Kerry Accuses Bush of Stifling Dissent

[Island Blue]

WASHINGTON — Invoking bitter memories of the public tumult over the Vietnam War three decades ago, Sen. John Kerry is accusing the Bush administration of stifling dissent about its failed Iraq policies by branding critics as unpatriotic.

"The spirit of intolerance for dissent has risen steadily, and the habit of labeling dissenters as unpatriotic has become the common currency of the politicians currently running our country," Kerry, D-Mass., said in remarks prepared for delivery Saturday at Boston's Faneuil Hall.

"We have even heard accusations that this dissent gives aid and comfort to the enemy," said the senator, who was the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee and is a potential 2008 contender for the post. "That is cheap and shameful."

Kerry's remarks came exactly 35 years after he posed a haunting question during a speech before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a young anti-war Vietnam veteran wearing military fatigues.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/3811996.html

Give 'em hell Johnny! I love pissed off patriot Kerry. :patriot: I have a feeling it's going to be one hell of a speech that many of our fellow Kerrycrats will witness this morning.

[ProSense]

1. Also on Yahoo!

Kerry Accuses Bush of Stifling Dissent
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060422/ap_on_go_co/kerry_iraq_1


Kerry rocks! Good luck fellow Kerrycrats!

:patriot:

[globalvillage]

2. C-Span links to the yahoo story

From their front page.

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp

Woo hoo, this is going to be a big day!

[ProSense]

3. It was

rated 5 stars, but I'm sure the freepers will rate it down. I can't imagine anyone else (except an a-hole) rating down this article.

[globalvillage]

4. LOL, I almost forgot to rate it.

Thanks. It's at 4 right now.
What must go through a person's mind when they downrate a story abotu defense of democracy? Do they realize what they're doing, or do they just see a Democrat and react?
I don't get it.

[ginnyinWI]

7. now it's 4 1/2 again. n/t

[Vektor]

5. Great story - Oh, and look!

You can rate it on Yahoo. :-)

[globalvillage]

6. You can also rate each of the pics in the slideshow

There are some good ones.
:-)