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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (28934)	6/6/2004 12:03:05 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

Kerry suspends campaign out of respect for Reagan: - - - - - - - - - - - - By NEDRA PICKLER June 6, 2004 \| BOSTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Sunday that he was suspending "overtly political" campaigning in the coming days in observance of former President Reagan's death. "Ronald Reagan and many of us disagreed on one issue or another, but he always disagreed with a smile, without partisanship," Kerry told reporters after attending church. "I think he had a sense of idealism and a sense of optimism of the possibilities about our country that define leadership," Kerry said. "We will miss him, no matter what party, no matter what our beliefs. He was a leader, and we'll miss him." Kerry was flying to Toledo, Ohio, Sunday to speak at the graduation ceremony for Bedford Senior High School. Although the school is in Temperance, Mich., the commencement is across the nearby state line in Ohio. Kerry's aides said he would make a tribute to Reagan in the speech. Kerry was returning to Washington after the graduation, canceling a trip to Denver where he was to have delivered a speech Monday morning. "We're going to suspend any sort of overtly political rallies, events like that," Kerry said. He added that he would probably still have private meetings with advisers. Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said the campaign would determine later in the day how long Kerry would observe Reagan's death and which activities he would cancel, but he would not pull his campaign advertising.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (28934)	6/6/2004 2:33:19 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

World Events historians will remember Pres Ronald Reagan as the man who increased the strength of U.S. military to the point that the USSR could no longer keep up. The evil empire imploded from the economic devastation that resulted from their failed attempt to remain militarily as powerful as the USA. The cost of the American buildup was well worth the investment which resulted in the collapse of the USSR. A decade of prosperity & World-wide trade ensued and fell into the lap of newly elected Bill Clinton. In the timeline of History, Wm Clinton will be known as the Pres who decreased the size & power of the U.S. military to the point where we were not prepared for the first assault by foreign terrorists on the homeland. Those same history books will follow with the statement that the GW Bush Adm moved into high gear after the 9/11 attack and achieved remarkable success in Afghan'n & Iraq with the diminished military strength they inherited from Wm Clinton.