Posted on 01/17/2005 10:17:16 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
BOSTON U.S. Sen. John Kerry, in some of his most pointed public comments yet about November's presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement on election day.
Kerry, Bush's Democratic challenger, spoke at Boston's annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but went on to say that "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote."
"Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, eleven hours to vote, while Republicans sorted through in ten minutes - same voting machines, same process, our America," he said.
In his comments, Kerry also compared the democracy-building efforts in Iraq with voting in the U.S., saying that Americans had their names purged from voting lists and were kept from casting ballots.
"We're here to celebrate the life of a man who if he were here today would make it clear to us what our agenda is, and nothing would be made more clear on that agenda that in a nation which is willing to spend several hundred million dollars in Iraq to bring them democracy, we cannot tolerate that too many people here in America were denied that democracy," Kerry said.
Hmmm. Is this just a nod to 'rat wackos, or is Jacques going to pull a full bore, far left flip-out and end up screaming and flop sweating at moveon.org rallies like algore?
On the nose.
[["Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, eleven hours to vote, while Republicans sorted through in ten minutes - same voting machines, same process, our America," he said]]
Maybe because Republicans are smarter?
His nose must now be as long as his face.
Such an outrageous claim, made on the eve of the Presidential Inauguration and just prior to the Iraqi people's first election, at a time when his country is at war with terrorist adversaries, demonstrates clearly why John Kerry was never qualified for leadership of the United States.
Kerry's "blame America" stance has not changed in 30+ years. In THAT, if in nothing else, he is consistent!
Perhaps, some day, someone will discover just why a young man of privilege chose to spend his years from college to this day pursuing power in such a manner.
Here's the post of Kerry fleeing the Capitol on 9-11-01. Post #388. It will start with a caption. Wait, and you'll see the self-centered fool leaving after being unable to move for about 35 min.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322138/posts?q=1&&page=301
Thanks. I half expected it to show him running down the steps knocking down little old ladies as he went by. However, it doesn't seem like he's in any great rush in this short clip.
You're right. The other people on the steps look more in a panic than John F'n. If I recall correctly, he hung around, immobilized for more than 35 minutes, then left the Capitol after Cheney called and told everyone to evacuate. His behavior would be of no interest at all if he hadn't ridiculed Pres. Bush's behavior at the Florida elementary school.
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