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Kerry accuses Bush of stifling dissent
Boston.com ^ | 04/22/2006 | Mark Pratt

Posted on 04/22/2006 1:29:53 PM PDT by Panerai

Those who disagree with the Bush administration's policies in Iraq face the same scornful charges that they are unpatriotic as Sen. John Kerry did 35 years ago when he spoke out against the Vietnam War, the Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday.

"I have come here today to reaffirm that it was right to dissent in 1971 from a war that was wrong. And to affirm that it is both a right and an obligation for Americans today to disagree with a President who is wrong, a policy that is wrong, and a war in Iraq that weakens the nation," Kerry said to a standing ovation Saturday at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall.

Kerry's speech came 35 years to the day after he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to call for an end to the Vietnam war.

"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" Kerry said in 1971, a line that helped propel the decorated Navy combat veteran and Yale graduate onto the national stage.

The same question applies today as Americans wrestle with the mounting death toll in Iraq, Kerry said, speaking before about 500 supporters who punctuated his speech at least 20 times with ovations.

"Lives have been lost to bad decisions," Kerry said. "Not decisions that could have gone either way, but decisions that constitute basic negligence and incompetence. And lives continue to be lost because of stubbornness and pride."

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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To: Panerai
To John F. Kerry,

YOU WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.... NEVER......

Now crawl back under your rock and stay there....

81 posted on 04/22/2006 3:24:07 PM PDT by just me
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To: sono
"Pity Mrs. Heinz can't stifle sKerry."

stifle or strangle???
82 posted on 04/22/2006 3:29:07 PM PDT by stm (Our country and world are at a crossroads; taking the wrong path is not an option.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

>>(U.S. code 18 U.S.C. 953, declares it illegal for a U.S. citizen to go abroad and negotiate with a foreign power.)
<<


Looking that up -that's a really broad law. I wonder why Jesse Jackson has never been prosecuted?

>>§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments
Release date: 2005-08-03

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects. <<

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000953----000-.html


83 posted on 04/22/2006 3:30:26 PM PDT by gondramB (You can always tell the pioneers by the arrows in their backs - Country music saying)
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To: Gucho

84 posted on 04/22/2006 3:33:56 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Never Forget the traitors who sold out to the commies!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
KERRY, YOU TREASONOUS SCUM


85 posted on 04/22/2006 3:39:32 PM PDT by smoothsailing (NEVER FORGET-Don't be Murtha'd again)
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To: Ludicrous
So the only thing left for him to do is call the troops fighting in Iraq rapists and baby killers?

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Indeed, reminiscent of JEH-ngis Khan.
86 posted on 04/22/2006 3:44:10 PM PDT by Harrius Magnus (Enemy #1 = The Leftist holy trinity of multiculturalism, moral equivalence and relativism.)
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To: Panerai

I'm still waiting to hear about his "secret plan" to resolve the Iraq situation. C'mon Johnny French, let us in on the secret, pretty please? Or are you hoping you'll be able to dust that one off come 2008, Schmuck?


87 posted on 04/22/2006 3:51:14 PM PDT by Harrius Magnus (Enemy #1 = The Leftist holy trinity of multiculturalism, moral equivalence and relativism.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Bump!



88 posted on 04/22/2006 3:53:26 PM PDT by Gucho
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To: Diogenesis

LMAO, big time, and thank you.


89 posted on 04/22/2006 3:54:36 PM PDT by Harrius Magnus (Enemy #1 = The Leftist holy trinity of multiculturalism, moral equivalence and relativism.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Panerai
I'm glad that you posted about this speech today by that creep who continues to defy credibility with his outrageousness.

I heard it about it today and was hoping that someone post on it here later.

If you don't have a weak stomach, you might be interested to actually hear a portion of it. The site has a commercial to watch, but then the bit from Jim Rappaport is worth hearing. Rappaport is a good guy, but he has continually been brutalized by the Boston media. The link below has a clip right at the top as of this hour.



http://www.boston.com/news/necn/
90 posted on 04/22/2006 4:23:44 PM PDT by Radix (Stop domestic violence. Beat abroad.)
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To: Paladin2

"I'd suggest that they stop their descent from the gutter to the sewer."

Too late! The RATs already OWN the sewer.

To Hanoi John Effin Kerry: I see that you are still giving "aid and comfort" to our sworn enemies. Aren't you happy that no one in the Department of Justice seems to understand the concept of "TREASON", boy?


91 posted on 04/22/2006 4:27:36 PM PDT by Howie66 ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.")
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

"Without money, they would be used car salesman. "


And a poor one at that.


92 posted on 04/22/2006 4:39:22 PM PDT by RedMonqey (People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
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To: All
What's more disgusting is he does all this with the aid of the money dear terraaaaaza inherited when her husband Senator John Heinz 111 - REPUBLICAN - was killed in the plane crash.
93 posted on 04/22/2006 4:44:18 PM PDT by AmeriBrit (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, IT INCLUDES TERRORIST SLEEPER CELLS!!)
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To: Txsleuth
All Kerry and his cohorts want to do is make our military out to be terrorists, baby-killers, and cut and run cowards...

And what's even sadder than his contempt for our military is that his approach nearly resulted in him becoming President of the United States.

I just got back from dinner at that restaurant - Fran O'Brien's. Gorgeous and delicious!

94 posted on 04/22/2006 5:01:30 PM PDT by Coop (Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
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To: Coop

I know this isn't the thread about Fran O'Briens closing...but can you tell me what the status is???

Is there still a chance that with donations it can be moved to a different location...or that Hilton will change it's mind??


95 posted on 04/22/2006 5:09:18 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: JoanneSD
"Did Kerry serve in viet nam?"

Well, he put in a political appearance there anyway. All of 3 months worth. But he won't tell you that his tesimony before Congress caused the deaths of a lot of American servicemen as well as the deaths of a couple of million South Vietnamese when the Commies moved in after we withdrew.

Kerry is a traitor and a liar, that is all he is.

96 posted on 04/22/2006 5:23:39 PM PDT by Colt .45 (Navy Veteran - Thermo-Nuclear Landscapers Inc. "Need a change of scenery? We deliver!")
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To: Panerai
Ah, yes... if you disagree with Kerry, you're "stifling dissent."

One suspects that free speech wouldn't have been viewed all that kindly under a Kerry Administration.

97 posted on 04/22/2006 5:32:42 PM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: Panerai

You know what one of the many problems I have with Bush and the other spineless Republicans? The demonrats will call us out by name and criticize, but Bush and the Republicrats won't. Like this crazy war we are in, we are using civilized tactics against an uncivilized people. Now, because the Republicans are too "nice" (aka spineless) to stand up for what is right, we will lose this war due to eroding public support.


98 posted on 04/22/2006 5:38:09 PM PDT by rodeocowboy (Vote Constitution Party in 2006 to send a message to the Republican Party for 2008!)
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To: Panerai

99 posted on 04/22/2006 5:38:42 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Txsleuth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619494/posts?page=50#50

Here's a link to some details I posted on a Fran O'Brien's thread.

100 posted on 04/22/2006 6:12:34 PM PDT by Coop (Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
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