"John Kerry is taking his gloves off as of midnight tonight/" - Russert

[mbali]

"We used to have to wait until the morning after the convention for the campaign to begin, but it's going to begin before the convention lets out tonight. People will still be trying to get out of this building when John Kerry's responding to {Bush} in Ohio." - Brokaw.

Yep. It's on.

[mumon]

1. I'm lovin' it...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/2/205133/4937

Wow! He nails Bush on his cross of gold.

[mbali]

5. "They seem to be kickstarting their campaign tonight . . .

He won't be windsurfing off Nantucket tonight. He'll be out in the heart of one of the battleground states - Ohio - defending his honor and his record." - Brokaw.

Hey, Bush. Kerry warned you to stop f*cking with him. Now you're gonna pay.

[Nancy Waterman]

14. Hallelujah!!

It is nothing but the truth, something that has been in scarce supply this week.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Brokaw said the language and words will be just as strong as

Zell's were.

[David Dunham]

4. Kerry should have done this in TV ADS -- no one listens to speeches

[mbali]

7. EVERYONE will be listening to THIS speech . . .

They've been talking about it all evening - NOT what the Bushies had in mind for the runup to his speech - and will likely be showing it live tonight. And this will be THE story tomorrow.

NO ad would have gotten this kind of play.

[faithnotgreed]

18. righton!

[Iceburg]

36. Everyone listens to Kerry's speeches and if you haven't then

I suggest you do.

[Bread and Circus]

3. What time is his rebuttal on cspan??? In other words...

do I have to choose between Kerry and Stewart?

[DURHAM D]

6. Midnight eastern or central time zone?

[mzmolly]

8. I hope like hell he delivers tonight! Go KERRY!!!!!

:toast:

[Bluzmann57]

9. This is great!

Kerry is coming swinging and I think it will work. Nail these sonsabitches Mr. Kerry!

[They_LIHOP]

10. RIGHT THE F*** ON. Light these bastards UP!

Kerry needs to start firing up some friggin political nukes here instead of the damn pop-guns!

Bushco have F***ED up the Iraq situation SO BADLY that the situation is ripe to REALLY lay into them.

However, I believe his first move must be to CLARIFY, once and for all, that he DID NOT VOTE 'FOR THE WAR'.

He voted to give the President the POWER to CHOOSE war, if he felt it necessary to protect America. To allow the GOP to continue to frame it like he 'voted for war', as though he was ACTIVELY ADVOCATING WAR, is not only a HUGE mistake, the cause of MOST of his problems, but it is also FALSE. He needs to clear up this misunderstanding much more adamantly so that EVERYONE understands the distinction.

He needs to clarify for the American People that he voted the way he did in hopes of AVOIDING WAR, by giving Saddam the impression that he had better open up to inspections, OR ELSE. This was a 'unity' vote, pure and simple, in order to not tie Bush's hands before Saddam, or the UN, by making it appear that Bush had all options open to him, including invasion.

He needs to clarify as well that it was not only he who opposed the $84Billion funding package, but also Bush himself, who threatened to veto it IF he was not given a COMPLETELY free hand on how to allot the Reconstruction portion of the package. This aspect of the package (NOT the portion that was 'for the troops') was THE REASON Kerry voted against the bill, and it DID NOT keep the bill from passing, now, did it? I believe that this was a SOLID vote, based on PRINCIPLE. Congress SHOULD have say over that Reconstruction (OUR) money, but it was Bush who threatened veto if he didn't get his little freakin' 'way'.

Kerry, if you are out there, I really hope you see the NEED TO GET THIS CLEARED UP, bud, cause you are getting hurt by this $hit! Which is sorta dumb when its SO easy to clear the air on your votes.

The People will understand the TRUTH, because you voted with HONOR and intelligence, BUT - you need to GIVE IT TO THEM, RIGHT NOW!

