Demo 2004 Presidential Candidate • Koward Kerry •
Suddenly Finds Some Testosterone • In A Speech At Brown
University Yesterday
Kerry Sez:
"Katrina is a symbol of all this administration does and
doesn't do. Michael Brown -- or Brownie as the President so
famously thanked him for doing a heck of a job - Brownie is
to Katrina what Paul Bremer is to peace in Iraq; what
George Tenet is to slam dunk intelligence; what Paul
Wolfowitz is to parades paved with flowers in Baghdad;
what Dick Cheney is to visionary energy policy; what
Donald Rumsfeld is to basic war planning; what Tom Delay
is to ethics; and what George Bush is to "Mission
Accomplished" and "Wanted Dead or Alive." The bottom
line is simple: The "we'll do whatever it takes"
administration doesn't have what it takes to get the job
done.
This is the Katrina administration.
It has consistently squandered time, tax dollars, political
capital, and even risked American lives on sideshow
adventures: A war of choice in Iraq against someone who
had nothing to do with 9/11; a full scale presidential assault
on Social Security when everyone knows the real crisis is in
health care - Medicare and Medicaid. And that's before you
even get to willful denial on global warming; avoidance on
competitiveness; complicity in the loss and refusal of health
care to millions.
Rarely has there been a moment more urgent for Americans
to step up and define ourselves again. On the line is a
fundamental choice. A choice between a view that says
"you're on your own," "go it alone," or "every man for
himself." Or a different view - a different philosophy - a
different conviction of governance - a belief that says our
great American challenge is one of shared endeavor and
shared sacrifice."

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