Friday, August 13, 2004
Sensitivity training
This afternoon after returning from my jaunt to the Kerry Rally...I viewed my ti-voe'd Daily Show from last evening. Stewart took a jab at Cheney (a target rich enviornment, to be sure) regarding a speech Cheney recently gave in Dayton Ohio. From the news report on Cheney's speech:
"America has been in too many wars for any of our wishes, but not a one of them was won by being sensitive," Cheney said in Dayton. "President Lincoln and General Grant did not wage sensitive warfare -- nor did President Roosevelt, nor Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur. A 'sensitive war' will not destroy the evil men who killed 3,000 Americans and who seek the chemical, nuclear and biological weapons to kill hundreds of thousands more."
Cheney went on to say:
“A sensitive war will not destroy the evil men who killed 3,000 Americans.... The men who beheaded Daniel Pearl and Paul Johnson will not be impressed by our sensitivity,”
Here's the excerpt from Kerry's speech that Cheney was hustling:
I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to American values in history.
As Stewart pointed out...it's simply unbelievable that the Bush administration would dishonestly take a point out of context to make political hay. But apparently the folks at the Bush Campaign aren't watching the speechwriters for W too closely:
"We help fulfill that promise not by lecturing the world, but by leading it. Precisely because America is powerful, we must be sensitive about expressing our power and influence. Our goal is to patiently build the momentum of freedom, not create resentment for America itself. We pursue our goals, we will listen to others. We want strong friends to join us, not weak neighbors to dominate. In all our dealings with other nations, we will display the modesty of true confidence and strength." (Bush Remarks at USS Regan Ceremony, 3/4/01)
"Now, in terms of the balance between running down intelligence and bringing people to justice obviously is -- we need to be very sensitive on that." (Bush Delivers Remarks at the Unity, Journalists of Color Conference, 8/6/04)
So as Stewart so glibly remarked...hey George..I think the Vice President is calling you a p***y.
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"America has been in too many wars for any of our wishes, but not a one of them was won by being sensitive," Cheney said in Dayton. "President Lincoln and General Grant did not wage sensitive warfare -- nor did President Roosevelt, nor Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur. A 'sensitive war' will not destroy the evil men who killed 3,000 Americans and who seek the chemical, nuclear and biological weapons to kill hundreds of thousands more."
Cheney went on to say:
“A sensitive war will not destroy the evil men who killed 3,000 Americans.... The men who beheaded Daniel Pearl and Paul Johnson will not be impressed by our sensitivity,”
Here's the excerpt from Kerry's speech that Cheney was hustling:
I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to American values in history.
As Stewart pointed out...it's simply unbelievable that the Bush administration would dishonestly take a point out of context to make political hay. But apparently the folks at the Bush Campaign aren't watching the speechwriters for W too closely:
"We help fulfill that promise not by lecturing the world, but by leading it. Precisely because America is powerful, we must be sensitive about expressing our power and influence. Our goal is to patiently build the momentum of freedom, not create resentment for America itself. We pursue our goals, we will listen to others. We want strong friends to join us, not weak neighbors to dominate. In all our dealings with other nations, we will display the modesty of true confidence and strength." (Bush Remarks at USS Regan Ceremony, 3/4/01)
"Now, in terms of the balance between running down intelligence and bringing people to justice obviously is -- we need to be very sensitive on that." (Bush Delivers Remarks at the Unity, Journalists of Color Conference, 8/6/04)
So as Stewart so glibly remarked...hey George..I think the Vice President is calling you a p***y.
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