Extreme Makeover Day Three: Positive?

Dems Extreme Makeover ^ | July 28, 2004

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John Edwards: "Between Now And November - You, The American People - You Can Reject The Tired, Old, Hateful, Negative, Politics Of The Past." (John Edwards, Remarks As Prepared For Delivery, 7/28/04)

February 2004: Kerry Campaign Advisor Stated "[E]verything Is On The Table. Everything." (Robin Toner, "G.O.P. Revives Line Of Attack Against Kerry," The New York Times, 2/5/04)

Kerry Criticized President Bush’s Policies For Making America A "Target." "On the opening day of the convention that will make him the party's presidential nominee, Kerry underscored its theme that America can be both stronger at home and respected abroad. He criticized President Bush as having an almost exclusively military response to Sept. 11. ‘Never in 35 years have I seen the United States as much the target, as much sort of derided and disrespected as we are today, where Americans when they travel abroad are at risk,’ said Kerry, who served as a naval officer in the Vietnam War 35 years ago." (Nedra Pickler, "Kerry Criticizes Bush Handling Of War On Terror," The Associated Press, 7/27/04)

Kerry Said "America Needs A President Who ‘Believes In Science.’" "Praised by two former space fliers who have served with him in the Senate, John Kerry said Monday that America needs a president who ‘believes in science’ and supports stem-cell medical research. The Bush administration has limited federal funding of research on stem cells that results in the destruction of a living human embryo. But Kerry said he’d promote stem-cell science that could aid people with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and diabetes. ‘We need to push the curve of discovery,’ he told 400 Floridians at a NASA visitor center near the space shuttle launch pads." (Martin Kasindorf, "Kerry Pushes For Stem-Cell Research In Florida Stop," USA Today, 7/27/04)

Kerry Said President "Didn’t Learn The Lessons" Of Vietnam And Is Putting Soldiers "At Greater Risk." "Kerry waited until he got outside the Capital Beltway to resume normal politics, telling an audience in Portsmouth, Va., that Bush ‘didn't learn the lessons of our generation in Vietnam. I believe I can lead us out of Iraq effectively by accomplishing goals we need to accomplish, but without putting our troops at greater risk,’ he said in a speech to relatives of servicemen in an area that is home to a host of military bases." (Pete Yost, "Bush, Kerry Honor Veterans On Memorial Day," The Associated Press, 5/31/04)

Kerry Accused President Of Placing "Target" On The Backs Of U.S. Troops. "Sen. John Kerry charged yesterday that U.S. troops are bogged down in Iraq with ‘the target . . . on their backs’ because of President Bush's decision to launch the war a year ago." (Brian Blomquist, "W Made A Target Of Troops," The New York Post, 3/18/04)

Kerry Called Republicans "Crooked" And A "Lying Group.""‘We’re going to keep pounding, let me tell you. We’re just beginning to fight here,’ Kerry said. ‘These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I’ve ever seen. It’s scary.’" (Jill Zuckman and Jeff Zeleny, "Unscripted Kerry Calls GOP Liars," Chicago Tribune, 3/11/04)

Kerry Said He "Met Foreign Leaders" Who Endorsed His Candidacy. "‘I’ve met foreign leaders who can’t go out and say this publicly, but boy they look at you and say, "You’ve got to win this, you’ve got to beat this guy, we need a new policy," things like that,’ he said." (Patricia Wilson, "Kerry Predicts Character Attacks, Foreign Support," Reuters, 3/8/04)

Kerry Compared President Bush’s Guard Service To Draft-Dodging. "‘If people went to Canada, if people opposed the war, if people chose to be in the Guard, that’s their choice, and I’ve never raised that in an issue,’ he said." (Noelle Straub, "Kerry Presents Himself As GOP’s Worst Nightmare," Boston Herald, 2/3/04)

li>Kerry Repeated Insult Of Guard. "‘I’ve never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, going to jail, being a conscientious objector, going into the National Guard,’ Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran, told Fox News Channel. ‘Those are choices people make.’" (Nick Anderson, "Buoyant Kerry Embraces Role Of Frontrunner," The Los Angeles Times, 2/4/04)

Kerry Charged Bush Administration "Cheat People" On Education. "‘They’re not even trying,’ [Kerry] said. ‘They make a deal on a bill called No Child Left Behind and then they don’t put any money out there. They cheat people.’" (Mike Wilson, "Kerry Talks Issues With Diner Crowd," The Associated Press, 12/20/03)

Kerry Said "Radical" Bush Administration "Trampled" On Civil Rights. "‘There is nothing conservative or traditionally Republican about this administration,’ Kerry said. ‘It is radical in the way that it has trampled on that fine line drawn between church and state and in the way it has trampled, through its attorney general, on the civil rights of Americans.’" (Ron Fournier, "Democrats Meet For Final Debate Of Year," The Associated Press, 12/9/03)

Kerry Used F-Word To Attack Bush Iraq Policy. "I mean, when I voted for the war, I voted for what I thought was best for the country. ... Did I expect George Bush to f*** it up as badly as he did? I don’t think anybody did." (John Kerry As Quoted In Will Dana, "John Kerry’s Desperate Hours," Rolling Stone, 12/2/03)

Kerry Compared President Bush To Jefferson Davis. "The president says one thing about children, does another, one thing about taxes, does another, about housing, about the war, about -- goes to Goree Island, spends a few minutes, behaves like Abraham Lincoln, goes to South Carolina, behaves like Jefferson Davis on the Confederate flag." (Fox News/CBC, Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Baltimore, MD, 9/9/03)

Kerry Said President Bush Couldn’t Find Countries In Our Hemisphere. "[I]t would be wonderful to have a President of the United States who could find the rest of the countries in this hemisphere." (Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Albuquerque, NM, 9/4/03)

With Troops Just Miles From Baghdad, Kerry Called For "Regime Change" In America. "‘What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States,’ Kerry said in a speech at the Peterborough Town Library. Despite pledging two weeks ago to cool his criticism of the administration once war began, Kerry unleashed a barrage of criticism as US troops fought within 25 miles of Baghdad." (Glen Johnson, "Kerry Says US Needs Its Own ‘Regime Change,’" The Boston Globe, 4/3/03)

Kerry Stated World Leaders Don’t "Trust This President." "I don’t think they’re [world leaders] going to trust this president, no matter what ..." (John Kerry As Quoted In Glen Johnson, "Kerry Says US Needs Its Own ‘Regime Change,’" The Boston Globe, 4/3/03)

Kerry Derided President Bush As "Marlboro Man." "They have managed him the same way they managed Ronald Reagan. They send him out to the press for one event a day, they put him in a brown jacket and jeans and get him to move some hay or drive a truck, and all of a sudden he’s the Marlboro Man. I know this guy. He was two years behind me at Yale, and I knew him, and he’s still the same guy." (Julia Reed, "A Man In Full," Vogue, 3/3/03)

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The Girly-man National Convention is still going on???

This is taking longer than the NBA Playoffs.