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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 26, 2004

Having a good comeback or two up your sleeve, that's not just good practice, that's it's good raw politics.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2004

Senator Kerry blasts President Bush, calling Iraq a diversion from the war on terror.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2004

I have news for President Bush. Just because you can't do something doesn't mean it can't be done.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2004

This president took his eye off the real war on terror, which is against al Qaeda, against Osama bin Laden, against terrorists in 60 countries, and he invaded a nation where there weren't any terrorists, but there are today.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 23, 2004

The president's misjudgment, miscalculation, and mismanagement of the war in Iraq all make the war on terror harder to win.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 22, 2004

We have an administration in disarray, the secretary of defense saying one thing and being corrected, the president saying one thing and being contradicted by the prime minister.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 22, 2004

George Bush keeps telling us things are getting better in Iraq. The facts tell a different story.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 22, 2004

The prime minister and the president are here obviously to put their best face on the policy.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 21, 2004

If George Bush were to be reelected, given the way he has gone about this war, and given his avoidance of responsibility in North Korea and Iran and other places, it is possible.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 21, 2004

George Bush's plan for social security reform is very bad, a rip-off in fact. Mine, however, is very good.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 21, 2004

Yesterday I was at Orlando, right next to Fantasyland. And the difference between George Bush and me is, I drove by it, he lives in it.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 21, 2004

Putting the intelligence czar in the White House at the right hand of the president is a terrible idea.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 21, 2004

It seems to me the biggest challenge we face, however, stems from our unique position, unique to us, if it is not unique in history, as the world's only hyper-power.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 21, 2004

Elections are great times to hold debates, but terrible times for making binding decisions.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Sep 21, 2004

But intelligence should not be part of the political life of the White House.

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