A Fresh Start for America - Kerry at the AARP Nat'l Conference

[sangh0]

This is the conference bush* was afraid to appear at, so he sent the "resolute" Pickles

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_1014.html

"Las Vegas, NV - Thank you. So did anyone catch the debate last night? I think it went pretty well – I just hope I covered the Vegas odds.

It’s great to be here with you at the AARP’s National Event. I’m a proud member of your organization – but I hope you won’t mind if I hold off on retirement for a few more years. There’s this one last job I’m hoping to start in January.

My friends, after three debates, two conventions, and months of campaigning, today we stand at a moment of great possibility and great hope.

Sixty years ago, Franklin Roosevelt used such a moment to launch the greatest expansion of the middle class in history with the GI Bill of Rights. And when many of our parents – and some of you – returned from World War II, America was a place where you had the chance to go to college, find a good job, buy your own home, and provide your children with the best opportunities in life.

Twenty years later, Lyndon Johnson used a similar moment to ensure that a lifetime of hard work was rewarded with a retirement that included health care. And because Americans like AARP founder Ethel Percy Andrus fought for Medicare, the middle-class was strengthened once again.

And in the last decade, Bill Clinton seized the moment by restoring an economy that put people first. We created 23 million jobs, lifted 6 million Americans out of poverty, and the average family made $5000 more.

Now it is our moment – our moment to choose what kind of future we want for ourselves and our children and our grandchildren. Do we want four more years of a President who gives more to those with the most and tells a struggling middle-class that everything’s just fine? Or do we want a President who will honor middle-class values and fight for middle-class opportunities? Do we want a President who fights for the privileged few or do we want a President who fights for a stronger America for every American?

I believe we need a fresh start in America. I believe we need a President who will fight for the great middle-class and those struggling to join it. And if you give me the chance, I am ready to be that President...."

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. nice try....

but we're not taking our eyes off the REAL issue today: lesbiangate

[sangh0]

2. Actually, we've progressed (evolved?)

to applauding how Jon Stewart called someone "a dick" on Crossfire.

It's the apogee of liberal discourse.

[kaitykaity]

3. Kick

Better than the 9000 crossfire threads. :gaack: