{"id":3078,"date":"2004-09-23T18:17:26","date_gmt":"2004-09-24T01:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2004-09-23T18:17:26","modified_gmt":"2004-09-24T01:17:26","slug":"kerry-bush-lied-allawi-is-a-liar-and-a-puppet-iraq-is-vietnam-and-bumbling-american-troops-are-creating-chaos-in-iraq-now-who-wants-a-fudge-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=3078","title":{"rendered":"Kerry:  “Bush lied. Allawi is a liar and a puppet.  Iraq is Vietnam.  And bumbling American troops are creating chaos in Iraq.  Now.  Who wants a fudge pop?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that Iraq’s Ayad Allawi was sent before Congress to put the “best face” on a Bush administration policy that has gone wrong.\n<\/p>\n

\nShortly after Allawi, the interim government’s prime minister, gave a rosy portrayal of progress<\/a> toward peace in Iraq, Kerry said the assessment contradicted Allawi’s own statements as well as the reality on the ground.\n<\/p>\n

\n“I think the prime minister is, obviously, contradicting his own statement of a few days ago, where he said the terrorists are pouring into the country,” Kerry said. “The prime minister and the president are here obviously to put their best face on the policy, but the fact is that the CIA estimates, the reporting, the ground operations and the troops all tell a different story.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nKerry went on to compare Iraq to Vietnam, himself to Patton, and George Bush to a “confused little monkey,” before concluding his statement with a black power salute and a booming cry of “word to your mother!”—whatever the hell that means.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fox News: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that Iraq’s Ayad Allawi was sent before Congress to put the “best face” on a Bush administration policy that has gone wrong. Shortly after Allawi, the interim government’s prime minister, gave a rosy portrayal of progress toward peace in Iraq, Kerry said the assessment contradicted Allawi’s own statements as well as the reality on the ground. “I think the prime minister<\/p>\n

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