Originally posted by baco99:
hopefully the man who wasn't supposed to be president in the first place, will end his term in only 4 long, painful, war-ridden, hateful, diffciult years...not 8.




I thought it was particularly funny that Kerry chided Bush for dividing the country... "I am proud that after September 11th all our people rallied to President Bush's call for unity to meet the danger. There were no Democrats. There were no Republicans. There were only Americans. How we wish it had stayed that way. "

"How we wish it had stayed that way?!" Does anyone else find it hilarious that he's bashing HIMSELF and his own party?! The Democrats are the source of all the division in the country, with the "Anyone but Bush!" mentality, saying/doing anything possible to get him out of office, the issues be damned.

Originally posted by BP:
who would you have more respect for? a boss that's actually worked your position before or a boss that was just assigned to be your boss and has no clue what you do?

i have much more respect for a leader who has first hand experience of the situation he's sending our troops into.




I agree with that, and that's why I would support Rumsfeld, Wes Clark or Colin Powell for Secretary of Defense. Unfortunately, I don't think its enough to elect a president based on his war record. The President, while he IS CiC of the armed forces, is MANY other things as well. And while Kerry may have had "first hand experience" (though the real value of that experience is questionable, judging by his "reenactments" and his post-war actions), Kerry scares the hell out of me with his rampant indecision and FAR left leaning ideals.

He vowed to "fix healthcare"... how?! "Our health care plan for a stronger America cracks down on the waste, greed, and abuse in our health care system and will save families up to $1,000 a year on their premiums." You mean the waste, greed, and abuse that YOUR RUNNING MATE has helped propagate? And this sounds like a solid investment for the future: "And all Americans will be able to buy less expensive prescription drugs from countries like Canada." Sure, cut the profits of drug companies in third so that they can't afford to put R&D effort into developing NEW medicines to make our lives even better.

He invoked the Clintonian bubble... "And let's not forget what we did in the 1990s. We balanced the budget. We paid down the debt. We created 23 million new jobs. We lifted millions out of poverty and we lifted the standard of living for the middle class"... how do you plan to recreate that, John?

Talking about Edwards: "This son of a mill worker..." What does that have to do with.... anything?

"And we're going to return to fiscal responsibility because it is the foundation of our economic strength. Our plan will cut the deficit in half in four years by ending tax giveaways that are nothing more than corporate welfare" He's not going to cut the supposedly "inefficient" spending of the Bush admin... because spending is only bad when Republicans do it... but he's just going to cut out the tax breaks that help create corporate value across the US, that help companies stay in the black and keep their workers employed. Speaking of...

"Third, close the tax loopholes that reward companies for shipping our jobs overseas. Instead, we will reward companies that create and keep good paying jobs where they belong - in the good old U.S.A." He's missing the boat here... its not the "tax loopholes" that send jobs overseas, its the fact that the Dems' labor unions are choking corporate America to death, American workers are overpaid and underutilized, and the sheer cost benefit is so great that it overrides any tax break/penalty that might be assessed.

"We're told that outsourcing jobs is good for America. We're told that new jobs that pay $9,000 less than the jobs that have been lost is the best we can do." So John, you're telling me that you're going to cut out "corporate welfare", raise taxes on corporations and those that run them, and then STILL expect them to raise salaries by $9k per capita AND hire new people on top of that?! Wow, thats a beautiful fantasy world you're living in... now pass the PCP over here.

And BY FAR the funniest point of the night: "The story of people struggling for health care is the story of so many Americans. But you know what, it's not the story of senators and members of Congress. Because we give ourselves great health care and you get the bill. Well, I'm here to say, your family's health care is just as important as any politician's in Washington, D.C. "

Notice he doesn't say that he plans to scale back the exhorbitantly expensive health care that is provided gratis for Senators... never would he take that nice perk away... he's just going to throw more money at the problem, the typical liberal solution. And how well will that work? Simple... It won't.

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