Kerry’s Positive Campaign? ("Goons” Taking America To “Hell')

Republican National Committee ^ | August 4, 2004

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KERRY’S POSITIVE CAMPAIGN?
“Goons” Taking America To “Hell”
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Before Convention, Kerry Pledged Positive Campaign

Before Convention, Kerry Said He Was Running Positive Campaign. “‘I’m running a positive and constructive campaign,’ Kerry said with a smile, ‘and it’s up to the American people to make their judgment about each of us.’” (Jill Zuckman and Jeff Zeleny, “Kerry Strives To Offer Voters ‘A Better Vision’ Of America,” Chattanooga Times Free Press, 7/25/04)

But Right After, Kerry And Democrats Were At It Again

Teresa Heinz Kerry Likened Bush’s Four Years In White House To Four “Years Of Hell.” “Teresa Heinz Kerry, the candidate’s wife, provided her own rejoinder as she introduced her husband to a crowd of more than 10,000 spread on both banks of the Milwaukee River in the downtown of Wisconsin’s largest city. When a Bush supporter started chanting ‘Four more years’ over a bullhorn outside the park where they appeared, Heinz Kerry stopped and proclaimed, ‘They want four more years of hell.’” (Glen Johnson, “Kerry, President Spar Over Policy,” The Boston Globe, 8/3/04)

Kerry Called Bush Supporters “Goons.” “[Kerry] branded the protesters ‘goons’ who will ‘excite us to do a little more work.’” (Glen Johnson, “Kerry, President Spar Over Policy,” The Boston Globe, 8/3/04)

Kerry Blamed Bush Policies For Encouraging Recruitment Of Terrorists. “‘I believe this administration, in its policies, is actually encouraging the recruitment of terrorists,’ Kerry said. ‘We haven’t done the work necessary to reach out to other countries. We haven’t done the work necessary with the Muslim world.’” (David Jackson, “Kerry Criticizes Bush For Acting Too Slowly On Homeland Security,” The Dallas Morning News, 8/3/04)

Kerry Said Bush Misled America. KERRY: “I’ve said many times that the president misled America.” FOX NEWS’ CHRIS WALLACE: “Intentionally?” KERRY: “He misled us in what he said he would do in terms of how he would use the authority that we voted for in Congress. I voted for that authority.” (Fox’s “Fox News Sunday,” 8/1/04)

Kerry Questioned President Bush’s Foreign Policy Experience. “Kerry hit Bush hard on his conduct on the war in Iraq. ‘I have more experience in foreign affairs now than President Bush did before he came and even after four years,’ Kerry said. He also laid out his economic plan for the patient Zanesville crowd, promising to ‘fight for your jobs as hard as we fight for our own.’” (Deb Riechmann, “Bush, Kerry Scour Rust Belt For Support,” The Associated Press, 7/31/04)

Kerry’s Speech Also Accused Bush Of Hurting Families. “You don’t value families by kicking kids out of after school programs and taking cops off our streets, so that Enron can get another tax break.”  (Sen. John Kerry, Nomination Acceptance Speech, Boston, MA, 7/29/04)

Al Sharpton Attacked Bush At Democrat Convention. “I suggest to you tonight that if George Bush had selected the Court in ‘54, Clarence Thomas would have never got to law school.” (Rev. Al Sharpton, Remarks At Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, 7/28/04)

Sen. Ted Kennedy Attacked Bush At Democrat Convention. “In the depths of the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt inspired the nation when he said, ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’  Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.” (Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Remarks At Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, 7/27/04)

Dean Likened Bush To Book-Burning Fascist. “[Dean] unleashed a few new gems yesterday … He said that more ‘ordinary people’ should get into politics and run for local office; indeed, he said, ‘I think a library trustee is a pretty important job’ - and that’s because the Bush administration ‘likes book-burning more than reading books.’ Raucous cheers, nervous laughs, strangulated gasps, general bedlam. Then came a fond reminiscence about his zealous campaign activists: ‘There were a few slipups. You’re not supposed to call the President a fascist … not this week, anyway.’” (Dick Polman, “Howard Dean Muzzled - But Not At All Muffled,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/28/04)

[avital2]

goon? sounds like he made the George H W Bush (Bush 41) "Bozo" mistake. meanwhile, i want to get me a "goon" t-shirt. i'll consider it a badge of honor considering the source!!!!

[princess leah]

You wrote EXACTLY what I was thinking about the HW remark being a big mistake...we're thinking in the "zone" huh? (freeper zone, that is!)

[Solamente]

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[Lee Enfield]

Actual Quote; "RRRRR KER-RY FRIEND, FRIEND GOOOD, YOU VOTE KER-RY. NO VOTE BUSH, VOTE KER-RY." This after he was introduced by his wife, "LIFE, GIVE MY CANDIDATE LIFE!!"

[sgtbono2002]

Kerry doesnt know positive from negative--never has--thats why he keeps flip-flopping

[Dogbert41]

Yes, in typical Clintonista campaign style, Kerry calls for civility - while at the same time doing the political equivelant of shooting livestock and pets, burning down farmers' homes with his Zippo lighter and backstabbing soldiers on the field of battle.

Cheney has already demostrated on the floor of the Senate what our answer should be.