THEN, you may fire the political NUKES at these clowns for their wholly foreseeable blunders: their blatant crony capitalism via no-bid contracts for their buddies, the total lack of planning for peace, and ESPECIALLY the missing $8 Billion of Iraqi oil money that was under CPA control...

[Leilani]

11. My C-Span II Channel ends at 5PM

so they can show GAME SHOWS!!!

Not new game shows, but old game shows!!!

Time-Warner sucks big time.

[ikojo]

16. Watch C-SPAN ONLINE

I don't have cable and that's what I do....

[Leilani]

30. Right!

I forgot!

[mbali]

19. Don't worry - this speech will be plastered all over the place

in the next few days.

Bush's worst nightmare. Kerry has completely horned in on his big night.

Go, Kerry! Go, Kerry! Go, Kerry!

[TexasSissy]

12. I hope so. Some ass needs kickin'. We are in the right.

We should say so! Loudly! Point out the lies, the inaccuracies, the misquotes!

Who the hell cares how many friggin medals Kerry has? It's more than Bush Baby has! Kick some ass!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

13. Karma begins at Midnight.

It's such a summabitch.

[librechik]

17. cant you watch online?

www.cspan.org

[blm]

21. Man, I like the way you word things.

(smooch)

[59millionmorons]

15. HA Larry just asked Bush 41 about Keery's statement

This is great Kerry just crashed Bush's party.

[JohnnyRingo]

20. I hope he has his 'Game face" on...

It's about time !
If the media televises this, as they probably will, It'll be the equivalant of a rebuttal to tonight's acceptance speech.

If his speech is more forceful than GWB's, it will be more memorable.

Go get'em, John

[ItsMyParty]

22. Hello--do you think it has to do with the "new faces" in his campaign??

Like Joe Lockhardt (sp?) taking over the media part?? In other words, knowing how to work this media and how to get info in their grimy hands while they are trying to tread water waiting for Bush's speech? - and to get them to open a can of Whoop-Ass fight?? This is the first time I've seen them USE the whores effectively!!!!

[lancdem]

28. Good point

[DemWitch]

23. Listening to Trouble in Shangri-la

in honor of the upcoming ass kicking (I hope) from the Kerry campaign...

RNC... there's trouble in your shangri-la... baby...

[redsoxliberal]

24. ummm... george

bring it on?

[NYC Liberal]

25. Go for the kill!!

Kerry's a great closer, and THIS IS IT! Go go go! This speech is getting so much publicity that it'll almost be like he gets another convention speech.

[David Zephyr]

26. Kerry!

Yes!

[Carla in Ca]

27. I hear John Kerry is a great closer

But I'm still waiting for a great start! Midnight tonight. Can't wait

[Strawman]

29. These talking heads are so funny

Given the economy, Iraq, and the general incompetence of this President, Kerry should be up 20 points. But they are so set on keeping the "horserace" close they have let them tell bald-faced lies without question. Now that they think Bush is getting a "bump," they might actually engage in some mild criticism until they feel that Kerry is coming back. But they'll never get at the real issues, just enough to keep the horserace interesting for their ratings.

Right now they're ready to give Kerry just a little love, and the timing is perfect for a tough, clear, counterattack by Kerry. People are sick of hearing only about the war and nothing about their jobs. This guy is economically out of touch just like his dad. What's more, people can sense when they're being manipulated and I don't think they'll like the way these Republicans are cynically using the war and 9/11.

At midnight tonight, it's on. Bush, Cheney, Miller, "you've been served."

[Lefty48197]

31. Ladies and Gentlemen. Start your engines.

The race is about to begin.

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. Please, Kerry, ya gotta sell it and sell it big time!

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. PassingFair tells me that Carl Levin said this at the rally tonight

here in SE Michigan. Please please please Make it GOOD!!!

[eleny]

34. It'll be as good as taking a shower after this beady eyed bastard

[Doosh]

35. it's time to close this sucker out