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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Kerry is delivering a kickass farewell speech in the Senate.
He's talking about how no one does anything, they run scared of special interests, money talks too loudly...it's a real ass-chewing.
Mass
(27,315 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)Secretary of State John Kerry recalled dusting himself off after losing the 2004 presidential election, during his farewell speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.
"Eight years ago I admit that I had a very different plan, slightly different anyway, to leave the Senate, but 61 million Americans voted that they wanted me to stay here with you," Kerry said. "And so staying here I learned about humility and I learned that sometimes the greatest lesson in life comes not from victory but from dusting yourself off after a defeat and starting over when you get knocked down."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/kerry-farewell-speech-i-learned-humility-after-2004
Secretary of State John Kerry laid out three problems that he said are the most significant challenges to the proper functioning of the Senate, during his farewell speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.
Those three, he said, are a "decline in comity," a "deluge of money" and a "disregard for facts."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/kerrys-points-out-three-major-problems-with-senate
MADem
(135,425 posts)plan for future classes!
Baitball Blogger
(46,820 posts)covered up, which are still creating problem for us today?
MADem
(135,425 posts)in very clear fashion, without being shitty about it.
Baitball Blogger
(46,820 posts)I'm getting goosebumps.
MADem
(135,425 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)with the latest batch of new Senators, but it did include that waste of space Ted Cruz. Of course, this comes after 2010, which delivered Rand Paul and Ron Johnson, who are determined to establish their legacy as idiots.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Cha
(298,313 posts)Bless his boat rocking heart!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)John Kerry Chokes Up In Farewell Senate Speech
And from the DNC Convention:
John Kerry's DNC Full Speech - Elections 2102
Hope to hear more from him as SOS.
Cha
(298,313 posts)like to see that!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(298,313 posts)YvonneCa
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