Second-Day Lede
Friday, April 09, 2004
Man resembling Dennis Kucinich occupies White House
No, he's not a vegan and he's definitely not in favor of pulling out of Iraq. But the current occupant of the White House and his team are resembling Democratic Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich more every day. Week after week, primary after primary, every time Kucinich got 3 percent of the vote, he gave a victory speech. And as the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate a year after the invasion, the administration's words are sounding more and more like Kucinich's definition of triumph.
"We're facing a test of will, and we will meet that test," Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld yesterday. Here he is meeting the press yesterday:
Q: Mr. Secretary, (inaudible) Iraqi security forces in (inaudible), why don’t they (inaudible)?
Rumsfeld: Well, they’ve lost over 250 people killed in action, so the suggestion that they’re not out providing security for the country of Iraq would be a misunderstanding of the situation.
Q: Mr. Secretary, have you seen images today (inaudible)?
Rumsfeld: Well, of course terrorists have been doing that type of thing for hundreds of years.
But Gen. John Abizaid, "commander of Central Command," seems to disagree in this report from the UK Telegraph: "U.S. commander will not take blame for unrest".
And here's Secretary of State Colin Powell, also yesterday:
"Whether we are confronted by an outlaw and his mobs claiming to themselves the mantle of religion, or by disgruntled members of the former tyrant's regime, or by foreign terrorists, we will deal with them. In that we are resolute."
Perhaps President Kucinich will keep them on in his new administration.
No, he's not a vegan and he's definitely not in favor of pulling out of Iraq. But the current occupant of the White House and his team are resembling Democratic Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich more every day. Week after week, primary after primary, every time Kucinich got 3 percent of the vote, he gave a victory speech. And as the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate a year after the invasion, the administration's words are sounding more and more like Kucinich's definition of triumph.
"We're facing a test of will, and we will meet that test," Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld yesterday. Here he is meeting the press yesterday:
Q: Mr. Secretary, (inaudible) Iraqi security forces in (inaudible), why don’t they (inaudible)?
Rumsfeld: Well, they’ve lost over 250 people killed in action, so the suggestion that they’re not out providing security for the country of Iraq would be a misunderstanding of the situation.
Q: Mr. Secretary, have you seen images today (inaudible)?
Rumsfeld: Well, of course terrorists have been doing that type of thing for hundreds of years.
But Gen. John Abizaid, "commander of Central Command," seems to disagree in this report from the UK Telegraph: "U.S. commander will not take blame for unrest".
And here's Secretary of State Colin Powell, also yesterday:
"Whether we are confronted by an outlaw and his mobs claiming to themselves the mantle of religion, or by disgruntled members of the former tyrant's regime, or by foreign terrorists, we will deal with them. In that we are resolute."
Perhaps President Kucinich will keep them on in his new administration.
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