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I'm frustrated by John Kerry's campaign. You see, I really love him, both as a candidate and as a person. I'm a Massachusetts Labor Democrat, so I know Kerry's record, and it is substantial. Yet, the Bush operatives have convinced so many that he's accomplished nothing.
His campaign has failed to educate voters on one of Kerry's most significant accomplishments in the Senate. As a member of the Banking Committee he Broke the BCCI scandal. John Kerry exposed corruption within the US Government that uncovered links between drug dealers and terrorists. Many of those that Kerry exposed that faced indictment and conviction, including Fox News correspondent Oliver North, escaped jail time with a Presidential pardon.
In the same investigation, Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law and other Saudis were exposed for laundering money for terrorists.
This right wing mantra of "liberal Senator" for Kerry should be hit head on. Every pro-labor elected official gets this same label. If a Senator, like Kerry or even Republican Arlen Spector, vote in favor of worker's rights, is is categorized by some "independent group" as liberal. Then, some asshole like that drug addict Rush Limbaugh paints Liberal as some sort of bad word.
Why doesn't Kerry respond that these groups that affix these labels that his 96% "liberal" voting record is 92% pro-labor, and then add that it doesn't matter what ever these right wing anti-worker critics say, he'll always fight for the working men and women in this country. An increase in the minimum wage is considered liberal and pro-labor, extending unemployment benefits, Government regulation for health and safety codes in the work place, the right to organize and collectively bargain. Equal rights in the work place with equal pay, health care benefits and day care for workers with children. As a matter of fact, John Kerry co-sponsored the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was twice vetoed by Bush's father and signed into law by President Clinton. These issues are all considered "liberal" and are pro-labor.
Kerry should turn the tables and ask Bush which one of these "liberal" votes Bush is against?
His position on the war in Iraq should be simple. He should say that he has two positions on that war. When he is elected President, he will go to Iraq, listen intently to our commanders and speak frankly. If the Iraqis are willing to fight alongside our brave men and women, with the same commitment as us, we will give them all the support they need. On the other hand, if the Iraqis can't be trusted as allies, it is time that we orderly withdraw from that country. Brave, young American men and women should not be asked to fight harder for another people's freedom, than they are willing to fight themselves. If there is one thing John Kerry learned from his Viet-Nam experience it is that we should either fight the war to win it, or get out. If political decisions are going to override the commanders in the field, than it is time to go.
If Kerry speaks to his stellar record, and speaks from his heart with conviction, candor and passion, he can beat the living shit out of that f**king asshole that masquerades as a US President.
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