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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (1863)	4/29/2003 12:25:16 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

Hillary Clinton keynote speaker at Democrat dinner April 28, 2003 Associated Press SOUTHINGTON, Conn. -- In a fiery speech Monday night, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused the Bush administration of having the worst economic policies since Herbert Hoover, with no real plan to end the nation's fiscal troubles. Clinton, D-N.Y., told about 1,550 Connecticut Democrats that an increasing number of Americans are unhappy with Bush's policies. "There is an unease," she told the party faithful gathered at the Democrats' annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey dinner in Southington. "People know better than what they hear and what they see." Clinton accused Bush of squandering the surpluses that accumulated during the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton. "In just two years, the country again faces hefty budget deficits," she said. "We are, unfortunately, reaping the bad consequences of a wrong economic policy. They have the most wrong-headed economic policies that we've seen since Herbert Hoover." She said many people, including some Republican lawmakers, have told her they worry about what she characterized as a Republican tax-cutting agenda that she compared to a snake oil salesman. Clinton claimed Bush's tax-cut plan favors the wealthy while sacrificing the programs that Americans care about, such as public education, prescription drug coverage, child care and a clean environment. She received a standing ovation when she angrily said it was unfair for critics of Bush's policies to be accused of being unpatriotic. "We are Americans," she said. "We have the right to participate and debate any administration." Numerous protesters with different causes showed up. Some were escorted out by Democratic officials and Southington police during Clinton's speech, and another talk by Sen. Joe Lieberman's wife, Hadassah. They protested what they say is the killing of Iraqi and Palestinian children. "Hillary's killing babies," some shouted. In addition, 30 protesters outside criticized Lieberman, D-Conn., as being little different from Bush. "Bush-Lieberman 2004. GOP Dream Team," one sign read. A small contingent of laid-off state employees also attended the dinner. They wore T-shirts with messages criticizing the two top Democratic leaders of the legislature - House Speaker Moira Lyons and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin Sullivan - for failing to restore their jobs. "We don't want people to forget about us," said Mark Williams, a Department of Transportation employee. "I think they did what they had to do to pass a budget, but they gave up very quickly." Sullivan, D-West Hartford, said he sympathizes with the workers because everyone - the legislature, Republican Gov. John G. Rowland and the public employees' unions - are to blame for the layoffs. "They got screwed and they deserve the chance to say that anywhere they want," he said. Democrats expected to raise $350,000 from the dinner, which also featured comedian-actor Chevy Chase. ctnow.com.

To: PROLIFE who wrote (1863)	4/29/2003 10:49:03 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

It turns out that Kerry was just joking. Kerry needs to get his stories straight and stick to them. LOL boston.com Democrat says 'regime change' comment intended as a campaign quip By Phillip Rawls, Associated Press, 4/29/2003 16:00 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday that his controversial wartime comment saying the United States, like Iraq, needs a regime change was intended as a lighthearted remark. ''It was not about the president, and it was not about the war. It was about the election,'' Kerry said during a campaign stop in Alabama. Earlier this month, Kerry came under fire from top congressional Republicans when, during a speech in New Hampshire, the Massachusetts senator said President Bush had so alienated allies prior to the U.S.-led war against Iraq that only a new president could rebuild damaged relationships with other nations. ''What we need now is not just regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States,'' Kerry said. Those comments drew an angry rebuke from top Republicans in the House and Senate, widespread criticism from many conservative corners and lit up the lines to radio talk shows in numerous states, including Alabama. While campaigning Tuesday, Kerry said some people overreacted to the remark. The decorated Vietnam War veteran also repeated his frustration with GOP congressional leaders who never served in the military but used the remark to assail Kerry's patriotism. ''When I fought in Vietnam and fought for my country, I didn't give up my right to make quips and to participate in the debate,'' the lawmaker said. Kerry made the trip to Alabama to meet with potential supporters in Birmingham and to speak at the Alabama Democratic Party's annual salute to Democratic lawmakers in Montgomery. Rival Democrats for the presidential nomination such as Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, Al Sharpton and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri have visited the state in recent weeks even though Alabama has been less than hospitable to Democratic candidates. Voters haven't backed a Democrat since Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976, and the last Democratic nominee from Massachusetts Michael Dukakis lost to Bush's father in 1988 by a 3-to-2 margin. In 2000, Democrat Al Gore didn't even bother to campaign in the state. William Stewart, a political scientist at the University of Alabama, said Kerry will have ''a hard time making a sale in Alabama as far as the bulk of Alabama voters because they are strongly Republican in presidential politics.'' But Kerry said, ''I don't think any area of the country ought to be written off.'' On the Net: Kerry at johnkerry.com