Sen. Kerry on C-SPAN

[oasis]

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. Crumbs for sad cube rats, please n/t

[wicket]

2. Indeed

:(

[oasis]

4. "We all want to see a stable Iraq"

[Jeanette in FL]

5. So far talking about the war in Iraq

The Senate is responsible for getting us in to Iraq and the senate is responsible for getting us out.

[Oreo]

3. CSPAN2

http://www.cspan.org/watch/cspan2_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

[Oreo]

6. Civil war didn't begin when we went there

It's been dampened down by dictatorships through history.

[oasis]

7. Kerry read book "Shia' Revival" which gave insight on today's "civil war".

[oasis]

8. "American troops going door-to-door"...."Rumsfeld said we would not

put our troops in the middle of a civil war".

[oasis]

9. "Saudis must stop supplying Sunnis who are fueling the insurgency "

[DemReadingDU]

10. Kerry also on MSNBC

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

16. Not on FauxNews...They are on the Duke rape case...again

what are they afraid of? The Truth?

[hashibabba]

23. Well, yeah. Isn't Faux Snooze always afraid of the truth?

[oasis]

11. "President ignored Generals and two republican sec. of state on escalation"

[monarch]

12. Also running on MSNBC

They got sucked into running it just to get the sexier story of his getting out of the 2008 race. Masterful speech! Brilliant move. Guess the Dems got a brain with the new spine.

[buzzard]

13. He sounds like a President to me, I wish he was I have always had a crush on him

[oasis]

14. "congress must provide a responsible exit strategy"

[rpgamerd00d]

15. Kerry is arguing that the current AUMF applies to Saddam's Iraq and is no longer valid.

Good argument.

[LSK]

17. AAR News just said he is NOT running

[oasis]

19. It's reported that he'll include that announcement in his remarks.

[monarch]

22. Sorry guess I needed to be clear in subject line.

Spent too much time trying to avoid using "pulling out" in a sentence that also included the word "sexier."

[oasis]

18. "there is a way for the president to negotiate an exit.....by 2008"

[oasis]

20. "Time for Iraqis to assume responsiblity for their country" ..."300,000 troops trained"

[oasis]

21. "why didn't the president make the security of out troops a precondition before

an escalation?"

[oasis]

24. "Bush does not have the authority to take us into a war with Iran".

[Vinca]

25. Kerry is absolutely brilliant when he speaks from the heart. nt

[halobeam]

26. Yes he does.

[Skidmore]

27. Amazing! His speech is being carried live on both MSNBC & CNN.

I'll be darned.

[blm]

59. Guess he sucked them into hearing what he has to say about Iraq even if he has to

use an announcement mot to run to do it.

[malaise]

28. I almost feel sorry for the Rethugs

Kerry is now going to make some noise.

[oasis]

29. "we must specifically identify what we can and can't accomplish in Iraq"

[oasis]

30. "get this policy right"

[oasis]

31. He's going into his announcement

[Sydnie]

32. He seems to be very emotional announcing that

and I am sobbing for him and for our loss for what could have been. :cry:

[halobeam]

34. so am I.

[oasis]

39. Kerry should be president right now. Those dirty dog, swiftboat thugs are traitors.

[halobeam]

43. This coverage right now

is bringing up a lot of feelings of hope I had for him to help this country as president, and the pain of what happened on election night of '04. Just emotional. Nothing better than a man who TRULY loves his country.

[oasis]

33. He will work for the "successful conclusion of the war".

[Sydnie]

35. He's taking the gloves off

and that is the best news I have heard all day!

Speak the truth and throw the bums in jail.

No matter who is elected, he would serve us well as SOS or AG. I hope he gets the opportunity to do one of those for us.

[TayTay]

37. Geez, he's also a damned good Senator

I will gladly gather sigs for him to run again. He is one of the best in that Chamber.

[Sydnie]

42. I will join you in that TayTay

I have voted for him for years and will continue to do so. I have collected signatures for him too and if he needs me to again, I will hit the pavement again for that as well.

:patriot:

[halobeam]

38. Good thing.

He has a lot of power as Senator, and he will use it.

[oasis]

36. Sen. Kennedy rises to praise Kerry's contributions to our nation. Both senators

are a credit to America.

[jannyk]

40. He will speak truth regardless of political consequences

Yeah Kerry!! One of the best speeches you have made to date - go John go!!!

[oasis]

41. Sen. Reid salutes him.

[halobeam]

45. Reid pullin' at my heart strings

on edit: OMG... Reid tells him he loves him. Now I'm a mess. Damn.

[oasis]

48. He's choking up as he speaks. "I love you John Kerry"

[oasis]

46. Sen. Reid condemns GOP for "one of the dirtiest campaigns ever" against Kerry.

[seabeyond]

55. one more snide remark then done... with many dems right on this board, joining in

not to mention our supposed dem bloggers. and media. did a hell of against those odds.

[seabeyond]

44. now maybe the kerry haters can quit attacking and actually acknowledge

all he has been doing the last two years beyond most all in the senate

[halobeam]

47. but then where would they go? what would they do? will be interesting

to see who's next on the hit list.

[politicasista]

49. They'll have time to pick and choose n/t

[LSK]

50. they will and already are attacking Edwards

[halobeam]

51. bullies always find someone, don't they.

[LittleClarkie]

52. I've been in Edwards corner for those attacks

And Clark's too. I'll defend any Dem being attacked unfairly.

[Deb]

53. Sen Kerry is sacrificing a run

In a time when we least can afford our Senators to be distracted with Pres. campaigns, Sen Kerry gets it. What a bittersweet speech, I wish all our Senators would follow his lead.

[halobeam]

54. I second that.

[LSK]

56. third

[Beaverhausen]

57. video or transcript anywhere?

please????

[LSK]

60. maybe replayed on CSPAN later or on johnkerry.com ?

I missed parts of it.

[mvd]

58. It's great to see his Iraq speech being covered on CNN and..

MSNBC, too. They should do it more than when there is breaking news, though.

[liberalpragmatist]

61. He's choking up

This brings back all those memories of 2004 and how much I was looking forward to a President Kerry. He would have been a great president.

A wonderful speech.