Kerry is reading Clarke's book

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DAYAHEAD | Tough questions for Bush as 9/11 hearings begin
The independent commission investigating the September 11, 2001, attacks opens two days of politically charged hearings Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

They guarantee more difficult questions about whether President Bush failed to protect the United States from al Qaeda before 9/11 because, as former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke charges in the new book "Against All Enemies," he was obsessed with Saddam Hussein.

Clarke is set to testify Wednesday afternoon. But Republicans are already bashing him, hard.

For his part, John Kerry has kept quiet. Kerry has the luxury of not having to get involved -- and so far he's kept a comfortable distance from the Clarke controversy. He spent part of yesterday reading the relevant chapters, say his aides, but by nightfall, the senator still hadn't commented.

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http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/grind/

[truthspeaker]

1. Just the fact that he reads books shows he's superior to Bush

It doesn't even have pictures!

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6. Bu$h is an empty suit

It's so embarrassing to have this Forrest Gump as our president. I can't wait until he is gone.

[yardwork]

2. LOL! Good for Kerry

This gives him a true vacation as the Chimp administration runs around doing damage control over a book that Kerry doesn't even have to comment on!

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4. I hope he has plenty to say

about it when he gets back on the campaign trail! :evilgrin:

[RobertSeattle]

3. He should do one of those photo ops like Bush did with Goldberg...

:evilgrin:

[buff2]

5. That jerk is so partisan

He's disgusting. Heil Hitler....he's always got that stupid wave intact. :puke:

[xultar]

7. Kerry needs to keep quiet to stop talk of election politicts. n/t

[TheFarseer]

8. It's amazing how the right-wing radio guys are trashing Clarke

IF they don't believe him, honestly, who would they believe? How can you get much more credible than Clarke? Would Jesus Christ himself have to come down on a sun-lit cloud with choirs of angels preforming miracles and proclaim from the steps of the Vatican that Bush was always after Iraq or would they try to discredit him and say he was a Clinton flunky and he didn't get the promotion he wanted?

[RobertSeattle]

9. See my "Jesus as Bush Critic" thread from yesterday (funny)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1268261&mesg_id=1268261

[Jane Austin]

10. And he shouldn't comment until his vacation is

completely over.

And then he should be rather apolitical about it.

Let Wes Clark and others speak about this for now.