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...apparently, Kerry and his spokesman were watching the Situation Room on CNN earlier this week when none other than talking point bobblehead Ken showed up and spit out the following:

MEHLMAN: When it's a war against terrorists, it's a very different kind of battle. The fact is, we're making progress. We're going to see that progress next week when the Iraqi people vote. There are more than 200,000 Iraqi troops who have been trained. And again, the question is, does saying we can't win the war, which is what Mr. [Democratic National Committee chairman Howard] Dean said, does saying it -- comparing our troops to terrorists, which John Kerry did this past weekend? Does saying retreat and defeat is the right strategy with [House Democratic Leader] Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]?

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BLITZER: Now, what were you saying about John Kerry?

MEHLMAN: John Kerry was on Face the Nation this past weekend and talked about American troops terrorizing Iraqi people, going into Iraqis' homes. I thought that was an incredibly irresponsible comment. I thought that Nancy Pelosi's echoing the retreat-and-defeat strategy that was laid out earlier was also wrong. I think Democrats all around the country need to stand up and be counted.

So later on in the show, Wolf gets the tape from Kerry's Face the Nation appeareance and plays it for his audience, then reads a statement delivered on the fly from Kerry's spokesman on Melhman and Limbaugh:

MEHLMAN [video clip]: And again, the question is, does saying we can't win the war, which is what Mr. Dean said, does saying it -- comparing our troops to terrorists, which John Kerry did this past weekend?

BLITZER: All right, let's stop Ken Mehlman right there. I spoke with him earlier in the day. I want you to see and hear exactly what he's talking about. Here is Senator John Kerry, what he said this past Sunday about U.S. troops in Iraq.

KERRY [video clip]: There is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, women, breaking sort of the customs of the historical customs, religious customs.

BLITZER: That's what Ken Mehlman was referring to and was angry about. After he had back at John Kerry, the senator's spokesman responded sending this statement right here into The Situation Room. Let me read it to you: "Ken Mehlman's filthy and shameful lie about a decorated combat veteran is disgraceful. Political hack Ken Mehlman and draft-dodging, donut-eating Rush Limbaugh have something in common. Neither of them know anything about how to make American troops safe. John Kerry will continue to speak out about how to succeed in Iraq and protect brave American troops."

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