From John Kerry tonight::

[babylonsister]

Pinpoints worth fighting for in a nutshell:

1. Obey law, protect civil rights.
2. Tell the truth.
3. Fire the incompetents.
4. Chase the moneylenders and changers from temple of democracy.
5. Bring our troops home!
6. Find OBL and protect ports.
7. Stop stabilizing big oil and blaming people. Commit to alternatives.
8. Make access to healthcare affordable as America's right.
9. Reduce deficit (conservative!) Respect work over wealth.
10. Fight for American jobs.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. Ya Know, I Still Fucking Love Kerry.

That's an awesome list right there. Short, to the point and effective. I love number 4, using their own shit against them like that.

Kerry fuckin rocks!

[Sydnie]

3. I whole-heartedly agree with you!

He still knows what needs to be done. Now, let's get behind his ideas and make our voices heard!

[Blue_In_AK]

14. I'm right there with you.

John Kerry is a true patriot.

[Vektor]

26. Oh, god yes.

:loveya:

He rocks like nobody's business.

[WiseButAngrySara]

47. Ditto! ....n/t

[jsamuel]

2. nice, link?

[ProSense]

4. It's from a live speech Kerry gave on C-Span Saturday evening.

It will be repeated tomorrow.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2508145&mesg_id=2508145

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=634958&mesg_id=634958

[babylonsister]

5. You guys rock for loving this, and I typed it as

I heard it. ;-)

[saltpoint]

6. I heard Senator Kerry's ten points on C-Span and thought once again

of the lost opportunity of red voters' rejection of Kerry-Edwards in favor of the corrupt and incompetent Bush-Cheney.

[babylonsister]

8. Old Crusoe, do you talk like you write? I wonder if I do?

[saltpoint]

11. Hi, babylonsister. Loved your ongoing and loyal and noble support

of the junior senator from Massachusetts. He's a good man.

You hang in there. We need to clean a little House in 2006 and retire a few Senators, too. Burns of Montana and Santorum of Pennsylvania, particularly.

Then in 2008 we need a go-get-im Democratic ticket to lead the country back to its former reputation.

[Stevepol]

44. America didn't reject Kerry: he won by 5M votes.

[saltpoint]

48. Hi, Stevepol. I believe Kerry won the Ohio election, and with it, the

2004 election. No argument there.

I can't say the exact number of votes which are in question, but I remain convinced that Bush-Cheney cheated the nation out of a Kerry-Edwards administration.

Ohio appeared to me to be the epicenter of said cheating, but I am suspicious of the count in New Mexico also, and maybe other states as well.

Nevertheless, a very large percentage of people did vote for George Bush and these are the folks I'm faulting for rejecting Kerry in 2004.

[SeattleGirl]

7. I like these. Short, succinct, and to the point.

I think the Dems should grab these and run with them.

[dailykoff]

9. This is why Kerry won Ohio

and the '04 election, but that's a story for another thread. :)

[babylonsister]

15. So you are a silent but potent supporter! Welcome! nt

[dailykoff]

35. Thank you!

Yes I strongly support Senator Kerry. To be honest I'm still counting on him to get us out of this nightmare. Who else but a masochist like Kerry has the stomach for it?

[Hekate]

10. K&R What more can I say?

We just have to get the message out.

Hekate

[Dr Ron]

12. More info at The Democratic Daily

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2226

[NAO]

13. Anyone know if/when Kerry's speech will be re-broadcast?

I don't see it on the schedule for C-SPAN for tomorrow.

[ProSense]

17. Here is the info

09:30 PM EST
Road to the White House
C-SPAN

[globalvillage]

30. I think Road to the WH is on at 6:30 EST

Tonight is Kerry in NH :applause: and McCain :puke: .

[corbett]

34. I Caught The Same Teaser

It airs at 6:30 Eastern and Pacific.

http://www.loosechange911.com

[Imagevision]

51. Kerry believes the OBL video caused him to lose to Bush - How pathetic is

that??

[autorank]

16. That about sums it up, rock on John. Recommend his plan & this post. n/t

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[ClayZ]

19. He is a GOOD man!

:kick:

[mogster]

20. Sounds like reason

Reason, reason, reason - that's Kerry in a nutshell. Um.. I mean, president Kerry.
No woodoo, no magic measures, just sound thought.

[obxhead]

21. Bite off more than you can chew....

a Democrat standard these days

I believe all the points, but would be happy with only one becoming reality and it is not even listed.

Accountability and to admit you are human (and therefore may have made a bad decision). Without that happening first non of the above have a chance in, well I'll not hold my breath.

[Tigress DEM]

22. That's MY President.

How long until we evict the nutjob that stole Kerry's righfull place in history?

[DanCa]

23. Senator Kerry is a great man...

He wasn't my first pick for Presidential nominee but I would vote for this man again in a second.

