Posted on 01/31/2006 4:16:56 PM PST by Big Guy and Rusty 99
WASHINGTON
Democrats, who hope to regain control of the House and Senate this year, are expected to counter President Bush's take on the state of the nation, saying "there is a better way" to govern.
"The federal government should serve the American people. But that mission is frustrated by this administration's poor choices and bad management," Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine plans to say Tuesday. The Democrat was tapped to deliver the minority party's official response to the State of the Union address.
"Families in the Gulf Coast see that as they wait to rebuild their lives. Americans who lose their jobs see that as they look to rebuild their careers. And our soldiers in Iraq see that as they try to rebuild a nation," Kaine is expected to say, "There is a better way." Kaine, in remarks prepared for delivery following Bush's evening speech before a joint session of Congress, is to urge bipartisanship and a focus on service.
A rising star in the party who has been on the job just weeks after winning election in a state that Bush won comfortably in 2004, Kaine is to deliver the Democratic Party's rebuttal from the governor's mansion in Richmond, Va.
The president's fifth State of the Union address comes during tumultuous times for the scandal-plagued Republican Party. Democrats are seeking to regain power in Congress by emphasizing GOP woes.
Ten months before Election Day, support for Bush has soured and public sentiment favors Democrats.
Although Democratic aides said Kaine's speech was not going to be overtly political, the Virginia governor would seek to offer a sharp contrast between two different visions for the United States and suggest that the country can be stronger than it's been under Republican leadership.
On the economy, Kaine is to deride the president for a "failure to manage our staggering national debt" and to accuse the administration of "reckless spending." He will bemoan soaring health care costs and note that Republicans and Democrats have worked together to "fight the Bush administration's efforts to slash Medicaid and push more costs on to the states."
On Iraq, Kaine is expected to say the administration gave the public inaccurate information about the reasons for invading Iraq and then failed to give troops the best intelligence or body armor. Now, he will point out, Bush wants to decrease National Guard and Reserve troop levels and further reduce military and veterans' benefits.
"Our commitment to winning the war on terrorism compels us to ask this question: Are the president's policies the best way to win this war?" Kaine is expected to say.
"There's a better way. Working together, we must give our troops the tools they need to win the war on terror. We can do it without sacrificing the liberty we have sent our troops abroad to defend. Our support has to begin at home," he is to say.
Assailing a culture of partisanship and cronyism, Kaine also is expected to seize on the corruption investigations that have befallen Republicans.
"If we want to replace the division that grips our nation's capital, we need a change," he will say. "Democrats are leading that reform effort."
...but it isn't them.
"there is a better way" to govern.
But it’s a secret.
He hasn't even worked his way through the interns yet, and he's giving the rebuttal?
I guess it will matter to the 3 peole who actually listen to him after the Main Man gives his address to the nation.
So are you going to run the Sheehan jihadists out of your party?
This statement is just so ironic. For "our support. .. to begin at home," the dems would have to quit whining, leaking secret information, and demoralizing our military and just shut up and start really and truly supporting the troops, the mission, and the United States of America. That means you, Murtha. And you, too, Kerry and (hic)Kennedy.
"Our support has to begin at home," he is to say.
The 'rat fools seem to have no concept as to what home is, nor any loyalty at all to same.
In English they say "There is a better way". In Spanish they say "people of Azatlan, rise up and throw off the oppression of the gringo Republicans". This is a terrible sign in and of itself. I have no problem with translating the response, but a seperate response in a different language with a different message is a very bad trend.
And if the Dems were in power, we'd be labeled obstructionists for opposing them at all and certainly no press stories would be written about us.
With the economy sailing, inflation low, and unemployment in the cellar, plus no further attacks on US soil, that's not going to sell.
"The federal government should serve the American people. "
I agree. Bring me the 18-year old Glenlivet, straight up. And make it snappy. Then get the hell out of my way.
My own governor Dim Paine, is a deluded moron. Bill Bolling is really the defacto governor with solid Republican majorities in both houses. This idiot is already trying to raise taxes on automobile purchases from 3 to 5%, another brilliant idea to hurt the economy.
"Kaine also is expected to seize on the corruption investigations that have befallen Republicans."
Don't worry Dim when Bush is done they will tune you out and all who will be watching you will be moonbat crazies.
Apparently qualifying as a "rising star" in the 'Rat Party is not too difficult.
Yeah. With forty-plus fewer 'rat senators than there are right now.
If you want things your way, get elected.
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