I'm sitting here watching the king of lies spew his untruths, his smirky lies and outright bullshit with that same nod-nod wink-wink crap.
He's talking about making America secure and there have now been two security breaches during his flippin' speech.
How can a miserable failure of a president try to trick a nation again when its nationally apparent that he can't even secure his own love-in?
Has he said anything of substance? A couple of things sound good, like they might be worth exploring. But, on the whole, he's rehashing a tired and bad message that is intended to muddy the waters, cast aspersions on the character and intelligence of his opponent and hey, no letting them "queers" get married, that's just sick (and mildly arousing, dammit!).
Is he convincing you? Is his speech just a long series of platitudes punctuated by badly timed pauses, stuttering applause and sweeping camera views of a not-very-wildly-cheering audience at all, I see plenty of people sitting with their arms crossed, I see many old people looking like they're wondering where the buffett is, I've seen protesters disrupting the proceedings.
Let's see what I can remember.
He's gonna make a health center in all of the poorest communities.
He's just promised to properly outfit troops for war (is he unaware that he was the one that sent the improperly equipped troops to war?).
Now he's back on that filthy bullshit about the $87 billion. How about a little clarity on that one, eh?
"In addition, he [Kerry] rebutted a new Bush ad criticizing him for voting last fall against $87 billion in additional funding for US troops in Iraq -- a supplemental appropriation that included money for body armor -- by saying he would have supported it if it had been financed by repealing a portion of the tax cuts implemented during the Bush administration. Kerry made that proposal in an amendment he cosponsored; the Senate rejected the amendment before approving the $87 billion."
via Boston.com
How about Cheney's voting record? Let's see.....
* He opposed federal funding for abortions -- with no exceptions in the case of rape or incest.
* He voted against the Equal Rights Amendment for women, along with 146 other members of Congress in 1983.
* On Education, he consistently opposed funding of Head Start and voted against creating the Department of Education
* Cheney was raised in Wyoming and opposes, as many Westerners do, gun control limits.
* He was one of just 21 members of Congress, in December of 1985, to vote against a ban on armor piercing bullets -- called cop killer bullets.
* Three years later he was one of only four members of the House voting against a ban on plastic guns that could slip through airport security machines undetected. The National Rifle Association did not oppose this ban.
* Also in 1988, Cheney voted to scrap a proposed national seven-day waiting period on handgun purchases.
* On the environment, Cheney opposed refunding the Clean Water Act. He voted to postpone sanctions slapped on air polluters that failed to meet pollution standards.
* And he voted against legislation to require oil, chemical and other industries from making public records of emissions known to cause cancer, birth defects and other chronic diseases.
* Dick Cheney consistently voted to raise military spending. He also supported aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, even after a moratorium on funding was passed.
via Dick Cheney's Voting Record
More? Okay, how about History Channel: Cheney's voting record makes him an oustanding candidate for the "Attila the Hun Life Time Achievement Humanitarian Award"?
And there ya go, George, invoke Arnold's name. Bring in the popular meatheaded action hero who speak with other people's words.
Oh boy, here's a nod to Ma Bush. And they didn't even cut to show her. Nice coverage! Ohh, big fat lady with warts on her nose, nice!
How about hitting FactCheck.org for some insight on the $87 billion dollar lie that Dick/Bush keep spreading?
It is true that when Kerry first ran for the Senate in 1984 he did call specifically for canceling the AH-64 Apache helicopter, but once elected he opposed mainly such strategic weapons as Trident nuclear missiles and space-based anti-ballistic systems. And Richard Cheney himself, who is now Vice President but who then was Secretary of Defense, also proposed canceling the Apache helicopter program five years after Kerry did. As Cheney told the House Armed Services Committee on Aug. 13, 1989:
Cheney: The Army, as I indicated in my earlier testimony, recommended to me that we keep a robust Apache helicopter program going forward, AH-64; . . . I forced the Army to make choices. I said, "You can't have all three. We don't have the money for all three." So I recommended that we cancel the AH-64 program two years out. That would save $1.6 billion in procurement and $200 million in spares over the next five years.
Two years later Cheney's Pentagon budget also proposed elimination of further production of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well. It was among 81 Pentagon programs targeted for termination, including the F-14 and F-16 aircraft. "Cheney decided the military already has enough of these weapons," the Boston Globe reported at the time.
Does that make Cheney an opponent of "weapons vital to winning the war on terror?" Of course not. But by the Bush campaign's logic, Cheney himself would be vulnerable to just such a charge, and so would Bush's father, who was president at the time.
This is the best that Bush can do, this spouting of lame concepts, rehashing his promises from four years ago, never hitting on the truly astonishing job loss, no mention of North Korea, no WMD's, not even a mention of OSAMA BIN LADEN.
Who, for those who haven't been following along, was the power and mastermind behind the attacks on the 11th of September. Wouldn't it have been prudent to mention that he'd been caught? Oh wait, yeah, that's right, he's still at large, isn't he? Bit of a spot of trouble on that issue, eh?
Overall, I give the speech a C-, just like he earned at Yale. Passing, barely and only because his father promised donate a building.
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