Posted on 10/20/2004 3:41:25 AM PDT by ejdrapes
DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic White House challenger John Kerry said the United States needed a leader who could do more than one thing at a time, and accused President Bush on Tuesday of mishandling both the economy and the war on terrorism. On the attack with two weeks until the Nov. 2 election, the Massachusetts senator also rebuked Bush for talking tough about his efforts to catch or kill Osama bin Laden, blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The al Qaeda leader is still at large. Kerry suggested at a rally before thousands of supporters in Dayton that Bush was in over his head at the White House. "Let me tell you what the real test of this race is," Kerry said. "We need a president of the United States who can do more than one thing at the same time." "We need a president who understands that not only do we need to do the job of being the head of state and commander in chief, but we need a president who also understands what it means ... to get the job done for the middle class in America," he said. Kerry mocked Bush for complaining over and over in their first debate that the presidency and establishing security in Iraq was "hard work." "I kept hearing the president say in that debate, 'it's hard work, it's hard work, it's hard work,"' Kerry said. "Well, Mr. President, I'm very happy to relieve you of that hard work." He called Bush's economic policy "deja vu all over again," comparing his record to that of Herbert Hoover, the last president to lose jobs on his White House watch, and accused Bush of "raiding and privatizing" the Social Security retirement system. "He has become the first president in more than 70 years to have the incomes of American families decline in each year of his presidency," Kerry said in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. earlier. "He has become the first president to turn a record surplus into the largest deficit in history and he has become the first president to launch an all-out assault on Social Security." Pennsylvania and Ohio are two of the biggest battlegrounds in this year's election. Kerry accused Bush of taking his eye off bin Laden and diverting from the war on terror to invade Iraq. "Let me also make it clear, that compared to this president -- who made significant boasts about chasing after Osama bin Laden and then only months later said 'I don't know where he is, or I don't really care and I don't think about him that much' -- I will fight a tougher, smarter, more effective war on terror." Kerry, who is running neck and neck with Bush in opinion polls, kept up his relentless battering of the president's economic policies and renewed his criticism that Bush would undo the federal government's "sacred compact" with seniors. "If you work hard and contribute to your country, you can retire with a level of decency and dignity. Imagine if that was taken away?" he asked. "Social Security is on the ballot. A choice between one candidate who will save Social Security and another who will undermine it." Democratic presidential candidates have long tried to paint Republicans as a threat to Social Security in an effort to win the votes of elderly Americans who can make the difference in critical battlegrounds like Florida. Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt said the president had not endorsed and specific plan, although one under consideration would allow younger workers to put some of their Social Security tax money into personal retirement accounts that could then be invested in the stock market. "This opportunism confirms what the American people have already seen for themselves," Schmidt said. "John Kerry will say anything for political benefit. His scare tactics and grasping rhetoric on Social Security have shown that once again." Kerry: U.S. Needs Hard Worker Who Can Multi-Task
Ha, ha, ha, this from the man that spent the last 2 years vacationing????????????????
While George Bush has been running a country, fighting a war, managing the economy and stuff, John Kerry has been on the campaign trail and hasn't seen the inside of the United States Senate for 1 1/2 years.
Kerry should return his wages for 2003 and 2004. He didn't earn 'em.
Exactly. Kerry can't both campaign and show up to vote. He clearly is not a multiple-tasker.
lol, what a joke. skerry never shows up for work and edworse plays with his hair all day. hahahahaha bozos
I can maybe help F'n out with this.
On another FR thread, someone posted a video ,( so you know it's not faked or anything) of this guy who lookes like he is EXCELLENT at "multi-tasking".
The video CLEARLY shows this "multi-tasker" oprerating a woman's compact in one hand, while, with his OTHER hand, was combing, (although it took around what seemed like 5 minutes) his hair to TOTAL PERFECTION WHILE SOMEONE EVEN INTERUPTED WHILE HE WAS COMPLETING THE ALMOST INSURMOUNTABLE TASK !!!
Whew!!! Sorry, but it was SO spectacular I had to post it !!
.....(Shoot...I forgot the guy's name......)
I wonder if Kerry can vote and surf at the same time.
Yeah...That's what we need....Kerry....A multi-positional, multi-tasker. (Right)
Yeah, there was wooing and marrying two rich women . . . so he wouldn't have to work. And nearly 20 years in the Senate where his own colleagues wouldn't even trust him with a leadership position.
I know more about how pygmies live than he knows about how the middle class lives.
The Kerry campaign has dumbed-down the rhetoric to 3rd grade levels. To me, it's a clear sign of utter desperation.
King Johnny looking down his nose again.
"John Kerry said the United States needed a leader who could do more than one thing at a time,..."
Is that why JFnK keeps talking about Iraq as if it is a distraction to the military from OBL? JFnK actually admits, rather brags, that he has neither the desire nor the ability to fight the Terrorists on multipls fronts!
"Ha, ha, ha, this from the man that spent the last 2 years vacationing????????????????"
And as a result he was to exhausted to realize the fault in his "I voted before it before I voted against it" flub. If the guy gets so tuckered out from the demands of kissing the socialist's rear, he wouldn't be able to consume enough "Red Bull" to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe that's why he married such a sKerry woman, something to force him to face the day outside his bedroom!
As I recall, the Clintonistas made a big fuss over how X42 could multitask the economy, domestic issues, terrorism, Monica, foreign affairs, and other assorted scandals all at the same time. The problem is, he might have been able to think about them, but he didn't do a damn thing about any of them, except the scandals.
"John Kerry said the United States needed a leader who could do more than one thing at a time,..."
This from a man who showed up in the Senate for only 30% of the votes during his terms of office.
He has obviously confused flip-floppin' with multi-tasking.
As far far as hard work goes; the only hard work Kerry has ever done is to be married to Ter-aze-zah! Man! I call that damn hard work!!!
Cut me an 'effin break, J 'effin K
Hard worker...right.
Yes!!! Your link in post #10 is the guy I saw in the video !!!
...darn....hmmmm....WAIT !! IIRC, his name is "Breck" something.......his partner's nickname is "Flipper", and "Breck's" wife's name is "Shamu" or something close to that...
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