Posted on 07/29/2004 12:31:08 PM PDT by RWR8189
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TO: Interested Parties After 18 months on the campaign trail and more than $100 million in paid advertising, John Kerry's chief objective this evening will be to introduce himself to Americans. Again. We can expect John Kerry to deliver a well-crafted speech that pleases Democrats and attempts a pivot to more moderate rhetoric designed to appeal to independent voters. If his convention meets the historical standard for moving a challenger campaign in the polls, the Kerry-Edwards ticket will receive a significant bounce. At the heart of John Kerry's speech, we can expect him to reach back 35 years and focus on his service in Vietnam. He will "fast forward" through a Senate career that spanned two decades, picking out a very select few votes or positions and leaving gaping holes in a record that earned him great distinction - as the Senate's most out of the mainstream member. Finally, he will detail his campaign proposals for new government programs and offer a stinging critique of the "way we went to war," John Kerry's way of straddling his multiple positions on the war in Iraq. John Kerry's speech will sound optimistic, but his message of gaining "respect in the world" is an attack on President Bush's leadership in the War on Terror. We can expect John Kerry to talk down the fastest growing economy in twenty years - and the quality of the 1.5 million jobs that we've added thanks to the hard work and ingenuity of the American worker. John Kerry will distort not one record but two - his own record in the United States Senate, and the President's record over the last three and half years. What we are not likely to hear tonight is the definitive answer on where John Kerry stands on Iraq or what exactly he would do differently in the War on Terror. Public opinion polls show that Americans have mounting concerns about John Kerry's record of indecision and vacillation. Democrats and Republicans agree that unless he gets beyond process and style ("I disagree with the way we went to war") and answers questions about the decision he would have made from the Oval Office about how best to protect America and her allies from a sworn enemy of the United States known to use weapons of mass destruction on his own people, most Americans will continue to see John Kerry as a second guesser who is revising history to meet his campaign purposes. We are not likely to hear an explanation from John Kerry as to how he proposes to gain respect in the world by calling our allies in the War on Terror "window dressing," and a "coalition of the coerced and the bribed." He will seek to make up for his vote against our troops on the front lines by pointing to his own service in Vietnam 35 years ago, an explanation that makes his vote even more difficult to understand. We are not likely to receive an accounting for how John Kerry plans to pay for his proposals for new government spending, which total two trillion dollars according to Kerry's own estimates, third party analysis and press accounts. While he has promised to pay for his health care and education plans by raising taxes on people who make more than $200,000 a year, he still comes up billions of dollars short. John Kerry will not highlight his vote against a ban on partial birth abortion or against the Laci Peterson law which protects pregnant women from violence; his votes against tax relief for middle class families or his record of blocking a national energy policy; his record of voting for cuts in our nation's intelligence services and defense agencies or his recent statement that the threat of terror is "exaggerated." John Kerry will seek to complete the makeover of his record that began in earnest when he stood in the nation's heartland and claimed to represent "conservative values." |
Rush [or maybe Boortz] says that sucker is going to speak for 55 minutes. OMg. Not on my TV.
What will be amazing is how many Americans continue to support this traitor. He is backed by the Communists and Socialist (aka Progressive and Liberal Dems).
From the communist playbook, 1st get control of the schools, then control the minds of the children, then in 2 generations you will control the reins of power....
It's taken them since the 1960's; under Billy Jeff they had it, but America woke up and took control of the People's house. Is America still awake?
What could that zombie talk about for 55 minutes??? If it isnt about his explainations behind his wishy-washy votes or his treasonous activites after his loooong 4 month stay there, I wont watch the propaganda.
Rush [or maybe Boortz] says that sucker is going to speak for 55 minutes.If he has any plans of convincing me to vote for him*, he better do it in the first 15 minutes. I figure if he can't do it 15 minutes he ain't never gonna do it.
Not a chance in He11 :)
John Kerry is the bravest, kindest, most generous person I ever knew....I think I'll go and play some solitaire now....
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