Democrat Kerry Slams Bush's 'Excuse Presidency'

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Democratic candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) unleashed a stinging indictment of President Bush (news - web sites)'s economic stewardship on Wednesday and urged his Republican rival to take responsibility instead of playing the victim.


"This president has created more excuses than jobs," Kerry said in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club. snip


He rejected the White House's "perfect storm" explanation that recession, war and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks caused tepid economic performance in the United States.


"The president wants you to believe that this record is the record of the victim of circumstances, the result of bad luck, not bad decisions," Kerry said in his speech. "Well, Mr. President, when it comes to your record, we agree -- you own it."


"His is the excuse presidency -- never wrong, never responsible, never to blame ... no, it's not our fault; no, there's nothing wrong; no, we can't do better; no, we haven't made a single mistake," Kerry said.

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[hatrack]

1. Bah-dah-BING!!

Thank you, Senator - thank you!!

[rkc3]

32. What's funny is the Bush trifecta - economy, war, terror attacks.

He's got three excuses and that's still more than the number of jobs he's created.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Pretty good

I think that's a good tack for him to take.

[JuniorPlankton]

3. Way to go! n/t

[robbedvoter]

4. Very good! You forgot "Clinton did it" - but great point!

[lordwhorfin]

5. Hey!

'You OWN it.'

That language is from a Daily Kos diary entry. That's pretty cool.

I liiiike it!

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. Yes! Yes! Yes! Zing!!

"His is the excuse presidency -- never wrong, never responsible, never to blame ... no, it's not our fault; no, there's nothing wrong; no, we can't do better; no, we haven't made a single mistake," Kerry said.

YES!!! That's it!!! Always blaming someone else! Never taking responsibility and being accountable! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[geek tragedy]

7. Great soundbyte.

Pound this theme.

[sniffa]

8. pLease rate it a 5

and visit the message board so you can puke.

[drscm]

9. Please repeat this often, Kerry!!!

I am so damn tired of *Bush playing the "pity me" card of a dry drunk while he imagines he is some sort of god.

[wicket]

10. Gloves are off, I love it!!!

Go John Go!!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Hit 'em again, hit 'em again, harder, harder !!!

THIS is what I want to hear from Kerry!!

:kick::kick::kick:

[wishlist]

12. Give 'em hell Kerry- coming out swinging this week

Very good and I bet he won't stop slamming babyBush on the issues from now until November.

[lancdem]

13. Excellent

This is great. Leaders take responsibility, and Bush is no leader.

[qanda]

14. This is it!

This is the message that they should be pounding into the heads of every single voter. It's short and concise-- easy to remember and easy to repeat. I love it!

[lancdem]

21. It can be as effective as the Repukes' definition of Kerry

as a flip-flopper.

[seafan]

15. More great quotes from the article:

"He chose and he chose and he chose and every single time it was middle-class Americans who paid the price," Kerry said. "George Bush (news - web sites) accomplished all this in only four years. Imagine what he could do in another four years."

Kerry cited a litany of statistics -- job losses, 8 million Americans looking for work, 45 million without health insurance, 4.3 million more at the poverty level, 220,000 who could not afford to go to college last year, and a $1,500 decline in the average family's income.

"We know the truth," he said. "Nearly every choice has made it worse. You can even say that George Bush is proud of the fact that not even failure can cause him to change his mind."

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"You can even say that George Bush is proud of the fact that not even failure can cause him to change his mind."

---John F. Kerry, September 15, 2004



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[takumi]

17. Translation: POOR EXCUSE FOR A pRESIDENT!

[UpInArms]

18. I'll second that thought!

:toast:

[Jane Austin]

31. Re: More great quotes from the article:

I'd like to see this as a TV ad run every day until the election.

[rkc3]

33. And don't forget...

Sure he drove straight into a brick wall - but he never blinked.

Jon Stewart.

[Inland]

16. It will resonate because everyone knows

Bush has made mistakes and that Bush KNOWS he has made mistakes, but he would rather avoid blame them than fix them.

Even pubbies know that Bush is avoiding blame at the cost of letting problems fester. Yes, they disagree on which ones they are, but they know they are out there.

And there's nothing strong or straightforward in avoiding blame.

[KeepItReal]

19. 'Bout time!! Now Kerry, get them on how these fools don't do their jobs

One example: You got an UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE (Wolfowitz) aways on TV talking about our foreign policy. That's supposed to be Powell's job at State.

