"Roves Blunder" - How Bush wrote Kerry's acceptance speech (Slate)

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I don't know how much of John Kerry's acceptance speech the candidate penned himself. I don't know who suggested which lines, how many drafts there were, or who edited them. But I can tell you who wrote the speech: George W. Bush.

The power of the speech, reflected in a deafening series of ovations that consumed the FleetCenter tonight, came not from Kerry's biography or the themes he brought to the campaign two years ago. It came from his expression of widespread, pent-up outrage at the offenses of the Bush administration.

First Kerry released the outrage at America's disrepute around the world. Recalling his boyhood days in West Berlin, he said, "I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States. … I am determined now to restore that pride to all who look to America."

Explosion of applause.

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[Cha]

1. Kick for reading later!

Thanks!
ON EDIT~P.S. I'd like to hear your story sometime but I gotta run now!:D

[democracy eh]

2. very good piece

[mom cat]

3. I am already planning my thank you note to Bush when he loses.

I have never seen us so energized and we can thank Bush for being a catalyst. BUT we should never minimize the brilliant work that went into re framing the national debate. That took many years to dedicated, thankless, heartbreaking, seemingly hopeless steps from millions of people all over the world who have struggled against overwhelming odds to fight for our ideals. Bush became the symbol of everything that is going wrong in the world. But he didn't write the speech. We all did. That was a composite of all of our voices in our struggle against tyranny. We wrote that speech and we should be proud. Kerry Heard us and galvanized our hopes and aspirations. He put the words together, but that speech transcended any author. It came from the Soul of America.and it makes me proud to be a part of it all.:grouphug:

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4. Excellent piece, another snip:

In his determination to unite the right, Bush hasn't just united the left. He has lost the center. Look at last week's New York Times/CBS News poll of registered voters. "Do you think the result of the war with Iraq was worth the loss of American life and other costs of attacking Iraq or not?" Fifty-nine percent say it was not. "Which do you think is a better way to improve the national economy—cutting taxes or reducing the federal budget deficit?" Fifty-eight percent say reducing the deficit. "When it comes to regulating the environmental and safety practices of business, do you think the federal government is doing enough, should it do more, or should it do less?" Fifty-nine percent say more.

One more Bush voter on the right, balanced by one more Kerry voter on the left, plus the tilting of one more voter in the middle toward Kerry, is a net loss for the president. That's the lesson of this administration, this election, and this convention. Kerry doesn't have to write any good lines. He just has to read them.

[Generator]

5. Exactly. A blow to extremism

* is the most radical, right wing fundamentalist President in our history. Christ, he's too right wing for the Reagans! Catch a clue.

Even, Kerry's opening line, "I'm reporting for duty", is a direct hit at Bush.

Don't call us un-American and friends of terrorists, when all you've ever done is be born to the "right family" and become a born again Christian. Shrub is an embarrasment to our nation and the world. And listening to Rove has sealed it.

It's amazing how much damage a few people can do to the world in so short a time.

[LTR]

6. This is a very good column

And it seems so correct!

This paragraph says it all:

The theory behind Bush's hard-line style of governance came from his chief political adviser, Karl Rove. Rove believed that Bush lost the popular vote in 2000 because millions of conservatives stayed home. He believed that Bush's father lost the 1992 election by alienating the right and creating a Republican primary challenge by Pat Buchanan. So, on issue after issue, the current President Bush has played to his base. On Rove's theory, every step to the right earns Bush another conservative vote.

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7. This article is right on target.

You just gotta love the title! :evilgrin: