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Politics : Discuss the candidates honestly.

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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (3012)7/30/2004 10:00:06 AM
From: mph   of 4965
 
Comments on Kerry speech:

1. If I were going to run a GOP ad this am, it would say:
JOHN KERRY?
WE CAN DO BETTER.

2.As for his credentials for the job, Kerry mentioned:
*voting to put 100,000 cops on the streets
*working with McCain re: Vietnam POW issue
*two other VOTES on something or another.
*his experience in Vietnam
That's a sad commentary for a 62 year
old man, with 20 years in the Senate. It struck
me as an admission of a lackluster career.

3.He started the speech with something like
"John Kerry reporting for duty". His military
experience was hyped throughout. Had he had a
real military career that may have been appropriate,
but he was in for too short a time and was at too
low a level for that. Kerry's obsession with
his military service is like the aging car salesman
who can't stop reliving his college football days.
GET OVER IT!

4. The juxtaposition of JFK with Kerry's "heeding the call"
caused me some cognitive dissonance.
Kennedy started Vietnam. Kerry protested it upon his
return. The theory of the protest was that it was
an immoral war. I want to read the text of the speech
in this area because as I listened to it in the car,
my jar literally dropped.

5.We're going to be free of foreign oil---
BUT, we're going to be dependent on foreign
pharmaceuticals....that was a good one. He actually
said something like everyone in this country will
be able to buy drugs from other countries...

6. He talked about equality for women like it
was 1965...It's really time to roust this
guy out of the 60's. What was that all about?
Was it code for We're not gonna let them overturn
Roe v. Wade?
I didn't get it. I've felt equal
for years.(There's always going to be some @sshole
chauvinist around, but you can't legislate attitudes.

7.The early childhood stuff was longer than necessary
and a tad hokey, like his mom as scout leader. Never
mentioned the fancy boarding schools.

8. Evidently he's read the concerns that he'd cede
our power to other countries and interests so he
pledged not to do that....hmmm. Ever heard a pledge
like that from a presidential candidate before?

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I may do a little more commentary after I've read
the speech, but these were the thoughts I had
when I listened on the car radio..........
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