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:: Sunday, January 30, 2005 ::
Kerry Spins Iraq
Some eight million Iraqis braved bombs, bullets and death threats to vote in their first free election in 50 years.
One Iraqi brought his aging mother to the polls in a wheelbarrow. Another, whose leg was blown off last year by terrorists, voted saying he would have crawled to the polls.
President Bush said “the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East."
How do you spin that if you have been forecasting with many crocodile tears that it will be a bloodbath and failure?
No problem if you are Senator John Kerry (D-MA), last seen trying to become President. Even before the polls closed in Baghdad, the Senator opined in orotund spinspeak:
“The real test is not the election…The elections don’t mean that much.”
He also added a bit of what his spindocs have called “nuance.”
“I was for the election taking place,” he said.
But to make sure that no one would get the idea that he approved of anything Bush was doing, he issued a hypertalk warning against "overhype" by the Administration.
:: James Baar 1/30/2005 03:14:00 PM [+] ::
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