Kerry Statement on State of the Union Address

[ProSense]

Kerry Statement on State of the Union Address

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) tonight released a statement following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address:

"If Members of Congress are going to be honest about it, there was a lot of common sense and even more common ground in tonight’s address. We shouldn’t have to wait for another year or another election to act like it. Tax reform, energy security, infrastructure, and jobs matter to all of us and we’re so much closer on these issues than the shrillness of our politics pretends we are. We ought to prove peoples’ suspicions wrong and prove that Congress can actually get something done even in an election year. Dysfunction isn’t defensible."

http://kerry.senate.gov/press/release/?id=a3f8676e-f089-41f8-bd40-6d6bce65e83f

[ProSense]

1. Kick because

"Dysfunction isn’t defensible."

[BeHereNow]

2. Well duh...

"We ought to prove peoples’ suspicions wrong and prove that Congress can actually get something done even in an election year. Dysfunction isn’t defensible."

Note to Republicans:
If you continue to obstruct what would benefit, WE, THE PEOPLE,
you will, indeed, become irrelevant.

PS: Mitch Daniels was a REALLY BAD choice as your spokesman in rebuttal.
I grew up in Indiana and I can recognize an inbred idiot a mile away.

BHN

[mfcorey1]

3. (taking notes) Inbred idiot (will make this go viral and use it again and again) LOL

[BeHereNow]

4. I have no problem with that- "Inbred Idiot" as viral.

Like I said- I grew up in Indiana/Kentucky.
Know them well.
The inbred condition resulted in the bloody battles of the Baker-Howard feud.
My father's father was a victim of this battle.
There were so many orphans as a result- the lucky ones ended up in
the Oneida Baptist Institute founded in 1899.
My relatives were among them and ended up having a major influence
as educators in the institution.
Fact is though- because so many orphans had no connection to their dead parents, inbreeding DID
occur.
How could one avoid breeding with a cousin, sister or other relation in that there was no way
to identify them as a relation?
I have one relative that purposely never had children for this very reason.
He was the only family doctor to serve this community and realized having children
with his wife could not happen, because he had no idea if they were related.
Not all people in that area were that aware of the possibility that they might have
married a sister or cousin.

Bert Combs was my grandmothers cousin-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Combs

Trust me, I know all about that history and how inbred relations happened.
And how they look today...

BHN

[JDPriestly]

5. Good statement, but Kerry is from a time of idealism.

The 2004 campaign was a turning point for many of us Democrats. Kerry was a great candidate -- so much better qualified, so much better as a human being than Bush, yet Kerry lost. I think that election, following Bush's theft of the election in 2000, woke me up to understand that we cannot trust Republicans.

But here is Kerry, a great guy, but a bit of a dreamer, expressing the hope that somehow, Republicans will miraculously become rational and fair-minded. It won't happen.

I had a sense from Obama's speech that he has recognized just what the game is and that, much as he wanted to work with Republicans, that is not a realistic possibility. Obama is going to have to go directly to the American people to get anything moving. I think he knows that now and will act accordingly.

Much as I like and admire Kerry, he is far too optimistic, too positive and gentle for our time.

[ProSense]

6. This is

"Good statement, but Kerry is from a time of idealism."

... how bad things are: Expecting members of Congress to do their job is "idealism."

[proverbialwisdom]

7. Thank you for posting. For dislocated refugees of CGCS, like me, this was a heartwarming moment.

It is always wonderful to read comments by Senator Kerry, but his remarks are especially poignant in view of the sudden unexpected demise last week of the obliquely referenced forum which replaced his official presidential campaign forum.

http://commongroundcommonsense.org/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

The simultaneous loss of my online home and reconfiguration of DU has me reeling, but here's to common sense and common ground! CHEERS!

[Inuca]

8. A good reminder why

I admire and respect Kerry, beautiful statment.

[politicasista]

10. Kick