Senator Kennedy w/ Chris Matthews (portion on globalization)

MSNBC ^ | air date: Jan. 12, 2005 | N/a

[LowCountryJoe]

KENNEDY:...But what I’m talking about, we are faced with globalization today. We are faced with globalization. If the Republicans want to talk about values, we’ll talk about values...

Democrats talk about real values as hope and opportunity and about respect. Those are our values. We glad to debate them on the values. And secondly, I believe that we are facing globalization and we have to equip every citizen, every American citizen, so they can deal with globalization, individually. And we as a country have to be with it.

When we saw Sputnik, in 1957, and we went ahead and said, look, we need to have a crash program for math and science individuals—for math and science. We have doubled the education budget. We increased our scientists and research by over $100,000 for four consecutive years. We can do it. And we shouldn’t be left behind.

We are going to compete, outsourcing of low-wage jobs, for jobs that are a threat to families in this country, for the Wal-Martization of our industrial base. No way. That is no the vision I see for America. And I think the Democrats have to embrace this opportunity and they can win with it.

MATTHEWS: Could you have won in Ohio with this argument?

KENNEDY: I believe in it.

MATTHEWS: You are focusing on the economy, and yet the Republicans hit values. They hit abortion, gay marriage. And the Democrats get thrown on the defensive.

KENNEDY: We’re not on the defensive. What is the issue in terms of values when they want— when we see men and women working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year and they can’t provide for their families, or to educate, or to clothe and feed them. That is a value.

[Osage Orange]

Teddy "the lifeguard" Kennedy lecturing on "values", is about as funny as Bill "the rapist" Clinton lecturing on "character".

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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MATTHEWS = KENNEDY

Just ask MATTHEWS' vicious attack victim 'Hardball' Interviewee ANN COULTER.

(Ever since MATTHEWS' screaming Air Strike on his TV Guest COULTER over her book 'Treason,' I have opted out of watching MATTHEWS on 'Hardball'..!!! Hope more follow?)

A Clean & Sober young KENNEDY in Vietnam:

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm (See 5th Photo)

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[CAluvdubya]

Just another example of "The Emperor Has No Clothes"! When is the DNC gonna tell Unca Teddy that, with his past, he should NOT be the spokesman for values!!

[rockabyebaby]

aaaaaaaaaah teddy, would you please delineate "democratic values"

[socialismisinsidious]

I can't follow it either and started to wonder what was wrong with me; got a bit worried and then I remembered who was talking......phew.

[rockabyebaby]

""The Wizard of Uhs"... "

LOL another Howie listener! Uhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Father Jack]

I also think it's interesting to note that Teddy mentions Sputnik in 1957 and the coordinated, swift response to that. Good point, Teddy.

Of course, it was Dwight Eisenhower who was President then... Hmm...

[KoRn]

There is allot to what you are saying. Of course, I don't believe anyone on this forum would run to the RATs just because they may change their positions on some things. No one here trusts them.

Having said that. If the RATs 'moderate' on abortion, drop gun control, and go to economic protectionism it would certainly get them back some votes from the 'typical' voter who doesn't may much attention to the issues.

They still need a better point man than SKerry or AlGore though.

[cweese]

Democrats talk about real values as hope and opportunity and about respect.

Not exactly, Teddie, you fata$$ a-hole. According to John Kerry and John Edwards, Whoopi Goldberg's fundraising rant in New York showcased Democrat's values. They even said so!

[blastdad51]

"I cannot for the life of me figure out what he is trying to say. Perhaps I need more coffee"

coffee will never work, try Scotch

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ted's brain is so destroyed by alcohol that he can't tie more than two sentences together. He can only spout punchlines like "Wal-Martization."

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Perspective Break:


JFK got us to the Moon.

MARILYN got him there much sooner on a regular basis, it seems..?

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[LowCountryJoe]

You're the first person who has addressed my real purpose of the post. No, check that. my real purpose of the post was to show just how similar the "conservative's" protectionist stance is with the far Left.

[You Dirty Rats]

A couple of "has-beens"... The 21st century train has left the station and these two clowns weren't on it. The "60's" crowd is nothing but a speck in the rear view mirror.

Watching local origination channels would be more relevant than watching those two fossils.

[OldFriend]

Well, Mr. Swimmer, we had a debate on values. Yours versus ours.

YOU LOST

[LowCountryJoe]

"Don't be bashful; chime in"-ping

[Savage Beast]

"We glad to debate them on the values."

You already did, Ted, and on November 2, 2004, you lost the debate.

"the Republicans hit values. They hit abortion, gay marriage"

--and forgery, purjury, rape, sexual assault, the importance of character, the influence of private morality on public behavior, honesty, fraud, attempts to subvert elections using forged documents, etc. et al...

"And the Democrats get thrown on the defensive."

You bet they did, Chris, and you obviously don't get it either.

[1rudeboy]

The response is usually, "But you're the socialist!"

[Big Digger]

"The Wizard of Uhs"...

as usual, I was too busy counting all the "uhs" to even try to decipher what he was saying...

Check in with Howie Carr this afternoon. He'll probably run his "Wizard of Uhs" count-the-uhs contest now that he has some new material from Teddy the Drunk.

[massgopguy]

You could win a MOAB University T-Shirt.