It was very good. Bringing up his anti-Reagan, anti-Contra past is very good. Sounds like the Prez was saving some of the harshest criticism (mass. liberal, anti-US power, commie sympathizer) for the final push.
Let's hope he keeps this up in the speeches from here on out. Those Cubans also need to be reminded that Kerry doesn't and never thought communism was a threat and now attempts election year pandering. He does it on everything. Lynne had it right in calling him out on his bringing her daughter into it-like he attempts to use Reagan-he is not a good man.
Over here - text of Pres. Bush's address today
In other words, it's effective and accurate.
In all these areas, my opponent's views would make America less secure and the world more dangerous. And none of these positions should come as a surprise. Over a 20-year career in the United States Senate, Senator Kerry has been consistently wrong on the major national security issues facing our country. The Senator who voted against the $87 billion for our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq is the same Senator who has voted against vital weapons systems during his entire career. He tried to cancel the Patriot missile, which shot down scud missiles in Operation Desert Storm. He opposed the B-1 bomber, which was critical to victory in the Afghan campaign. He opposed the B-2 stealth bomber, which delivered devastating air strikes on Taliban positions. He opposed the modernized F-14D, which we used against terrorists in Tora Bora. He opposed the Apache helicopter, which destroyed enemy tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers in Iraq.
The Senator who is skeptical of democracy in Iraq also spoke with sympathy for a communist dictator in Nicaragua in the 1980s, and criticized the democracy movement as "terrorism." His misguided policies would have impeded the spread of freedom in Central America. The Senator who claims the world is more dangerous since America started fighting the war on terror is the same Senator who said that Ronald Reagan's policies of peace through strength actually made America less safe.
Yep, George drove it home. No one can mistake the fact that Kerry has voted against national security measures time after time after time. Kerry has been on the WRONG side every time. Not once, every time.