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| Tue, 07-27-2004 - 3:55pm |
It is in that spirit, that I sincerely ask those...who supported President Bush four years ago: Did you really get what you expected from the candidate you voted for?
Is our country more united today?
Or more divided?
Has the promise of compassionate conservatism been fulfilled?
Or do those words now ring hollow?
For that matter, are the economic policies really conservative at all?
Did you expect, for example, the largest deficits in history? One after another? And the loss of more than a million jobs?
And while it's true that new jobs are being created, they're just not as good as the jobs people have lost...
And the real solutions require us to transcend partisanship.
So that's one reason why, even though we Democrats, we believe this is a time to reach beyond our party lines to Republicans as well.
I also ask...for the help of those who supported a third party candidate in 2000. I urge you to ask yourselves this question: Do you still believe that there was no difference between the candidates?
Are you troubled by the erosion of some of America's most basic civil liberties?
Are you worried that our environmental laws are being weakened and dismantled to allow vast increases in pollution that are contributing to a global climate crisis?
No matter how you voted in the last election, these are profound problems that all voters must take into account this November 2.
And of course, no challenge is more critical than the situation we confront in Iraq. Regardless of your opinion at the beginning of this war, isn't it now obvious that the way the war has been managed by the administration has gotten us into very serious trouble?
Wouldn't we be better off with a new president who hasn't burned his bridges to our allies, and who could rebuild respect for America in the world?
Isn't cooperation with other nations crucial to solving our dilemma in Iraq? Isn't it also critical to defeating the terrorists?
We have to be crystal clear about the threat we face from terrorism. It is deadly. It is real. It is imminent.
But in order to protect our people, shouldn't we focus on the real source of this threat: the group that attacked us and is trying to attack us again -- al Qaeda, headed by Osama Bin Laden?
Wouldn't we be safer with a President who didn't insist on confusing al Qaeda with Iraq? Doesn't that divert too much of our attention away from the principal danger?â€
– Former Vice President Al Gore, Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA 7/26/04

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No, I didn't...it's an outline not a detailed report.
Just curious, and don't think I've heard that info before.
"As he was about to graduate from Yale, John Kerry volunteered to serve in Vietnam. His leadership, courage, and sacrifice earned him a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Combat V, and three Purple Hearts. "
http://www.johnkerry.com
No kidding...
Do you have an alternative? GWB hasn't exactly been forthright about what he's going to do in Afghanistan or Iraq. What we do have is a track record of mistake after mistake.
Merlins_Own
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW!
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