Dean vs. Kerry vs. Kerry vs. Bush

Howard Dean, December 15th, 2003:

"[T]he administration launched the war in the wrong way, at the wrong time, with inadequate planning, insufficient help, and at extraordinary cost..."

John Kerry*, December 16th, 2003; responding to Dean's remarks:

"I believe it was right to hold Saddam Hussein accountable for violating UN agreements. I believed then – and I believe now – authorizing force was the only way to get inspectors in, and the only way ultimately to enforce Saddam Hussein’s compliance with the mandate he had agreed to, knowing that as a last resort war could become the ultimate weapons inspections enforcement mechanism.

And I also believe that those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe we are not safer with his capture don’t have the judgment to be President – or the credibility to be elected President."

*For the record, Kerry also made a point of calling Bush 'unilateralist' and that the President's policies resulted in us "paying too high a price – in dollars and the deaths of young Americans"

John Kerry, September 6th, 2004:

"[The invasion of Iraq is] the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time"

Does this mean that John Kerry doesn't have "credibility to be elected President"? President Bush seems to think so...

President Bush, September 6th, 2004:

"No matter how many times Senator Kerry changes his mind, it was right for America then, and it's right for America now that Saddam Hussein is no longer in power."

It's like they are playing musical quotes or something.