Drudge pulls up a 1988 quote from Kerry re: Reagan

[wndycty]

Its started the funeral is over he has not been buried yet, let the games begin!

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3.htm

[ewagner]

1. Kerry spoke truth

so it's going to be used against him.

[neuvocat]

2. Actually that's pretty good.

We need someone who will call Reagan on what he is. Republicans can't rub his face in it anyhow.

[sniffa]

3. good

i don't think drudgie knows he's doing us a favor.

1984 Flashback: Kerry calls Reagan Presidency "Moral Darkness" in convention speech
Fri Jun 11 2004 12:32:42 ET

"A Republican president once reminded us, 'There is absolutely nothing to be said for a government of powerful men with the ideals of pawnbrokers,' " Kerry said.

"That president's name was Theodore Roosevelt. And today Theodore Roosevelt would be ashamed to be a Republican."

Said Kerry: "It is time we once again had a government of laws and not of lawbreakers."

[Spinzonner]

12. Isnt that a smear against pawnbrokers ?

[JuniorPlankton]

4. Was Kerry right or what?

Nonetheless, a lot of people changed their views of Ray-gun. Just look at his approval numbers before and after 1994 :)

[Kid_A]

5. If it was "moral darkness" under Reagan...

then it's a "moral blackhole" under Bush.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. Reagan was a very evil and dark man!

Kerry spoke the truth!

[tridim]

7. "It is time we once again had a government of laws and not of lawbreakers"

Great quote.. He should quote himself and use it again for the current criminal admin.

[bloom]

22. "We have laws on the books."

"That ought to comfort you. We're a nation of law. We adhere to laws. We have laws on the books. You might look at those laws, and that might provide comfort for you. And those were the instructions from me to the government."

-bush* 6.10.2004


didn't you get the memo? :eyes:

[johnfunk]

8. Ronald Reagan, The Great Pawnbroker...

I like that analogy. I think I'll go shove it in the faces of a few FReepers...

[CBHagman]

9. The quote is still utterly valid!

From the Drudge site:


"A Republican president once reminded us, 'There is absolutely nothing to be said for a government of powerful men with the ideals of pawnbrokers,' " Kerry said.

"That president's name was Theodore Roosevelt. And today Theodore Roosevelt would be ashamed to be a Republican."

Said Kerry: "It is time we once again had a government of laws and not of lawbreakers."

With the many appalling realities of the Reagan presidency -- i.e., support for right-wing death squads, trading arms for hostages, supporting Saddam Hussein when it suited the administration, etc. -- Kerry's comments on the law-breaking and basic immorality of the previous eight years were valid.

And as for Bush, well, we haven't even glimpsed the bottom of this moral abyss...

[LittleApple81]

10. Wow...excellent quote... He should use it now against Bush*!!!!!

n/t

[Catfight]

11. what is it? I don't go to drudge, that would be validating that rags

existence, so I'd rather just get the general idea. Thanks.

[LittleApple81]

17. here it goes. I think he should use it now against Bush*. They are birds

of a feather and they flock (or is is f**ck) together:

ATLANTA -- Michael Stanley Dukakis, a self-described "very, very long- shot" candidate just 16 months ago, last night became the Democratic nominee for president and his party's best hope to win the White House since 1976. Earlier, Sen. John F. Kerry took to the convention hall podium, telling the delegates that the "moral darkness" of President Reagan's presidency will soon end.

"A Republican president once reminded us, 'There is absolutely nothing to be said for a government of powerful men with the ideals of pawnbrokers,' " Kerry said.

"That president's name was Theodore Roosevelt. And today Theodore Roosevelt would be ashamed to be a Republican."

Said Kerry: "It is time we once again had a government of laws and not of lawbreakers."

[IA_Young_Dem]

19. Kerry was very outspoken against Iran-Contra.

[JI7]

13. iran contra ?

[htuttle]

14. Fine

I think that Kerry should provide context for that remark by going over the facts of the Iran-Contra hearing that he had just been involved in conducting.

Just a good, in-depth explanation of Iran-Contra detailing all the laws that were violated, so that the millions of amnesiacs in this country can remember what 1988 was really like.

[boobooday]

15. Moral Darkness!!!!!

Extremely accurate.

I love how we are supposed to fall all over ourselves and forget everything negative about Reagan now that he is dead.

And Bush wants to pose with Reagan's flag-draped coffin, while hundreds of flag-draped coffins of young men and women cut down in their prime are hidden, and brought home in darkness, to hide their sacrifices and Bush's shame.

It makes me like John Kerry even more. He hit the nail on the head. Oh, and maybe when Bill Clinton passes away (many years from now, please!) they would like all the filthy, PERSONAL things they said about him brought back up.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Straight Shooter]

16. That's one of the best quotes I've ever read

I'm glad Drudge posted it. People need to read it. If anything, it will boost Kerry's standing, except amongst diehard Repubs, and they wouldn't know the truth if it walked up and hit them up the side of the head.

Pawnbrokers in the White House, dealing in evil.

[LittleApple81]

20. That is exactly my thought! Thanks Drudge!!!! and that is why

I am happy that Kerry did not have to force himself to slobber all over the corpse-in-chief.

[Jabbery]

18. Kerry was right

Reagan's administration was rife with criminals. North, Poindexter, Secord, Weinberger, Abrams - the list is long and disgraceful. Ask the average Nicaraguan what he thinks of Reagan. That nation suffers dearly today because of the illegal actions of that horrible man and his criminal gang. How many funerals of "contra" death squad victims were held with the arrogant pomp of today's imperial spectacle?

None.

And there were many tens of thousands of Nicaraguans who died because of Ronald Reagan's illegal secret government - a secret government that sold heavy weapons to terrorists and used the proceeds to murder untold numbers of innocent people.

[TexasSissy]

21. Doesn't seem too bad to me. Just "moral darkness."

What's a Dem. going to say about a Republican Prez whose policies he disagrees with? Sounds like pretty soft words to me.

Dig, dig, dig. They can dig all they want. I'm voting for Kerry....and hopefully most other people in the country will, too.

[spanone]

23. Makes me want to vote for Kerry ALL THE MORE.

[bobbyboucher]

24. Kerry gains momentum again.

This will no doubt help him.

[moondust]

25. Dime store morality.

At caviar prices.

Go John!!!