Kerry Speech - Page 3

gldstwmn · #31 07-30-2004, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

Another suggestion..a very good site to go to : Presidential Match

Chris

Kucinich 85%
Kerry 76%

Bush 6%

gldstwmn · #32 07-30-2004, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

Thanks..glad to be here...now i have just have to change my voter registration over..lol . I actually still do carry what many consider "Republican values," but I think I always just considered myself that because so much of my family does and it was like the thing to be ya know? The biggest thing always holding me back was the abortion issue, and then I finally just decided you know what, I'm not a woman, I could never know what thats like, and I cannot let that one issue hold me back....so that's that. I really do BELIEVE (i know many ppl say that) but I do believe John Kerry has a great vision for the future...sure you can knit pick anyones voting record, but for me the real clear choice is Kerry....I think he plans to do A LOT of great things for college students, and Bush plans to cut college programs to pay for his war...so thats one of the biggest things to me as well

Chris

Bush is going to get up there at his convention and blow all kinds of sunshine. If he is reelected, he will continue power unchecked, furthering the military industrial complex plan thought up by his father and his cronies. As for paying for the war, they've already looted the treasury. George's main job is to line the pockets of his elitist/fundamentally religious base that got him elected. His is a puppet of the oil companies using the Book Of Revelations as his guideline.

dissention · #33 07-30-2004, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

I thought Kerry's speech tonight was very good as well..I do wish he had spent a little more time shutting up critics about his voting record...would've helped...

There was idle chatter about him possibly saying that he won't accept a salary if he's elected. But that's all it was, chatter. I think if he had said that, he'd have the election in the bag (not that he doesn't now

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CarneVaca · #34 07-30-2004, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

If he is reelected, he will continue power unchecked.

Isn't that why we have a Congress? Oh, right, they just bent over when Bush wanted to go to war, Kerry and Edwards included.

gldstwmn · #35 07-30-2004, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

There was idle chatter about him possibly saying that he won't accept a salary if he's elected. But that's all it was, chatter. I think if he had said that, he'd have the election in the bag (not that he doesn't now

).

He should do it! He might be saving that one for his own "October surprise."

CarneVaca · #36 07-30-2004, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

He should do it! He might be saving that one for his own "October surprise."

Maybe he could donate it to those poor guys he helped send to Iraq who had to buy their own body armor.

amber · #37 07-30-2004, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Merf

I know I'm a bit late with this, but I took this presidential match thing again and I'm still getting Kucinich as my #1 candidate,

I think it's because of my huge support of environmental issues.

Kerry 78%
Bush 4%

This is Bush's "stance" on the Environment. This alone (on top of a MILLION other things) cost him my vote:

That's just the tip o' the iceberg, too, dude

Kucinich 88%
Kerry 85%
Bush 5%
Amber

Johnny Stew · #38 07-30-2004, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CarneVaca

Maybe he could donate it to those poor guys he helped send to Iraq who had to buy their own body armor.

I realize that his vote for the War In Iraq is (at least seemingly) your biggest hang-up in regards to John Kerry, and that's fine... it's your opinion and it's understandable.

But this much can be said about John Kerry... he's a Vietnam vet, who served his country ably and proudly. He "fought in the trenches," as they say.
And maybe it's just me, but if anyone is going to send our troops off to war... even if it's a war I disagree with... I'd MUCH rather it be a man who's actually legitimately served in the military himself, and not someone with a dubious and spotty stint in the National Guard.

I don't have to agree with every decision he's made and every vote he's cast, to know that he's the one most deserving of my vote in November.

CarneVaca · #39 07-30-2004, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

And maybe it's just me, but if anyone is going to send our troops off to war... even if it's a war I disagree with... I'd MUCH rather it be a man who's actually legitimately served in the military himself, and not someone with a dubious and spotty stint in the National Guard.

You get no argument from me on that point. And I would add to that: I'd much rather see a man who put his reputation and career on the line to protest an unjust war have enough sense to vote against another unjust war when he had the chance.

hayley · #40 07-30-2004, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I don't have to agree with every decision he's made and every vote he's cast, to know that he's the one most deserving of my vote in November.

I completely agree, Johnny. I know this- Kerry's a good man, I trust him. I do not trust the alternative.

I guess my feeling on Kerry going to war is this- we were ALL misled regarding the reasons for going to war, we were ALL misled about the validity of the CIA's intel. And if I were a senator, being presented with that information at that time, I'm not sure what my decision would've been.

skcin · #41 07-30-2004, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hayley

I completely agree, Johnny. I know this- Kerry's a good man, I trust him. I do not trust the alternative.

I guess my feeling on Kerry going to war is this- we were ALL misled regarding the reasons for going to war, we were ALL misled about the validity of the CIA's intel. And if I were a senator, being presented with that information at that time, I'm not sure what my decision would've been.

Well put. Paula

The Tower · #42 07-30-2004, 03:55 PM

This was mine- no big surprize....

1 Kucinich Score: 89%

2 Kerry Score: 82%

3 Bush Score: 4%

Kerry's speech was absolutely brilliant! I was very inspired by it- I can't wait until Dubya is gone, gone, gone!!!

GypsySorcerer · #43 07-30-2004, 04:00 PM

Kerry's speech was good, though most of the acceptance speeches are usually decent. However, I do not believe that reversing the tax cuts on the top 2% earners will pay for all he is proposing.

Kudos for the Dems for a solid convention.

Here's my breakdown:

Kerry 64%
Kucinich 47%
Bush 47%

gldstwmn · #44 07-30-2004, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Kerry's speech was good, though most of the acceptance speeches are usually decent. However, I do not believe that reversing the tax cuts on the top 2% earners will pay for all he is proposing.

Corporations that are shipping jobs overseas can kiss their tax cuts goodbye.

sparky · #45 07-30-2004, 04:23 PM

1. Kerry 77%

2. Kucinich 72%

3. Bush 23% (I am humiliated by this).