Posted on 04/20/2006 3:59:50 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said on Thursday he was seriously thinking about another White House bid in 2008 and will decide before the year is out.
"I will make that decision toward the end of the year, but I'm thinking about it hard," Kerry said in response to a question at the Latin Economic Forum at the United Nations.
"If you can get help me find 60,000 votes in Ohio ...," he joked, referring to the close race in that state on which his 2004 loss to President Bush hinged.
Kerry, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, has criticized Bush on a range of issues, particularly the war in Iraq.
On Thursday, he focused on Latin America, saying Bush lost interest in the region after the September 11 attacks.
"Relations between the United States and Latin America today are at their lowest point since the end of the Cold War," Kerry said.
Other Democrats seen as potentially seeking the nomination include U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner and Kerry's former running mate, John Edwards.
Frightening, if true. And until their opposers find their backbones and get off their lazy behinds and declare war against those who want to turn the USA into a socialist country, we may very well reap the results of our presumptious attitude. This is the legacy we will pass on to the generations which follow ours.
Are conservative just too nice, too civil, for their own good? It looks like we have to fight fire with fire.
You got that right! And I'll add to that opinion with one of her speeches. Recall, for one, her words at a Democratic fundraiser in San Francisco. I believe the year was 2004. Quote from Hillary: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
By her words she advocates socialist redistribution of wealth. What you earn does not belong solely to you; the fruits of your labor must be shared among others for the common good. Call it as you see it. Is she advocating socialism or Marxism, or both.
YET, federal and state governments freely dip into our pockets at will. IMO much of our earned income is wasted by these elected politicians.
Who can we trust?
Pennsylvania's my home state and I apologize that is showed up as a Blue State in the election. If we could discount the Philadelphia votes, we might have been Red.
Roughly the size of his electoral college victories in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. But nobody talks about that.
Good question. Both parties have been wasting our money, but Hilary and the Dems certainly put everyone else to shame with their Marxist ideology. And to think that our Founding Fathers fought the Revolution over taxes on tea and paper.
Added to that you say, "At least in the Minority area." You have more info than I on vote fraud in Philadelphia, though I don't find it hard to believe at all. As I said in another post, if it were not for Philadelphia, PA may very well joined the Red states, rather than the Blue.
Any solution to any of this political farce? Expose Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as two, for example, who give a "you are a victim" message to the black community. There are other people, who are of this race, who totally disagree with them.
Aside from that, I have little faith in the complete honesty of any politician who has been elected to serve his constituency...and the welfare of the country.
I'm reminded of a few Hollywood types who promised us they would leave the country if George Bush was elected. Last I heard, they're still here and haven't had the guts to publicly eat the words they publicly stated.
If Hillary mistakenly wins the White House, she will not drive me out of my country, but I will join those who are very unhappy.
Heck, if you discounted Philly's vote, y'all would be redder than Al Gore's face when he did the legendary "everything that's up should be down" speech.
He should think a little harder.
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