Fantastic Speech

POSTED BY: Hjermsted
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HJERMSTED

Friday, July 30, 2004 6:11 AM

Kerry's speech, energy and ideas were the strongest thing to come out of a Democratic convention in all the years I've been voting.

Watch the speech if you haven't yet!

President Kerry.

'nuff said!

mattro

RUXTON

Friday, July 30, 2004 7:31 AM

I agree. I've been Republican most of my life, but can't stand the current administration. Voted for someone else in 2000. Didn't think Kerry was the solution, but he may be a good step in the right direction. I caught Kerry's acceptance speech tonight on PBS. Not only did he acquit himself well; Lo! He could pronounce all the words!

........Ruxton

SGTGUMP

Friday, July 30, 2004 9:05 AM

I just read his speach on the net. He made mention of not having to have family members pitch in to buy body armor for soldiers. Didn't he vote against spending money on more body armor for soldiers?

Bush vs. Kerry: whoever wins, we lose.

SIGNYM

Friday, July 30, 2004 2:21 PM

At least Kerry won't call dissenters "traitors" and alienate us from the rest of the world and base war on a lie and try to win it on the cheap (while lining his buddy's pockets with billions of dollars of no-bid contracts).

MILORADELL

Friday, July 30, 2004 3:47 PM

Quote:
sgtgump wrote:
Thursday, July 29, 2004 23:05
I just read his speach on the net. He made mention of not having to have family members pitch in to buy body armor for soldiers. Didn't he vote against spending money on more body armor for soldiers?

Well, let's be careful here. There is never just ONE item on any bill - something very important to remember. If you want a blow-by-blow account of this issue, try this:

http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=155

Politics sure are confusing...

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“The greatest price of refusing to participate in politics is being governed by your inferiors.”
Plato, The Republic

FORD

Friday, July 30, 2004 4:06 PM

I watched the whole speech at 3:00 AM in England. The BBC news presenters were saying how Kerry wasn’t renowned for his speeches, always wearing a stern face without a flicker of a smile, but he disproved both theories.

Kerry: “America can do better, help is on the way”

Let us hope John Kerry lives up to his energy and ideas if he manages to become president. Kerry was talking about building bridges between the US and its former alliances, something Bush can’t even comprehend these days

Jayne: "I got post?"
Book: "Might we all want to step back a few paces before he opens that?"
Jayne: "Ha ha. It's from my mother."

HERO

Friday, July 30, 2004 5:26 PM

Speaking as a conservative and Republican voice I say this. The speech was good. He started silly, with that whole 'reporting for duty' bit. Then he stumbled in his usual fashion, but five minutes in he hit stride and, for the most part, gave the best speech I've seen him give.

I take issue with a number of things he said, factually on some and politically on most, but I wont deny the strength of his message or the skill at its presentation. Too bad the discourse can't remain at this level.

As of now I'm still undecided but leaning Republican (not that I'd vote Democratic, its either vote Bush or abstain like I did in '96 when I was swayed away from Dole). Kerry did little to sway me away from Bush. I think Bush has handled the fallout of Clinton's economic bungling from the last two years of his Presidency, he is successfully fighting a war with a military that was drastically slashed by Clinton's peace dividend, and has many promising plans in the works. My biggest Republican failing is a complete lack of a health care plan.

Kerry, on the other hand, has been running for President since he volunteered for Vietnam. He promises a return to 20th Century thinking, something I sincerely doubt we need for this new century's challenges. All in all he's heads above ALGORE in terms of ability, but no Clinton and certainly no Kennedy.

So lets all sit back, relax and give Bush and the Republicans an honost listen.

H

RUE

Saturday, July 31, 2004 1:11 AM

Quote:
I think Bush has handled the fallout of Clinton's economic bungling from the last two years of his Presidency, he is successfully fighting a war with a military that was drastically slashed by Clinton's peace dividend, and has many promising plans in the works.

We must live in parallel universes.

SOUPCATCHER

Saturday, July 31, 2004 1:37 AM

I won't comment on the content of the speech itself except to say that I wasn't disappointed (how's that for an endorsement? ). I did notice, however, that whenever he was interruped by cheering he didn't wait for the noise to subside but instead rode over the end of the cheers and continued on with his speech. I thought it made him come off as a less styled speaker than some of our previous presidents (Clinton and Reagan come to mind right off the top of my head). But I guess I prefer more substance than style anyway - which is probably why I usually read transcripts rather than watch the video - so I kind of liked what he did.

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

SHINY

Saturday, July 31, 2004 1:46 AM

Kerry's was good, but Obama's ROCKED!!!

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

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