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"pedro martori" |
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02 Sep 2004 11:58:49 PM |
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Former NY Mayor Says Dems Don't Have Stomach to Wage Terror War |
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Former NY Mayor Says Dems Don't Have Stomach to Wage Terror War
By Bobby Eberle
Talon News
August 31, 2004
NEW YORK (Talon News) -- Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a life-long =
Democrat who is supporting President George W. Bush's reelection bid, =
said Monday that the Democrats "don't have the stomach" to wage an =
effective war on terror.
Koch told Talon News and other media organizations that it is =
"regrettable" that Democrats are not stronger on fighting terrorism. The =
former mayor attributed this sentiment to the Democratic Party being =
"taken over" by politicians on the far left of the political spectrum.
"I'm a Democrat, and I will remain a Democrat, and I believe I represent =
more Democrats than Sen. Kennedy or a whole host of people like him," =
Koch said. "He doesn't represent the heart and soul of the Democratic =
Party philosophy. He's an arch, ultra liberal. He doesn't represent a =
majority philosophical point of view.
Turning his attention to Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John =
Kerry, Koch said that Kerry "tells people what they want to hear."
"He stood up and supported the war in Iraq, and then when he needed to =
get help in the primaries, he changed his point of view, and he said =
that he had been misled," Koch said.
"Which John Kerry do you believe?" Koch asked.
The former mayor also took Kerry to task on his position on same sex =
marriages.
"Hypocrisy is something I cannot abide," Koch said. "Kerry goes to =
Massachusetts and says he supports his base, but then he goes to =
Missouri, and Kerry says if he were living in this state, he would have =
voted for the marriage amendment."
When asked by Talon News about Kerry's statements on the need to wage a =
"sensitive" war on terror, Koch said, "What is a sensitive war? We don't =
irritate them? I don't know what that means."
"The fanatics -- not all Muslims -- but hundreds of millions of them =
want to kill us," Koch added. "I don't want to be killed. I'd rather =
kill them over there than have our people killed over here."
Koch says he disagrees with President Bush on almost every domestic =
issue, but "all of the issues are trumped by the single issue of =
standing up and dealing with international terrorism."
"I was born a Democrat, and I'm going to die a Democrat," Koch =
explained. "I'm 80 years old, I don't want anything from anybody. I'm =
never going to run for anything again. I want to do what's right for the =
people of the United States."
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| Title: Re: Former NY Mayor Says Dems Don't Have Stomach to Wage Terror War |
03 Sep 2004 12:22:54 AM |
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Well, you see, FDR did not have the stomach to fight the Nazis. Truman did
not have the stomach to fight the Japanese. I think that you should get a
lot of comfort from the Mayor's words. Or maybe you are a fool listening to
another fool. Just because somebody flaps his mouth doesn't mean that you
should take him seriously.
"pedro martori" <pedro1940@progression.net> wrote in message
news:6radnW_UWrJjZKrcRVn-jA@look.ca...
Former NY Mayor Says Dems Don't Have Stomach to Wage Terror War
By Bobby Eberle
Talon News
August 31, 2004
NEW YORK (Talon News) -- Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a life-long
Democrat who is supporting President George W. Bush's reelection bid, said
Monday that the Democrats "don't have the stomach" to wage an effective war
on terror.
Koch told Talon News and other media organizations that it is "regrettable"
that Democrats are not stronger on fighting terrorism. The former mayor
attributed this sentiment to the Democratic Party being "taken over" by
politicians on the far left of the political spectrum.
"I'm a Democrat, and I will remain a Democrat, and I believe I represent
more Democrats than Sen. Kennedy or a whole host of people like him," Koch
said. "He doesn't represent the heart and soul of the Democratic Party
philosophy. He's an arch, ultra liberal. He doesn't represent a majority
philosophical point of view.
Turning his attention to Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry,
Koch said that Kerry "tells people what they want to hear."
"He stood up and supported the war in Iraq, and then when he needed to get
help in the primaries, he changed his point of view, and he said that he had
been misled," Koch said.
"Which John Kerry do you believe?" Koch asked.
The former mayor also took Kerry to task on his position on same sex
marriages.
"Hypocrisy is something I cannot abide," Koch said. "Kerry goes to
Massachusetts and says he supports his base, but then he goes to Missouri,
and Kerry says if he were living in this state, he would have voted for the
marriage amendment."
When asked by Talon News about Kerry's statements on the need to wage a
"sensitive" war on terror, Koch said, "What is a sensitive war? We don't
irritate them? I don't know what that means."
"The fanatics -- not all Muslims -- but hundreds of millions of them want to
kill us," Koch added. "I don't want to be killed. I'd rather kill them over
there than have our people killed over here."
Koch says he disagrees with President Bush on almost every domestic issue,
but "all of the issues are trumped by the single issue of standing up and
dealing with international terrorism."
"I was born a Democrat, and I'm going to die a Democrat," Koch explained.
"I'm 80 years old, I don't want anything from anybody. I'm never going to
run for anything again. I want to do what's right for the people of the
United States."
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