spinned into a megalomania
putting the whole world at stake, grounded when for reasons that surpass my mind, he is not impeached. None the less a reminder supporting my
question.
I'm stunned by American politics, and in favour of Mr. Kerry I bring this.
transcript from Countdown
"Sen. Kerry, as you well know, spoke at a college in Southern California. With bitter humor he told the students that he had been in Texas the day
before, that President Bush used to live in that state, but that now he lives in the state of denial.
[...]
The senator, in essence, called Mr. Bush stupid.
The context was unmistakable: Texas; the state of denial; stuck in Iraq. No interpretation required.
And Mr. Bush and his minions responded by appearing to be too stupid to realize that they had been called stupid.
They demanded Kerry apologize to the troops in Iraq.
And so he now has.
That phrase — 'appearing to be too stupid' — is used deliberately, Mr. Bush.
Because there are only three possibilities here.
One, sir, is that you are far more stupid than the worst of your critics have suggested; that you could not follow the construction of a simple
sentence; that you could not recognize your own life story when it was deftly summarized; that you could not perceive
it was the sad ledger of your
presidency that was being recounted."[my emphasises]
To see/hear the two other possibility, goto Special comment:
Bush should apologize, there's a
videolink, you can watch it as well.
I'm one who don't share the gleeful feeling a lot (most?) of members show on this topic, participating in the spin of distorting Kerry's words. To
me they seemed very clear and in consistence with fact.
Olbermann's interpretions brings them to a higher level. If it is the correct reading, it sure makes the hysteria they've coursed even more
rediculous.
The interpretion is definitely one I can agree in.
All I know, Kerry never said the troops are stupid. When we now learn his words were said in a context with Texas, it makes it likely they were aimed
at Dubaya himself. I can only applaud then.
And Kerry
should not apologize anything. Bush should!
I'm not the only one of that opinion.
William Rivers Pitt wrote a column on it:
Speaking of Apologies
"Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons," said Bush to the UN General
Assembly in September of 2002. This was a lie, and
he should apologize.
"Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons. We have sources that tell
us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons - the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have,"
said Bush in October of 2002. This was a lie, and
he should apologize.
"The Iraqi regime possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced
thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas," said Bush in October of 2002. This was a lie, and
he
should apologize.
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell
us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production," said Bush during his January 2003 State
of the Union address. This was a lie, and
he should apologize.
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal
weapons ever devised," said Bush in March of 2003. This was a lie, and
he should apologize.
"But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them," said Bush in May of
2003. This was an astonishing, bald-faced lie.
He should apologize, and be ashamed of himself.[my emphasises]
And Dubaya... he keeps on lying and lying. The spin will take no end, before it ends in disaster. What he is doing - wrongdoing, I say - is not only a
betrayal to the American people, to any god and religious believe, it is a catastrophe to the whole world and to countless future generations to
come.
No, Mr. President, you are NOT the United States, but you pose the greatest threat She has ever been up to.
