Kerry on SOTU: Bush 'fantasyland'

[sabra]

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Kerry_on_SOTU_Bush_fantasyland_0131.html

Kerry on SOTU: Bush 'fantasyland'
RAW STORY

Remarks released by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) on Bush's State of the Union Address.

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“President Bush tonight described a very different state of our union than the one most Americans live with every day. In fact, he described a fantasyland. In Republican Washington, the rhetoric continues to mislead and the promises continue to be broken. It’s going to take more than poll-tested lines in a speech to strengthen our union. It’s going to take change in Washington to make America stronger.

“President Bush refuses to tell the truth about America’s dependence on oil. It’s the Bush Administration and Washington Republicans who are addicted to oil, and this Administration refuses to break the dependence that undermines our economy and threatens our security. America’s dependence on oil has gotten worse on this President’s watch. He won’t acknowledge that Vice President Cheney let lobbyists write an energy bill behind closed doors that’s helped the big oil companies earn record profits while Americans are squeezed at the pump. We can’t drill our way to energy independence, we must invent our way there, but we can’t do it if this President won’t tell the truth about our energy future.


“President Bush uses national security as a political weapon while day by day we become less secure. We’re bogged down in Iraq where there were no weapons of mass destruction while Osama bin Laden is still on the loose, North Korea has quadrupled its nuclear weapons, Iran is closer to nuclear weapons, and Hamas has come to power. Our brave men and women in uniform deserve presidential leadership equal to their sacrifice. Americans deserve the truth. President Bush needs to stop retreating from reality. We can’t afford leadership that still cuts and runs from the truth.

“Here at home, middle class families work harder to make ends meet as pensions disappear, credit card debt mounts, and health care costs soar while President Bush’s tax policies continue to shift the burden from wealth to work. President Bush won’t tell the truth about their America. Health care premiums are up, the ranks of the uninsured continue to grow, and seniors still struggle to afford prescription medication while lobbyists for the big drug companies write legislation that guarantees big profits. President Bush won’t tell the truth about that America.

[pinniped]

1. Of course, with * being on drugs and booze 24/7 it is a fantasyland.

Doing the devil's work is tough.

[tsuki]

2. "while Osama bin Laden is still on the loose"

Ain't that the truth? And I am sure it will be Clinton/Kerry's fault when Osama nukes us.

[jsamuel]

3. haha! Dang! Fantasyland!

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. yes! THAT's how we ought to be framing the discussion

Bubble boy living in a fantasyworld! It's only the truth!

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/1173108

[peacemon]

5. Damn brutha man... say it like it is...

Americans deserve the truth. President Bush needs to stop retreating from reality. We can’t afford leadership that still cuts and runs from the truth.

[Seabiscuit]

6. * "cuts and runs from the truth"

Payback.

Sweet.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Why wasn't this the Dem response instead of fireplace-ass?

[Erika]

10. Because Bushbots must take it slow and simple

Kaine's response was intended to do just that.

[IndianaGreen]

8. This is really good!

“President Bush uses national security as a political weapon while day by day we become less secure. We’re bogged down in Iraq where there were no weapons of mass destruction while Osama bin Laden is still on the loose, North Korea has quadrupled its nuclear weapons, Iran is closer to nuclear weapons, and Hamas has come to power. Our brave men and women in uniform deserve presidential leadership equal to their sacrifice. Americans deserve the truth. President Bush needs to stop retreating from reality. We can’t afford leadership that still cuts and runs from the truth.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Kerry_on_SOTU_Bush_fantasyland_0131.html

[GetTheRightVote]

9. I am really liking this Kerry, great comments on the SOTU speech !!

:kick:

[DemonFighterLives]

11. Finally a great honest review

:thumbsup:

[raging moderate]

12. Intestinal fortitude

Great work, Senator Kerry. Good to see that somebody in that chamber still has a backbone.
Now go and get Cindy Sheehan out of jail.

[LeahD]

13. He isn't pulling any punches in this one!

"He won’t acknowledge that Vice President Cheney let lobbyists write an energy bill behind closed doors that’s helped the big oil companies earn record profits while Americans are squeezed at the pump."


"...and seniors still struggle to afford prescription medication while lobbyists for the big drug companies write legislation that guarantees big profits. President Bush won’t tell the truth about that America."

[shockingelk]

14. go, go, go! n/t

go, go, go!

