Last week [September 23] interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi addressed a joint session of Congress and participated in a Rose Garden press conference with President George W. Bush at the White House.
Within minutes, Kerry called the Prime Minster, President Bush, Vice President Chenny, and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld liars. Kerry claimed that Allawi was sent before Congress by the Bush administration to put the "best face" on Iraq.
Vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) said, "Prime Minister Allawi's trip to the United States was filled with all the wrong lessons, lessons from an administration that just can't seem to tell the truth when it comes to Iraq."
Joe Lockhart, a former Clinton press secretary, went even further, "The last thing you want to be seen as is a puppet of the United States, and you can almost see the hand underneath the shirt today moving the lips."
As Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Dick Lugar (R-IN) said, "Unfortunately, Senator John Kerry was not present with fellow Senators to greet the Prime Minister, to hear his message, or to question him during a very frank and candid Senate leadership luncheon." Lugar noted that Democratic senators at the luncheon indicated their strong support for staying the course in Iraq and praised Allawi for his courage and candor.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) added, "How like John Kerry. After pressing for months for the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis, he now tears down the very individual the Iraqi people and the international community selected to lead this nation to democracy and stability."
Frist pointed out, "He didn't even have the courtesy to attend Prime Minister Allawi's address before unleashing his critique."
Sen. George Allen (R-VA) said, "John Kerry must not have listened to Prime Minister Allawi's impressive and motivating speech about the future of Iraq and the fight against terrorists. While Dr. Allawi is leading with resolve for the first elections and prosperity for the long repressed Iraqi people, John Kerry welcomes this brave gentleman with arrogant, derogatory insults."
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn stated, "Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi yesterday thanked the American people for freeing his country and noted that four conspiracies to kill him have been uncovered in the past four weeks. In response, John Kerry met him with derision and accused him of lying."
John Kerry, who is sure to go down in history as one of the most prolific liars in American Presidential History, says everyone is a liar except himself.
A couple of questions for Waffling John: How is it that you were able to deliver a prepared speech within minutes of Allawi's address without knowing beforehand what he would be saying? Did you have an alternate speech also prepared? Was it the case of delivering one speech if Allawi agreed with you and a different one if he didn't? Always two positions on every issue - how Kerryesque!