Posted on 11/04/2004 2:54:27 AM PST by kattracks
Sen. John Kerry [related, bio], insisting that ``America is in need of unity'' and that it is time ``to find common ground,'' missed an opportunity to advance that cause yesterday.
In his concession speech Kerry - as is his habit - lectured President Bush [related, bio] without ever extending his own support, his help in advancing that ``healing'' agenda he so appropriately called for.
``America is in need of unity and longing for a larger measure of compassion,'' he said. ``I hope President Bush will advance those values in the coming years.''
Bush, on the other hand, spoke directly to Kerry's supporters, noting, ``A new term is an opportunity to reach out to the whole nation. We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we work together there is no limit to the greatness of America.''
Kerry did say, ``We must succeed in Iraq'' and ``win the war on terror.'' What that means in this post-election season we're not at all sure. How or whether he intends to help the president accomplish those goals, he didn't say.
His continued absence from Senate votes would be the best help that he could provide.
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When I first saw this photo of John Kerry being consoled by his running mate my first thoughts were that Edwards had tight control over Kerry. Kinda like a puppet. The reason I thought that goes back to one of the first interviews I had seen with Kerry and Edards together. The younger candidate kept jumping in to save the older. Very Strange, indeed . . . Oh, well . . .
Kerry is going to run again. This is WHY he didn't drag out the vote counting.
The battle for the soul (such as it is) of the Democrat Party began anew yesterday. John Edwards somehow feels he still has a place in the leadership and direction of the party and will do just about anything to get it. The war to come between Edwards and Hillary may hasten the demise of the Rats.
Kerry disgusts me but I did like the one line in his speech yesterday,
"In America, there are no losers. We wake up the next morning and we're still an American."
Almost Peggy Noonanish.
No effin' way he will run, and no effin' way he would win the nomination if he did.
He is forever branded a loser. He might hang on to his senate seat in my benighted commonwealth of Massachusetts, but even that seems kind of iffy from where I sit.
Kerry looks kinda hollow to me in this photo, sorta like Dan Rather. He looks like the world just fell in on him. You hit the nail directly.
That's what they said about Nixon after his sore-loser act that followed the defeat by Kennedy.
All of the Democrat operatives that I saw on television say they want the nation to unite. However, these people think it's BUSH and the Republicans who should cave to the Democrat's positions.
Sigh. I'll be surprised at any support the Democrats give to War on Terror.
I hope the Republicans in the Senate can show some backbone and finally get a vote on judges.
"In America the Special Olympics, there are no losers real winners. We wake up the next morning and we're still an American retarded."
" Kerry did say, ``We must succeed in Iraq'' and ``win the war on terror.'' What that means in this post-election season we're not at all sure. How or whether he intends to help the president accomplish those goals, he didn't say."
Just keeping his mouth shut while holding all of the other Dem appeaser mouths shut, will do nicely.
"I have a plan"
More pinging later.
Kerry has plans for a more effective everything, Maybe for the good of the nation he will implement them from his postion in the Senate..Better yet he can now put his Plans on bottles of Ketchup for all to share
Come on John! Release the plans! Save our soldiers. Save our economy. Save Social Security.Save our environment. SOS! Give them up!
My bet: There's not even a napkin with his "plans" ... ;-)
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