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To: Joe NYC who wrote (200183)	9/4/2004 10:22:43 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1573414

If Kerry is such a good speaker, please tell me what you understand Kerry's Iraq policy is. Joe, this is a great point. Is a "good speaker" one who can get through sentences without stumbling, or one who, when finished, leaves no doubt as to his position? I'll take the latter.

To: Joe NYC who wrote (200183)	9/4/2004 10:28:54 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573414

>He didn't say he is planning to do that. I didn't say he was. Then again, I don't agree with his Iraq policy. >If Kerry is such a good speaker, please tell me what you understand Kerry's Iraq policy is. Kerry does a bad job of boiling issues down to talking points and "sound bites," no doubt about it. But, Kerry is going to keep us in Iraq and bring NATO into the mix. I don't like it. I'd rather leave. But, to me, it's a better solution than not doing so. Besides, when you have a company that's floundering because of a CEO's bad choices, do you say "We can't change CEOs now!"? Often, even if it's just to clean the slate so you can try to rebuild your credibility, you change the CEO. Having said that, though I disagree with Kerry on Iraq almost as much as I disgaree with Bush, I'm much closer Kerry on the issues that are most important to me, such as the environment, health care, taxes, Social Security, separation of church and state, etc... I don't agree with him completely on all of them, in fact, nearly none of them, but I'm to the left of him on all of those, and he's to the left of Bush, on all of 'em, so it'd make sense that I'd support him, no? >How do you know? What has he ever lead? You wouldn't like it, but the anti-war movement in Vietnam, for one. He's also as eloquent and stately as I'd like my leaders to be; of course, those are characteristics that most of America doesn't care about, but I do. -Z

To: Joe NYC who wrote (200183)	9/4/2004 3:16:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573414

Economy adds 144,000 jobs; four year job growth still negative by Madeleine Baran Sep 4 - On the campaign trail today, President Bush stressed that the economy "is strong and getting stronger," after the Labor Department released data showing that the economy gained 144,000 jobs in August. However, critics pointed out that, despite the recent increases, the economy has still suffered a 1.65 million net loss in private-sector jobs since President Bush took office. The Labor Department also revised earlier job growth numbers for June and July, adding 59,000 additional jobs to earlier numbers. The unemployment rate also dropped slightly, from 5.6 to 5.4 percent. Economists not that the unemployment numbers could be deceptive. About 152,000 people stopped looking for work in August, accounting for a significant part of the decrease in the official unemployment figure. Once workers abandon the job search, they are no longer counted. newstandardnews.net