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I'm hoping Kerry and comes right out and gives bush a good kick in the nuts (figuratively speaking, of course). Forget about the rules--there are no rules against these guys. People won't be watching tonight to see who's more of a proper gentleman. They want to see a fighter that will do whatever it takes to defend them. I know that fighter is John Kerry, and that's who I want to see tonight. I want to see Kerry take bush's failures and lies and keep beating him over the head with them.
Kerry was doing horribly before the primaries until he became more like Howard Dean, not so much in his positions, but in his attitude. Yet as soon as became the nominee he reverted to the old John Kerry. It's o.k. to move toward the middle in your policy positions, but he should have kept the same aggressive attitude. He did not. He didn't respond aggressively to the swift liars crap and it cost him the lead in the polls.
Recently Kerry has become more aggressive and it's helped him a lot. Tonight he needs to step it up even more. I would love to hear him say something like this:
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"The President likes to accuse me of being a flip-flopper. He says we need to be decisive to win the war on terror. Well, the President sure was decisive about Iraq. He had his mind made up when he first took office that he wanted to invade Iraq. He refused to listen to anybody that disagreed with him. He ignored all evidence that contradicted his viewpoint, and we're paying the price for it now.
"There is a time for thought and wisdom, and there is a time for decisive action. The President likes to pretend that he's a decisive leader. Yet when he received numerous warnings prior to 9/11 that an attack was coming, he took no action. Many other countries warned him that something big was coming, and george bush did nothing to defend the American people. Our own intelligence told him Osama bin Laden was planning to attack us here in the United States, and george bush did nothing to defend the American people. The system was flashing red, and george bush did nothing to defend the American people.
Then on the morning of 9/11 the President received word that our nation was under attack, and george bush did nothing to defend the American people. He continued to sit in a classroom while Americans were being slaughtered. The terrorists hit the first tower, and george bush did nothing to defend the American people. The terrorists hit the second tower, and george bush did nothing to defend the American people. Nearly an hour after the first attack, the terrorists hit the Pentagon, and george bush had still done nothing to defend the American people. In fact, according to the report of the 9/11 Commission, george bush did not even contact the head of our military until all of the attacks were finished.
Tonight, I make this promise to the American people: if, God forbid, our nation comes under attack on my watch, I will immediately take command of our military and use all of its powers to defend the American people. You can rest assured that we will continue to have the finest military the world has ever seen, and I will not hesitate for one instant to summon its forces to defend this nation and its people."
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I think that if Kerry were able to strongly get this point across, the election will be over. bush thinks of 9/11 as his biggest strength. Kerry has to use Rove's tactic of attacking your opponent where he's strongest and take that away from him. It's time tonight to hold george bush accountable for 9/11.
I don't expect Kerry to say this tonight, but I would love it if he did. I'd like to hear other ideas about what you wish Kerry would say.
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