[rodeodance]

15. "the Gulf Coast is still waiting for the help the president promised month

.....“The Washington corruption and cronyism that got top White House aides indicted and left a political hack in charge of FEMA when Hurricane Katrina struck still run rampant. But President Bush won’t reform the party he leads, and the Gulf Coast is still waiting for the help the president promised months ago. For Americans whose trust in government has been broken or Louisianans waiting for relief, this Administration isn’t doing a ‘heck of a job.’ Hurricane force spin won’t change that, only real leadership will.

“In our America, we can achieve anything we set our minds to. It’s time for President Bush to be straight with the American people about the challenges we face and the consequences of his failed policies. Only then will we build a stronger union in 2006.”

[rodeodance]

16. hey--this needs a few more nominations (should have been Dem respon

se!!)

[rodeodance]

17. oh I wish he Dem response would have hounded on some of this.

[Carni]

18. Why couldn't we have a rebuttal like THIS last night?

I am sorry but that rebuttal sucked from the Gov of Virginia--it was very lame IMO

[blm]

19. Because Dem powerstructure has decided Kerry learned TOO MUCH during

the campaign and isn't respectful enough to the powers that be.

It's feeling more and more like BCCI redux - Kerry against Washington DC.

[superconnected]

20. Good speech Kerry, Good Good speech.

:applause:

[LiberalEsto]

21. Well written! Goes right to the heart of the issues.

Now if only we could get the corporate media to report it

[Just Me]

22. Excellent response!!! Kerry is MY Prez!!!!

:bounce:

[second edition]

23. All the comments are to the point ,correct and clear. n/t

[AnneD]

24. The fact that the DEM's don't stand up ...

or soft pedal this is part of the reason that American's think we don't have a plan. We are not an active opposition and we need to start taking names and kicking asses.

[emulatorloo]

25. kick n/t

[EVDebs]

26. It's 1973 all over again. Bush = Nixon

Britain Says U.S. Planned to Seize Oil in '73 Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0102-01.htm

The idiots are playing from a script written decades ago. The DOD is doing 'Operation Northwoods', also known as 9-11-01, not on Cuba and Fidel but on another twit, Saddam and Iraq, the 'domestic spying' scandal that is coming up will dwarf the old Church/Rockefeller/Pike commission hearings.

In only a few short months, and without a statute of limitations on these bastages, the turnout in Nov '06 should result in a Democratic House. The new broom will sweep clean !

Just tell the truth on 'em as Harry Truman said. With most Iraqis fearing a continued US presence, let alone a PERMANENT presence, how does BushCo explain the Quaker domestic spying in FL when the Quakers have a website asking this question:

If the U.S. is ultimately leaving Iraq, why is the military building 'permanent' bases?
http://www.fcnl.org/iraq/bases.htm

Folks, this is why the Quakers were singled out for domestic spying...they told the truth.

[eppur_se_muova]

27. "can’t drill our way to energy independence, we must invent our way there"

A great response by Kerry, except that this line omits that we need to CONSERVE as well as invent. Why is no one in DC talking about conserving fuel? If we had just stuck with tightening mileage standards on new vehicles, we'd at least not be in as deep a hole as we are now. And of course we need to change our driving habits and provide more mass transit infrastructure -- no new inventions needed here, tried and true ones will do quite well. And all of these could be implemented sooner than alternative fuels.

[karynnj]

29. In longer statements he made during the campaign

he did talk about conservation - here he was trying to cover a huge number of areas in a short time.

[eppur_se_muova]

31. Point taken. Just wish it were more broadly discussed. nt

[karynnj]

34. Kerry said it daily and often many times a day - the MEDIA didn't

report it. The would show Bush speaking for several minutes, then say"Kerry was in ---- and he said that Bush ____. You would see their talking head with the Kerry rally in the background, always shot at an angle that made it hard to see that he had huge crowds.

[wordpix2]

28. Kerry, thank you for telling it like it is

[katty]

30. Bush on his BiPolar Express-he should be taken away

[Megahurtz]

32. Right On!

:thumbsup:

[PassingFair]

33. Can somebody PLEASE explain to me WHY

...Kerry did not use this as the Democratic Response to the SOTU?

Instead of TOM KITTEN er...KAINE!

WTF!

[karynnj]

35. He wasn't asked

There is no way the powers that be - Clinton, Reid etc would showcase Kerry. They should remember the debates where he rocked.