[brokensymmetry]

24. If only he were our President. K&R. n/t

.

[regnaD kciN]

25. Too much, too little, too late...

...to ever try again.
Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends.
Too much, too little, too late, we knew it had to end.
Ah, it's over...It's over...

[blm]

43. Probably the last chance for an open-the-books president.

Because he believes in opening the books to the American people and historians and to open government.

[joanski0]

27. On pinpoint #5, what I heard Kerry say was

Stabilize Iraq, and bring our troops home.

[bigdarryl]

28. Kerry speech

Stabilizing Iraq ain't happening

[ulysses]

29. wrap that up in a neat gimmick

and we have a campaign. :thumbsup:

[confludemocrat]

31. 9a. Give Bush the line item veto

good job JFK, you have really "got our back"

[TayTay]

33. I think the line-item veto is a good idea

It was a good idea when Clinton was in office and I think it's a good idea now. It's makes Congress more accountable for their actions and might actually decrease some of those 3,000 page Omnibus bills that the Rethugs are fond of assembling.

[confludemocrat]

36. Problem is it'll be used to blackmail and strong arm legislative branch

and concentrate more power in the executive branch. So rather than take a truly courageous stance and call for the end of the tax cuts, he chooses to go along with Bush. Typical.

[TayTay]

40. The line item veto can also be a way to hold people

accountable and responsible for their actions in Congress. These Omnibus bills are very bad legislation. They were awful under Democratic Administrations and they are awful under Republican Administrations. The Rethugs give sanctimonious arguments that they are for lower taxes and less government spending and then hide their intentions in these 3,000 page pork-fests that are designed to hide and shield them from the voters so they can never be called to task for their hypocricy.

It is time to stop being so afraid of the Bush Administration and start calling them on their deep bullshit. Make Bush defend passing a bill with Billions and Billions of dollars in pork in it. Tell the people that the bastard has the power to cross out programs in the bill that he doesn't like and that he can challenge the Congressmen and women in his own party who put the pork in there and then hide behind massive votes that 'must pass' in order the for government to keep operating. This is a fundamentally dishonest game. The worst case scenario is already in effect, fear of Bush or fear of standing up to him is not going to make this go away.

I completely support the call for a line-item veto. I think Sen. Kerry's suggestion that Congress vote on a simple majority basis on denying or sustaining the vetoed items is dead-on. I want to see Cong. Young defend his bridge to nowhere in Alaska and the nearly $500 million dollars it will cost. I then want to see a Dem. Congressperson stand up and translate that money into the number of Pell Grants it could fund in his or her district or the number of Medicare prescription it could fill or the number of units of body armor that could supply for troops in Iraq.

I am not afraid of these people. I want to challenge them on their home turf and expose their bullshit agenda for the pack of lies that it is. I think the line-item veto is a good tool to use. I thought so under Clinton and I think so now. It is the right thing to do.

[LeinesRed]

32. Can we have a Democratic Convention redo?

I thought Kerry ran a great campaign, but I still wanted more Bush bashing that summer!

[Dr Ron]

42. Agree

It seems there are so few in the blogosphere who realize that it is possible to disagree with some elements of the campaign without having to totally bash Kerry or the entire campaign. Having the experience of having done things one way, and seeng what did and did not work, may even make him a stronger candidate in a second run.

There were things I'd do differently (with the admission that it is possible that he might have done no better if he took my advice on these things). I do agree that the convention was a lost opportunity and they should have done more to bring out the case as to why Bush should not have been reelected. Of course it is not 100% certain that this would have helped. While I certainly don't agree, after the election polls showed more people thought Kerry ran a negative campaign than Bush.

[politicasista]

52. I did too. I like red meat!

not that playing nice with the other kids stuff.

[ninkasi]

37. All good points

I really like respect work over wealth. Republicans have succeeded in rewarding the already wealthy, through tax cuts, outsourcing of jobs, and eliminating what they call the "death tax" and I call the Paris Hilton reward. I also like the idea of fighting for American jobs.

[Old and In the Way]

38. Gore/Kerry '08

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

[LeahD]

39. I knew it was about time for him to

come out swinging again. Thank you, Senator!
k & r

[Independent_Liberal]

41. Kicking for Kerry!

Remember this Senator, say no to that awful NSA legislation that would make reporting the President's crimes illegal.

[BigBearJohn]

45. Don't shoot me, but how about a GORE/KERRY ticket?

[katsy]

46. That works for me.

Both great statesmen.

[wisteria]

49. Wonderful ! n/t

[Imagevision]

50. Don't think Bruce Springsteen will be doing an encore for Kerry again!

[Canuckistanian]

53. A DEMOCRAT fighting for rule of law?

Impossible.

They spend their days looking for loopholes - or so I'm told.