In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Kerry's Speech
The stuff I've been reading on other blogs are definitely not encouraging. The middle-class tax cuts and spending initiatives are particularly troubling. He came out swinging, which is good, but then he got on this jag about trees and started talking about Vietnam and all kinds of pointless, irrelevant things that seemed specifically designed to thwart Republican attacks, so already he sounds defensive. The Democrats have got to get off the ropes. Once you fall into the trap of responding to accusations, you let the Republican hate machine frame the argument. Why the hell are we discussing Vietnam? Why does Kerry have to prove dick about the military? He needs to grab Bush's fearmongering by the throat and STRANGLE IT in front of 30 million people. He needs to tell Americans flat out that religion has no place in government, that we are free to believe and worship whatever we want, but to keep it OUT of public policy. He needs to tell Congress and the Court to stay out of a woman's womb and cease and desist trying to amend the Constitution to discriminate against groups. He needs to tell the White House and Justice Dept. that they are not above the rule of law and the Geneva Conventions, and hold their feet to the flame: That if we continue to let them get away with it, we might as well just cancel our democracy and get rid of elections altogether. He needs to talk about the outing of Valerie Plame as an act of treason. Most of all, he needs to talk about Florida and computerized voting and demand a federal criminal investigation of its governor, secretary of state, and Florida election officials before November, or just quit the race now. Otherwise, what's the point?
But if John Kerry did any of these things, people would call him paranoid.
- Michael 6:54 PM - [PermaLink] -
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