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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-04 10:57 PM
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London Observer (August 1): President Kerry?
Edited on Sat Jul-31-04 10:57 PM by Jack Rabbit
From the London Observer (Sunday supplement of the Guardian Unlimited)
Dated Sunday August 1

President Kerry?
After the strongest speech he has ever given, the Democrat candidate is starting to convince America he can oust George Bush.
By Paul Harris in Boston

The fireworks exploded in the night sky and illuminated John Kerry dancing on the stage next to Boston harbour. It was way past midnight and he had delivered the most important speech of his life.
The man who would be president punched the air and gleefully pointed at the colourful explosions like a teenager. As the theme from Star Wars blared out at the public party, his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, laughed and mimed playing a violin. Their children looked on in celebration.
The Kerrys had every reason for feeling pleased with themselves. The Democrats had just completed one of the most remarkable conventions in their recent history. Normally famed for squabbling, the party united solidly behind Kerry. From left to right internal critics morphed into firm supporters. The party draped itself in patriotism and the heroism of Kerry's Vietnam record.
It was a stunning turnaround. Just a year ago, as Democrat activists scanned an unknown and fractious field of contenders, it seemed Kerry and his ilk were battling only for the right to lose to President George Bush. Kerry, if he won the nomination, would be a sacrificial lamb.
What a difference a year makes.

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The Zanti Regent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-04 09:36 AM
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1. If we only had a free press in the US!
Instead, the Screw York Times, Whoresington Post, Chicago Fibune and Lies Angeles Times competer to be the #1 asskisser to the Nazi Party!
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non sociopath skin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-04 07:59 AM
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2. Interestingly enough ...
... Sir Bernard Ingham, Maggie Thatcher's ex-spinmeister-in-chief used a brief and out-of-context snip from this on TV yesterday to "prove" that the centre-left press hated Kerry.

The right's worries are starting to show ...

The Skin
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