What Kerry did for himself by picking Edwards was the equivelent to giving a woman breast implants.
He picked somebody that won't even win his own state,and is totally inexperienced.
He picked him because he knows most woman and democrats will like anything thats shiny and superficial...he is not the best canidate.
I was scared to death that he would pick Bob Graham from Fla.
He picked somebody that won't even win his own state,and is totally inexperienced.
He picked him because he knows most woman and democrats will like anything thats shiny and superficial...he is not the best canidate.
I was scared to death that he would pick Bob Graham from Fla.
After 9-11 Edwards appeared on the Charlie Rose show...Tom Clancy was on there and just really laid the wood to him. I liked Edwards during the nomination process, but his comments since have shown he just a walking cliche.
From the Charlie Rose show:
Edwards: "There are a number of us who have been working on this issue. We've actually been in the process of drafting legislation aimed at accomplishing a number of things.
Number one -- establishing terrorism as the kind of national-security priority that it should be.
Number two -- making sure that the federal agencies who are involved in this are adequately and properly coordinated in their activities.
Number three -- making sure that the institutions who are involved have the authority, the legal authority, to do what's need-- what needs to be done.
I've heard the discussion in this program -- and we've talked about it in the past -- the building of coalitions, internationally, to deal with this issue because we're going to need partners around the world to make this process work.
But I think the single most important thing is for the American people and our government to recognize what an enormous priority this needs to be. And I have to say, Charlie -- and you may have discussed this and I apologize if you have -- but I think the will of the American people will become stronger as we go forward because they watched this devastation today.
But what's gonna happen as we move forward through this thing is all of those people who lost their lives and who were injured at the World Trade Center and here at the Pentagon -- brave Americans who were totally innocent in this process -- this is gonna become a very personal thing for the American people.
And the American people are gonna respond in a strong and personal way. And I think they're going to expect their leadership to do what's necessary to insure that this sort of thing does not happen again.
CHARLIE ROSE: All right. Let me go to STEVE EMERSON--
TOM CLANCY: Gee, Senator.
But then what actually are you going to do? I think the-- I think the American people recognize that this is a 10,000-plus dead American citizens. What action are we going to take, sir? What are you gonna vote for? What are you gonna authorize? What are you gonna fund?
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): Well, I think the-- I think the starting place is to do the thing--
First of all, there is an immediate response to what just occurred. And then there's a long-term issue, which is the issue that I've been discussing. Long-term, we have the national-security threat of ongoing terrorism.
There are multiple things that need to be done in connection with that--
TOM CLANCY: OK.
Let's-- What are they? What are you gonna do?
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): Those are the things I just talked about -- putting more resources in our counter-terrorism, making sure that the things that need to be done are in fact being done, making sure that the federal agencies who are involved are working together, making sure that they have the authority to do what needs to be done--
TOM CLANCY: Senator, you're not--
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): --making sure that--
TOM CLANCY: You're not doing anything. You're just talking. What are we going to do? What action are we going to take?
CHARLIE ROSE: I think, Tom, what he is saying is ``give the people that are responsible for this in the executive branch the resources to do it'' is what his answer has been.
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): And, Charlie, if I can add to that, that has to do-- that has to do with the long-term issue.
And, by the way, I think the building of these coalitions internationally are also a critical component.
CHARLIE ROSE: Yeah.
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): In addition to that, we have a specific response to these particular incidents, which is to identify who did this and go out and hold them responsible.
From the Charlie Rose show:
Edwards: "There are a number of us who have been working on this issue. We've actually been in the process of drafting legislation aimed at accomplishing a number of things.
Number one -- establishing terrorism as the kind of national-security priority that it should be.
Number two -- making sure that the federal agencies who are involved in this are adequately and properly coordinated in their activities.
Number three -- making sure that the institutions who are involved have the authority, the legal authority, to do what's need-- what needs to be done.
I've heard the discussion in this program -- and we've talked about it in the past -- the building of coalitions, internationally, to deal with this issue because we're going to need partners around the world to make this process work.
But I think the single most important thing is for the American people and our government to recognize what an enormous priority this needs to be. And I have to say, Charlie -- and you may have discussed this and I apologize if you have -- but I think the will of the American people will become stronger as we go forward because they watched this devastation today.
But what's gonna happen as we move forward through this thing is all of those people who lost their lives and who were injured at the World Trade Center and here at the Pentagon -- brave Americans who were totally innocent in this process -- this is gonna become a very personal thing for the American people.
And the American people are gonna respond in a strong and personal way. And I think they're going to expect their leadership to do what's necessary to insure that this sort of thing does not happen again.
CHARLIE ROSE: All right. Let me go to STEVE EMERSON--
TOM CLANCY: Gee, Senator.
But then what actually are you going to do? I think the-- I think the American people recognize that this is a 10,000-plus dead American citizens. What action are we going to take, sir? What are you gonna vote for? What are you gonna authorize? What are you gonna fund?
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): Well, I think the-- I think the starting place is to do the thing--
First of all, there is an immediate response to what just occurred. And then there's a long-term issue, which is the issue that I've been discussing. Long-term, we have the national-security threat of ongoing terrorism.
There are multiple things that need to be done in connection with that--
TOM CLANCY: OK.
Let's-- What are they? What are you gonna do?
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): Those are the things I just talked about -- putting more resources in our counter-terrorism, making sure that the things that need to be done are in fact being done, making sure that the federal agencies who are involved are working together, making sure that they have the authority to do what needs to be done--
TOM CLANCY: Senator, you're not--
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): --making sure that--
TOM CLANCY: You're not doing anything. You're just talking. What are we going to do? What action are we going to take?
CHARLIE ROSE: I think, Tom, what he is saying is ``give the people that are responsible for this in the executive branch the resources to do it'' is what his answer has been.
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): And, Charlie, if I can add to that, that has to do-- that has to do with the long-term issue.
And, by the way, I think the building of these coalitions internationally are also a critical component.
CHARLIE ROSE: Yeah.
Sen. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC): In addition to that, we have a specific response to these particular incidents, which is to identify who did this and go out and hold them responsible.
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Edwards:Err....uhhh...yeah,yeah,yeah that the ticket, thats the ticket!....what he said,what he said!
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Edwards:Err....uhhh...yeah,yeah,yeah that the ticket, thats the ticket!....what he said,what he said!
