WH to Kerry on Foreign Leaders Claim: Nuh-uh! Prove it!

[BurtWorm]

March 15, 2004
W.House Calls on Kerry to Reveal Names of Leaders
By REUTERS

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-campaign-bush-kerry.html?pagewanted=print&position=



Filed at 5:59 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday said if Democrat John Kerry refuses to name foreign leaders who he says want him to defeat President Bush, then he is probably making it up.

The Republican White House was trying to capitalize on Kerry's recent comment that he had spoken to some foreign leaders who wanted him to beat Bush in the November election and change the course of U.S. foreign policy.

Bush was at odds with leaders of France, Germany, Russia, Canada and other nations during the Iraq conflict because they refused to go along with war. His coalition in favor of war included 34 nations led by Britain, Australia, Italy and Spain, whose pro-U.S. government was toppled in elections on Sunday.

``If Senator Kerry is going to say he has support from foreign leaders, then he needs to be straightforward with the American people and say who it is that he has spoken with and who it is that supports him,'' White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters....



PS: What a bunch of friggin' babies those Bushists are!

[ferg]

1. Rove is acting strange

What a weird thing to start obsessing over.

Is there anyone other than the freepers who believes that all foreign leaders support Bush?

[still_one]

2. Ask the White House

which fireign leaders support them!

[RapidCreek]

4. Well I can think of one who is newly unemployed.

Does he count?

RC

[mulsh]

3. assume its every one but blair

now start talking about something important, if you can.

[jmags]

7. I wouldn't even say Blair is on Bush's side.

Blair is Bush's ally now because Bush is the President of the US. But I don't think for a second Blair wouldn't rather have Kerry to tail behind. If you're going to be a poodle, it's easier if you're a poodle to a leader the rest of your country likes.

[keithyboy]

5. According to lates reports, Kerry didn't even say that.

He was misquoted by a reporter.

[Dookus]

6. You know what's so stupid about this?

Some world leaders just might come out and say it was them. And that won't help Bush's cause.

[emulatorloo]

8. They want to know which ones to punish - This will backfire

Rove et al seem to want this to be a big deal. . ."Ooooooooooh Kerry made this up." It seems like it could really backfire on them. . .yahoo already has an article up about Europe hoping for a Kerry victory.

'Old Europe' Seen Quietly Rooting for Kerry
Mon Mar 15, 2:21 PM ET
By Erik Kirschbaum

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040315/pl_nm/campaign_kerry_europe_dc