Another example: You've got a NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR who right before 9/11 ignores a briefing titled "Bin Laden determined to strike inside the U.S."... Now you have to create a new Intelligence Czar position?? WTF is her job supposed to be?

[proud patriot]

20. Whack

:D

[JoFerret]

22. Good work. WTG

This pathetic excuse for a president is borderline, totally incompetent and one step away from total meltdown. We just need the push to get him to the edge. They will do anything, anything to retain power.

[54anickel]

23. Take it one step further to point out that his Decisiveness that the Repug

tout as such a glorious virtue is actually pigheadedness that got us into this mess. He came in with an agenda, tax cuts, get Saddam, PNAC. Yet as circumstances changed, he pushed on.

Maybe his tax cut ideas weren't so devastating in the beginning, yet with each changing condition, 9/11, the economic slowdown, the bursting of the bubble he pushed onward.

He wanted Saddam, yet with each piece of evidence refuted, he pushed on. Deceiving the world to meet his objective.

He's a miserable failure, his resume is filled with failed business adventures and his decisiveness, rather than the strength they like to tout it as, has been his most obvious weakness.

[54anickel]

24. Oops, sorry. Guess he did. What a great line!

You can even say that George Bush is proud of the fact that not even failure can cause him to change his mind."

[Bread and Circus]

25. Now, they need every Dem talking head echoing that message 24/7

It can't just be Kerry. It has to be all of them and not that scarecrow face Nancy Pelosi. We need some people w/ high Q scores coming on tv and saying the same damn thing.

[Polemonium]

26. Excellent

There is plenty of hope. Who knew Bush's record wasn't a good one?

[milkyway]

27. bush campaign theme: Don't Blame Me.

9/11? Don't Blame Me.
No jobs? Don't Blame Me.
Huge deficit? Don't Blame Me.
Iraq's a mess? Don't Blame Me.

It's about time Kerry started speaking up about bush's lack of accountability. What bush is really saying about the economy is that it's not his fault that it sucks, and he's incapable of coming up with solutions.

[Honor Where Are You]

28. Send this to all News Outlets N/T

n/t

[AgadorSparticus]

29. HOT DAMN! GO KERRY!!

message to kerry: more! more! more! more! more!

[wrate]

30. Amazing! Mr. pResident....The TRUTH is gonna get you!

Kelley on one side, Rather on the other and Kerry in the middle. Go get that asswipe.

[Catshrink]

34. Sounds like a cajones delivery for Kerry!

Michael Moore said he went to the DNC convention to make a cajones delivery... maybe, just maybe, the goods have been received!

this is great news!

[young_at_heart]

35. "The excuse president".....I like that!

I heard a person yesterday saying that the quality they liked most in Bush is that he "sticks to his guns". It shows how ignorant this person was about foreign relations in that leaders MUST be flexible and change policy as it's needed. President Rigid has convinced some people that "staying the course" (no matter what) is a good thing.

[w4rma]

36. This one is a winner! (nt)

[rdavidow]

37. Catch phrase: Excuses! Excuses!

Kerry's people need to make this phrase even more well known than "flip-flop." This phrase works because it underlines Bush's immaturity, sets up his endless failures as givens, pre-taints his explanations (a perfect response to his list of excuses yesterday on his economy), obliterates the tough-guy cowboy posture, and highlights his "whining" little voice.

This is a perfect phrase for brainwashing first-graders - the kind of thing Rove knows you need to win that last critical slice of the non-political swing voters.

My dream would be to have this phrase so branded onto Bush, that Dems could use it as a stand alone bumpersticker - and everybody would instantly make the damning association.

[Nashyra]

38. Now is the time to brin in the "Trifecta Joke"

The way Kerry is hitting the * about excuses he needs to add that he even made the "trifecta Joke" and make it sound as disgusting as it was. Anyone have the quotes to send to the DNC?

[reggaehead]

39. What really makes this work is

Bushie's own indecisiveness. First he was the Education President. Then he was the War president. Then "who in their right mind wants to be known as a war President? i want to be known as the Peace-President!" Well Little George, You hasve been dubbed the Excuse-President. It's the one thing you do really well. Fortunately for you in 7 short weeks you won't be a President of any kind. Not that you ever were.