AHHHH.....watch out ladies, I just let a big one go. hehe"
Posted on 07/26/2004 10:06:22 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BOSTON - With Bill Clinton (news - web sites) getting a moment in the spotlight Monday at the opening of the Democratic convention, John Kerry (news - web sites) pressed his case in Florida on why voters should put him the White House in place of President Bush (news - web sites).
"We need to push the curve of discovery," Kerry said while meeting with workers at the Kennedy Space Center (news - web sites) at Cape Canaveral. "We need a president who believes in science and who's prepared to invest America's efforts to cure Parkinson's and AIDS (news - web sites) and diabetes and Alzheimer's, and do stem cell research."
He appealed to Republicans and independents to "stop and think" about who they will vote for in November. There's nothing conservative about "piling debt on the shoulders of our children and driving the deficits up as far as the eye can see," he said.
Kerry praised Clinton for balancing the government's budget, reducing its debt and creating 23 million new jobs. "I also want to create better jobs."
Convention delegates in Boston readied for an evening of speeches focused on Kerry's stated vision for America: a strong economy, a growing middle class, affordable health care and a beefed-up military.
Clinton, the Democrats' last occupant of the White House, dismissed any idea he might overshadow Kerry.
"I feel good about the way he relates to voters," Clinton said Sunday. As for himself: "I'm going to give a talk and get out of town."
In route to the key state of Florida, Kerry stopped Sunday night in Boston for a surprise appearance at the Yankees-Red Sox game, where he threw out the first pitch. Boston won, 9-6. He returns Wednesday, the eve of his acceptance speech.
Clinton's wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites), was to introduce the former president, after speeches from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, former President Carter and Al Gore (news - web sites), who lost to Bush in 2000 after a drawn-out ballot recount in Florida.
Kerry said a team of lawyers is examining voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of that dispute.
The convention is the first since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and police and military authorities were on alert. Camouflaged military police kept watch from elevated rail lines overlooking the FleetCenter, the sports arena where the 4,350 delegates are gathering through Thursday. Helicopters circled overhead, and bomb-sniffing dogs and officers with guns patrolled nearby streets.
Metal barricades about 7 feet high ringed the FleetCenter, directing foot traffic and limiting access. Some 40 miles of roads in and out of the city will be closed during the convention, but expected traffic gridlock failed to develop Monday morning. Many commuters apparently heeded the urgings of city officials to stay home.
Despite the looming terrorism threat, the convention's message was relentlessly upbeat, underscoring the unity behind Kerry as the man Democrats hope will drive Bush from office.
No platform fight loomed, and the relative lack of Bush-bashing was a strategy conceived in part because of polls indicating Kerry's Democratic base is solidly behind him. The relatively small portion of undecided voters instead wants to hear more about him and his plans.
"Our objective is to show the personal side of Senator Kerry — his character, his Vietnam service, his leadership qualities," Richardson, the convention's chairman, said Monday on CNN's "American Morning."
"The reality is that the American people don't focus on who they are going to vote for entirely until the conventions period," he said. "What you want to do is draw them in with a message of what we're going to do."
Protests remained mostly scattered Sunday. Two groups — about 3,000 protesting mainly against the Iraq (news - web sites) war and about 1,000 abortion opponents — exchanged angry words blocks from the FleetCenter on Sunday. A few anti-abortion protesters lay in fetal positions in the street as fellow protesters drew chalk outlines around them. Two people were taken into custody.
"This is just the beginning of a week of protests," said Larry Holmes, spokesman for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, the coalition of activist groups that staged the anti-war march.
Among the rallies, parties and receptions scheduled Monday was one featuring filmmaker Michael Moore, whose Bush-bashing "Fahrenheit 9/11" recently became the first documentary to top the $100 million mark domestically.
In keeping with tradition, Bush is spending the next several days out of the public eye at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
But Republican strategists are in Boston, tucked away at a building near the FleetCenter where they will answer Democratic criticisms and focus on painting Kerry as a liberal.
"The one thing you won't hear John Kerry talk about this week is the record that earned him the ranking of the Senate's most out of the mainstream member," said Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for Bush's re-election campaign.
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On the Net:
Kerry-Edwards campaign: http://www.johnkerry.com
Bush-Cheney campaign: http://www.georgewbush.com
Democratic National Convention: http://www.dems2004.org
Kerry really is as stupid as Ron Reagan Jr., and that's saying something. "And do stem cell research"?? When will these morons understand that the president said only that taxpayer money should not be used to create, and then destroy, human life for the purpose of embryonic stem cell research? Kerry can do all the embryonic stem cell research he wants - on his own (or Teresa's) dime. President Bush has nothing against non-embryonic stem cell research, but Effin - like Reagan Jr. - won't let facts get in his way:
From the podium in the Fleet Center, he will deliver a stemwinder against President Bush's restrictions on stem cell research. Why is Reagan so passionate about the issue? ...
"It's not sucking fetuses out of wombs," Reagan said. "Did you know you can harvest stem cells from your arm? And it's not because my father had Alzheimer's disease. That's not something that seems very amenable to a cure from stem cell research, in any case.
"But this is something that will revolutionize medicine." NY Daily News
AHHHH.....watch out ladies, I just let a big one go. hehe"
fat pig and I'm not talking about just his weight
You have GOT TO SEE THIS BRILLIANT INVTERVIEW OF CLINTON FANS WAITING 8 HOURS FOR HIM TO AUTOGRAPH HIS BOOK! This is a MUST SEE video!
If you start a pool, put me down for 37 minutes.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
EVERYBODY should be laughing at this guy!! He doesn't deserve 1 percent of the vote, but because of liberal lies and media that victomize the people of the United States.
Kerry and his fellow liberals attacked Bush for encouraging and funding our space program to land on Mars. Now hes saying, "We need to push the curve of discovery"???
IS THIS YET ANOTHER FLIP FLOP!! Its amazing how this man can put on so many faces just to appease the crowd he is talking to, and its amazing how many people buy into it.
We need to get some protesters out to the front doors of CNN and let them know how much we cant stand their partisenship. FOX Newsnetwork has came along finally and set the standerds to be "fair and balanced", we need to let all the other stations know that is the way its going to have to be. Lets stand up and tell the Clinton News Network that they wont survive if they keep their crap up.
Ugh, that picture! MM looks like he's waiting for someone to toss him a fish...
So that should take about 5 seconds, what will you be doing for the rest of the convention?
The video is great, but listening to some of those people in line is pretty scary.
The best part is the two tourists who thought they were standing in line to see Avril Levigne :-)
How can Kerry "stump" without Mad Max Cleland?
Geez, does Mike Moore ever change his shirt nor hat...he's got his own "ol' crusty" thang goin' on.
Geez, does Mike Moore ever change his shirt or hat...he's got his own "ol' crusty" thang goin' on.
"Kerry said a team of lawyers is examining voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of that dispute."
Should read
Kerry said a team of lawyers is examining conservative voting patterns to try to prevent a repeat of the liberal loss in 2000.
Best Regards
Sergio
Jean Keri introduces his Plan for America ...
Actually, it's good news, for shoving kerry in the corner of the room.
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