booo...
Yooo Hooo... I'm over HERE!!!
Posted on 05/26/2010 12:09:34 PM PDT by presidio9
Times are tough, especially among those still looking for good jobs, but Sen. John Kerry doesn't think Washington's to blame. In fact the former Democratic presidential candidate, concerned with the anger voters are aiming at Washington, says that his party and President Obama are doing a ship-shape job. [See which industries contribute to Kerry campaign.]
"We've come back," he says of the nation, Wall Street, and the economy. "This is an amazing resurgence."
Kerry talked about the voter anger during a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor called to give him time to pitch his expansive climate and energy bill. He was asked if he's ever seen such anger with Washington, in part inspired by the Tea Party movement named after the Boston Tea Party in his home state.
With many expecting him to say no, the 26-year Washington veteran said yes, citing the turbulent 1960s and the Watergate era. "Yes, I have seen it," he said, but while those were focused on the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon's power grab, he said "I think this is less focused."
It wasn't a slam at the Tea Party movement and those upset at Washington as much as a frustration he feels that Congress and the president aren't getting the credit he thinks they deserve for pulling the country out of a second depression.
"I think there's a comprehension gap," said Kerry. His point: While people may not be feeling the benefits of the bailouts and healthcare reform yet, Congress has been working with Obama to right the economic ship. Still, he sounded sympathetic to those kicked around by the economy. "There's a sense of some things unraveling" to them, said Kerry.
But he said that the D.C.-directed attacks are hypocritical, since many of those attacking Washington spending presumably want to keep their Social Security and Medicare and want Washington to play a big role in the Gulf Oil cleanup. "There's a huge contradiction on a daily basis," he said.
Maybe, he concluded, the Democrats should change their communications strategy "to better sell what we've done."
It’s not hypocritical to cast an ignorant vote for socialism and then regret it. It’s called learning from your mistakes. Sadly, this was a big one. Happily, those are the ones that teach lasting lessons.
Francois says let them eat oil.
The left constantly uses this argument -
you can’t be against some of our socialism if you accept any of it.
Well, “yes we can”
It is always successful when the Marxists tell the American people they are stupid (and racist) for not appreciating the glory of socialist poverty, oppression and control.
booo...Perhpas in your neighborhood John but here in the rest of the country where the rest of us who didn’t marry billionaire live things just aren’t so rosey.
Yep sure is tough trying to sell sh!t isn't it John? Nearly impossible to kill the smell to make the sell!
You know, it has occurred to me that this Kerry guy just may be a flaming a-hole.
What, exactly, was “Richard Nixon’s power grab”?
I was certainly no fan of the man, but I’m wracking my mind trying to recall his “power grab”.
Anyone care to weigh in?
CA....
I have no sympathy.
None.
LOL! Yep. You nailed it.
OPPPSS Lt’d try that again!
Perhaps in your neighborhood John but here in the rest of the country where the rest of us who didn’t marry a billionaire live, things just aren’t so rosey.
GAWD what an fugly SOB!
says that his party and President Obama are doing a ship-shape job. [See which industries contribute to Kerry campaign.] "We've come back," he says of the nation, Wall Street, and the economy. "This is an amazing resurgence." ...the Christian Science Monitor called to give him time to pitch his expansive climate and energy bill... citing the turbulent 1960s and the Watergate era. "Yes, I have seen it," he said, but while those were focused on the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon's power grab, he said "I think this is less focused." ...a frustration he feels that Congress and the president aren't getting the credit he thinks they deserve for pulling the country out of a second depression. "I think there's a comprehension gap," said Kerry... But he said that the D.C.-directed attacks are hypocritical, since many of those attacking Washington spending presumably want to keep their Social Security and Medicare and want Washington to play a big role in the Gulf Oil cleanup... the Democrats should change their communications strategy "to better sell what we've done."Yeah, the Obama administration's moves to destroy Israel are just a matter of poor communication about what they want people to believe.
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