Kerry, in South, Rips Bush on Job Losses

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NEW ORLEANS - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) on Friday said job losses "rip the heart out of our economy" and criticized President Bush (news - web sites)'s ability to make up for the millions of jobs that have disappeared during his administration.


Swinging into the South on his first campaign trip since locking up the nomination with Super Tuesday primary victories, Kerry was focusing on employment at a rally in New Orleans. When the Labor Department (news - web sites) reported that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.6 percent, Kerry told reporters in Boston, "At this rate the Bush administration won't create its first job for more than 10 years."


"Americans have a clear choice in this election. They can either suffer with more and more job losses that rip the heart out of our economy or they can give George Bush a new job," he said.


Louisiana, one of four states that elect Democratic delegates on Tuesday, went with Bush in 2000, but Democrats have a glimmer of hope here this year. The newly elected governor, Kathleen Blanco, is a Democrat, as are the state's two senators — three-term lawmaker John Breaux, who has announced plans to retire at year's end, and second-termer Mary Landrieu. The state offers nine electoral votes.

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[Alexander]

1. Right on!

[schultzee]

2. NPR said that Kerry was booed when he cited that the 9/11

ads were unfair, and this was on NPR. A friend of mine who listened to the local news said it was not on that. Was this a lie?

[tedoll78]

3. I didn't hear it.

Perhaps that "booing" statement was inaccurate..

[Zynx]

4. That was a mischaracterization.

They were booing Bush in a weird way. I've seen that type of booing before when you bring up something negative about something else people boo as if that person was there.