John Kerry's Acceptance Speech

I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty.

Oh sure, now he is reporting for duty. Now this line and a cheesy salute is supposed to make everyone forget that he once cheated his way to three purple hearts so he could leave Vietnam after only 4 months.

We are here tonight because we love our country. We're proud of what America is and what it can become. My fellow Americans, we're here tonight united in one purpose: to make America stronger at home and respected in the world.

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A great American novelist wrote that you can't go home again. He could not have imagined this evening. Tonight, I am home ... home where my public life began and those who made it possible live; home where our nation's history was written in blood, idealism and hope; home where my parents showed me the values of family, faith and country. Thank you, all of you, for a welcome home I will never forget. I wish my parents could share this moment. They went to their rest in the last few years. But their example, their inspiration, their gift of open eyes – open eyes and open mind and endless heart and world that doesn't have an end are bigger and more lasting than any words at all.

So what he is saying here is we should hold Boston accountable for the monster that is John Kerry since that is where he was brought up and learned his "values"

I was born, as some of you saw in the film, in Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Colorado when my dad was a pilot in World War two. Now, I am not one to read into things, but guess which wing of the hospital the maternity ward was in? I'm not kidding. I was born in the West Wing.

Give me a break, "the West Wing". Oh surely that means he was born to wreck the United States by getting elected to the office of the President.

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My mother was the rock of our family, as so many mothers are. She stayed up late to help me with my homework. She sat by my bed when I was sick. She answered the questions of a child who, like all children, found the world full of wonders and mysteries. She was my den mother when I was a Cub Scout, and she was so proud of her 50-year pin as a Girl Scout leader. She gave me her passion for the environment. She taught me to see trees as the cathedrals of nature. And by the power of her example, she showed me that we can and must complete the march toward full equality for all women in the United States of America.

Right up until the "she showed me that we can and must complete the march toward full equality for all women " part I thought the man had a heart and was giving his mother credit. Turns out he was just leading up to a dig for the feminist vote.

My dad did the things that a boy remembers. He gave me my first model airplane, my first baseball mitt, my first bicycle. He also taught me that we are here for something bigger than ourselves. He lived out the responsibilities and the sacrifices of the greatest generation to whom we owe so much. And when I was a young man, he was in the State Department, stationed in Berlin when it and the world were divided between democracy and communism. I have unforgettable memories of being a kid mesmerized by the British, French and American troops, each of them guarding their own part of the city, and Russians standing guard on that stark line separating East from West. On one occasion, I rode my bike into Soviet East Berlin, and when I proudly told my dad, he promptly grounded me. But what I learned has stayed with me for a lifetime. I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goose bumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up Stars and Stripes Forever. I learned what it meant to be America at our best. I learned the pride of our freedom. And I am determined now to restore that pride to all who look to America. Mine were Greatest Generation parents. And as I thank them, we all join together to thank a whole generation for making America strong, for winning World War 2, winning the Cold War and for the great gift of service which brought America 50 years of peace and prosperity.

He learned so many good lessons and then forgot them. He made his case for patriotism, but denounces it every time he slanders the president. He shows that he has the tools to lead (good upbringing) but has no idea how to use them or on what parts of the freedom machine they apply.

My parents inspired me to serve, and when I was in high school, a junior, John Kennedy called my generation to service. It was the beginning of a great journey, a time to march for civil rights, for voting rights, for the environment, for women, for peace. We believed we could change the world. And you know what? We did. But we're not finished. The journey isn't complete; the march isn't over; the promise isn't perfected. Tonight, we're setting out again. And together, we're going to write the next great chapter of America's story.

So what he's saying is that he wants to protest and fight the system instead of working to improve it. There is no doubt that the entire effort in Iraq and Afghanistan will go straight to shit if Waffles gets elected.

We have it in our power to change the world, but only if we're true to our ideals. And that starts by telling the truth to the American people. As president, that is my first pledge to you tonight: as president, I will restore trust and credibility to the White House.

