Kerry gave a GREAT speech in New Orleans today

[NewYorkerfromMass]

From the sounds of this:

...In a tough speech to the National Baptist Convention laced with Biblical allusions, the Democratic presidential candidate rejected Bush's claim to be a "compassionate conservative," likening him instead to the two men in the story of the Good Samaritan who passed by when they came upon a robbed and beaten man.

"They felt compassion but there were no deeds," Kerry said in remarks prepared for delivery. "It is clear: for four years George W. Bush may have talked about compassion but he's walked right by. He's seen people in need but he's crossed over to the other side of the street."

Kerry also heaped scorn Bush's campaign slogans and compared him unfavorably to those who fought for civil rights in the United States.

"In the hardest passages of the long march ... amid lynchings and unyielding discrimination, the stalwart foot soldiers of justice did not look around and say, as we have heard so often from Washington these days, that we've 'turned the corner' or the job was 'getting done' or that this was the best we could do."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=5&u=/nm/campaign_kerry_dc

Is this kick ass or what?

[UrbScotty]

1. The guy gets better and better each day.

I have a few qualms about him, but he's gaining favor with me every day.

[indie_voter]

2. AMEN Brother!!! n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

7. I had a similar reaction. eom

[grannylib]

3. Go, Kerry, go! I have been waiting to see him hit his stride; people in

the know talk about what a tough campaigner he is down the stretch, and how he really can be at his most effective when it appears that his back is against the wall.

[MrBenchley]

4. That IS great...

Especially compared to this...

"NEW ORLEANS -- The nation's largest black church group interrupted President Bush's housing secretary with sustained boos when he said Thursday that the Republican Party is committed to helping blacks.
Alphonso Jackson, who is black, appeared at the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention USA a few hours before Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry was scheduled."

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/090904/new_jacksonboo001.shtml

[Octafish]

5. Who told you, way back when?

NewYorkerfromMass told us way back then!



SINK the BFEE!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. Indeed we did

:toast: