Kerry Promises to Repair Bush's Mistakes

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON - John Kerry (news - web sites) used the Democrats' last pre-election broadcast Saturday to promise he would repair President Bush (news - web sites)'s mistakes at home and abroad if elected president.



"In three days, you can choose a president who will defend this nation and fight for the middle class," he said. "And if you give me the chance, I will be that president."


The address echoes the lines that the Massachusetts senator is using at his final campaign stops, summarizing his policies and contrasting his vision with Bush's record.


"In Iraq (news - web sites), I will bring our allies to our side and train Iraqis so that we can succeed and bring our troops home. I will fight a tougher, smarter, more effective war on terror," Kerry said. "But a president has to be able to do more than one thing at a time."


"We can bring back good-paying jobs for middle-class families so that they don't just get by, they get ahead," he said.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=3&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_el_pr/kerry

edited to add * remarks:
Bush Hits Kerry on Security After Bin Laden Tape

Campaigning in the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Florida three days before Tuesday's election, Bush said Americans were safer but warned, "The terrorists who killed thousands of innocent people are still dangerous and they are determined."


{b]"In times of war and in hours of crisis, Sen. Kerry has turned his back on 'pay any price' and 'bear any burden,' and he's replaced those commitments with 'wait and see' and 'cut and run,"' Bush said

Bush's Democratic presidential rival has vowed "to fight a smarter, tougher, more effective, more strategic war on terror" and make "America safer that George Bush (news - web sites) has."


The Massachusetts senator has also argued that Bush made a huge mistake in late 2001 by failing to send U.S. troops after bin Laden when he was believed to be trapped in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan (news - web sites).


Bush made no direct mention of bin Laden's new videotape on the campaign trail on Saturday.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041030/pl_nm/campaign_bush_dc&cid=615&ncid=2043

And they are still out there *, thanks to you and your misadministration.

[Demeter]

1. FINALLY, On Mesage!

Better late than never, I suppose.

[maddezmom]

2. he's been on message all along

IMHO :)

[idiosyncratic]

3. But what a task he has ahead of him . . .

:cry:

* has made such a mess of everything from the war in Iraq to his environmental policies, it will be a hard promise to accomplish.

[lil-petunia]

9. my thoughts exactly. It will take 2 terms, perhaps longer.

The problems caused by this administration run so deep, are so great and have destroyed so many foundations, well, frankly, it is not a task I envy.

If the neo-convict Right in Congress remains angry and powerful, it will take even longer.

not a pretty thought.

[maddezmom]

4. Kerry pounds Bush for failing to kill bin Laden- AFP link

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Kerry, stung by attacks on Friday in which Bush accused him of a "shameful" attempt to reap political gain from the tape, promised he would provide better leadership in the global antiterror campaign.


"As I have said for two years now, when Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong to outsource the job of capturing them to Afghan warlords who a week earlier were fighting against us," Kerry said in a rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin.


Kerry said Bush should instead have used "the best-trained troops in the world, who wanted to avenge America for what happened in New York and Pennsylvania and in Washington," a reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks.


"It was wrong to divert our forces from Afghanistan (news - web sites) so we could rush to war in Iraq (news - web sites) without a plan to win the peace," said Kerry.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&ncid=696&e=7&u=/afp/20041030/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_kerry_binladen

[Gyre]

5. Hope he packs a lunch!

Gyre

[MSgt213]

6. Good Luck. Mr. Kerry you got a lot of fuck ups to fix.

[sangh0]

7. "Bush made no direct mention of bin Laden's new videotape..."

That should tell us everything we need to know...this tape is bad for bush*

[goforit]

8. Thatts a TALL task!!!.....But we gotta start some where.

[Sinnerman]

10. We Need The French & Germans

Kerry will Save us from Evil

[Lemmiwinks]

11. Coulda caught him in Tora Bora

Boooosh had better things to do.