He wants to talk about honesty. I heard on the news last night that 73% of Americans polled think that the President is an honest man and stays true to his word. Asked the same question of Kerry 76% of those polled said that Kerry says whatever the moment calls for and has no idea what his own ideas/values are.

I ask you, I ask you to judge me by my record. As a young prosecutor, I fought for victims' rights and made prosecuting violence against women a priority. When I came to the Senate, I broke with many in my own party to vote for a balanced budget, because I thought it was the right thing to do. I fought to put 100,000 police officers on the streets of America. And then I reached out across the aisle with John McCain to work to find the truth about our POWs and missing in action and to finally make peace in Vietnam. I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war. I will have a vice president who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws. I will have a secretary of defense who will listen to the best advice of the military leaders. And I will appoint an attorney general who will uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Where to start on this one? Ok first he wants to pat himself on the back for working with John McCain (a true war hero) the same McCain who now publicly speaks out against John Kerry and everything that he stands for today (because tomorrow it will change). Next a "President who will never mislead us into war". No but he will be a president who misled his way out of one. "I will have a vice president who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws." A Vice president who holds secret meetings? Why in the world would the man who holds the second highest office in our country hold secret meetings? Come on John you can do better than that. "I will have a secretary of defense who will listen to the best advice of the military leaders." I think he is implying that Americans are actually dumb enough to believe that Rumsfeld can completely control the military. It doesn't work that way. While the military may answer to Rumsfeld he is not all powerful. We have a system of checks and balances in all sectors of government.

My fellow Americans, this is the most important election of our lifetime. The stakes are high. We are a nation at war: a global war on terror against an enemy unlike we've ever known before. And here at home, wages are falling, health-care costs are rising, and our great middle class is shrinking. People are working weekends - two jobs, three jobs - and they're still not getting ahead. We're told that outsourcing jobs is good for America. We're told that jobs that pay $9000 less than the jobs that have been lost is the best that we can do. They say this is the best economy that we've ever had. And they say anyone who thinks otherwise is a pessimist. Well, here is our answer: There is nothing more pessimistic than saying that America can't do better. We can do better, and we will. We're the optimists. For us, this is a country of the future. We're the can-do people.

I do agree that this is a very important election. The dumb-O-Craps have nominated their most liberal candidates in history. If Waffles gets elected most of the morals and values Americans hold dear will be challenged. When you promise a world without order that is what you have to deliver once elected.

And let's not forget what we did in the 1990s: we balanced the budget. We paid down the debt. We created 23 million new jobs. We lifted millions out of poverty. And we lifted the standard of living for the middle class. We just need to believe in ourselves and we can do it again.

As for his attempt to plug the 90's as "what we did". Look at how many laws Waffles introduced and fought to pass and you will see he is clearly not in the "we" category. Kerry is the first Senator I have seen that has been able to sit on the fence and do little to nothing for so long. Is that what kind of president you want?

So tonight, in the city where America's freedom began, only a few blocks from where the sons and daughters of liberty gave birth to our nation, here tonight, on behalf of a new birth of freedom, on behalf of the middle class who deserve a champion, and those struggling to join it who deserve a fair shot, for the brave men and women in uniform who risk their lives every day and the families who pray for their return, for all those who believe our best days are ahead of us, for all of you, with great faith in the American people, I accept your nomination for president of the United States.

First, since he brought it up, "in the city where America's freedom began", the founding fathers are likely rolling in their graves. He keeps mentioning the middle class, yet he is the wealthiest senator in history. How can he relate to a segment of society that he has long been above? He is married to the Heinz Corporation. All he knows is high society. If "our best days are ahead of us" clearly they do not include John F. Kerry as president.

If you are not a voter, shame on you. If you haven't voted in the past, step up, register and prevent the atrocity of a John Kerry white house.

SlagleRock Out!

Posted by SlagleRock at July 31, 2004 10:24 AM