"The president told the American people that when America leads, America wins. Unfortunately, when President Bush and the Republican Congress have led, the special interests have won and the American people have lost," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "That is the cost of the Republican culture of corruption."
Although Democratic aides said Kaine's speech was not overtly political, the Virginia governor sought to offer a sharp contrast between two different visions for the United States and suggested that the country can be stronger than it's been under Republican leadership.
Kaine criticized Bush on a host of issues, deriding the president for a "failure to manage our staggering national debt" and accusing the administration of "reckless spending." The governor bemoaned soaring health care costs and Medicare changes under Bush. And Kaine said Bush's education reform law is "wreaking havoc" on school districts while his immigration policies have created "a confusing patchwork of state and local efforts."
On Iraq, Kaine said the administration gave the public inaccurate information about the reasons for invading Iraq and then failed to give troops the best intelligence or body armor. Now, he said, Bush wants to decrease National Guard and Reserve troop levels and further reduce military and veterans' benefits.
I realize many of us are angry (myself included) and wanted to see passion in our rebuttal, however Kaine may have made some headway with his laid back approach?
Time will tell ... The press is parroting our meme "There Is a Better Way."
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