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Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts on Monday proposed that all Americans be required to have health insurance by 2012, and that the government should take steps to make sure anyone uninsured at that point receives coverage. But if we're not there by 2012, we will require that all Americans have health insurance, with the federal government guaranteeing they have the means to pay for it," Kerry said. He said his plan could be financed by repealing the Bush administration's tax cuts for people earning more than $200,000 a year. He did not say how he would enforce the proposal...

Whistleblower explodes 9-11 Commission Report By Ritt Goldstein The US Federal Bureau of Investigation's own September 11 whistleblower has done it again, this time taking aim at the 9-11 Commission itself. Sibel Edmonds, an FBI translator who has in effect been silenced by the bureau and the US Justice Department, said in an open letter to commission chairman Thomas Kean that the FBI had suffered from a litany of errors and cover-ups of those errors, which had been reported to the 9-11 Commission by Edmonds and others, yet the commission report "contains zero information regarding these systemic problems that led...

"The embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world," declared Ted Kennedy, in a moment of Revolutionary War nostalgia. Or he would have done, if he'd managed to stick to his text. But, in a strikingly erratic performance even by his standards, what actually emerged from the senator's lips was: They "fired the shirt round the world.'' That sums up better than anything what the Democratic Party's been trying to do this last week for its presidential candidate: fire the stuffed shirt round the world, put a rocket up a guy who seems weighed down by his...

"There is nothing more pessimistic than saying America can't do better. We can do better and we will. We're the optimists. For us, this is a country of the future. We're the can do people... I am proud that at my side will be a running mate whose life is the story of the American dream and who's worked every day to make that dream real for all Americans... And what can I say about Teresa? She has the strongest moral compass of anyone I know. She's down to earth, nurturing, courageous, wise and smart. She speaks her mind...

Sorry, all. Check out Kerry on his Harley, just for laughs.

French-looking John Kerry will be in Roanoke, VA on Sat. Aug 16 for a 7 PM fundraiser for local democRATS. They call this event the (Jesse)Jackson/(George)Jefferson Day dinner. Announcement below: The Sixth and Ninth District Democratic Committees Cordially invite you to attend our Jefferson-Jackson Dinner “We The People” In support of Virginia’s 2003 House and Senate Candidates Saturday, August 16, 2003 Reception at 6:00 p.m.– Dinner at 7:00p.m. Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke , Virginia Guest Speaker: Presidential Candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry Business Attire ($2,000 hairdo is optional)

DURHAM - John Kerry and Howard Dean lead in a New Hampshire poll that indicates no presidential candidate has won the hearts of likely Democratic primary voters. Sen. Kerry of Massachusetts was at 18 percent and former Vermont Gov. Dean was at 16 percent in the Granite State poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire and released Monday. Almost a third of those surveyed said they remain undecided, while 14 percent said they would prefer New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has said she does not plan to run for president in 2004. And in more bad news...