Feel Free To Speculate
"I've met with foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but, boy, they look at you and say, 'You've got to win this. You've got to beat this guy [President Bush]. We need a new policy.' Things like that."
He's backpedalled considerably from this; now it was phone conversations, not meetings; now it was foreign "representatives", maybe not "leaders."
But anyway, since he refuses to name them, we're free to speculate, right?
I'm going to come right out with
The Mullahs of Iran
Kim Jong-Il
for obvious reasons. Anybody got any other ideas?
How long before he claims the defeated PM of Spain was one of them?
Or Eleanor Roosevelt?
UPDATE: Try our poll to the left!
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I'm inclined to believe Kerry about this. Isn't it obvious that most world leaders dislike Bush and want him to lose the election? And even if none of them had the bad manners to say this directly to Kerry, we can be certain they're thinking it.
Their unthinking hostility will only make it that much sweeter when "the cowboy" wins reelection.
Posted by: Michael | March 15, 2004 05:37 PM
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It's not so much a question of whether it's true or not. It's about holding Kerry's feet to the fire. Kerry should not have made that comment if he didn't intend to reveal who these "world leaders" are. . If he's lied, then he'll either have to backpedal, and if he hasn't, and he does reveal who they are, he'll have embaressed them publicly before the election. Either way Kerry loses.
Posted by: Farmer Joe | March 15, 2004 07:17 PM
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You ask, "How long before he claims the defeated PM of Spain was one of them?"
The question should be, "How long before he claims the newly-elected Socialist PM of Spain was one of them?"
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Posted by: Michael | March 15, 2004 08:05 PM
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It's a lose-lose for him because it was a loser move. Stupid, tone-deaf, and generally clueless thing to say. Unlike with the "liars and crooks" remark, there's no graceful way out of it. Either he lied or he doesn't know when to keep his big trap shut. Neither looks good on him.
That's just awesome about Zapatero, BTW. I doubt that the endorsement of a socialist PM elected on the orders of Al Qaeda will do Kerry much good.
Posted by: Brian Jones | March 15, 2004 08:36 PM