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Post by Vagrant on Nov 4, 2004 9:56:28 GMT -5
That being said I was very impressed when John Kerry conceded the race. Al Gore embarrassed this country with his lawsuit. We are the world's first democracy, the 'great experiment' if you will, and the world looks to us for leadership.
John Kerry decided not to pursue a lawsuit, I'm glad he chose not to embarrass America a second time in four years.
I am proud to be an American! We have the greatest nation on the planet. We can dispute, yell, and scream at each other and (with the exception of a few idiots) it never comes to anything more than words. There are countries on this planet that cannot do that.
The next time you get angry at someone else's views (no matter how jacked up you think they may be) just remember we all want the same thing; to make the best nation on the planet even better. We just argue on how to do it.
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Post by TNRighty on Nov 4, 2004 19:21:08 GMT -5
I agree. I was genuinely impressed with Kerry's concession speech. To be honest with you I was so stunned that he actually conceded that I didn't really pay any attention to what he said until after I read the transcript later. I had fully expected to see the DNC release the hounds in the form of a swell of lawyers descending upon Ohio, and I hope I'm right in assuming it was Kerry who said no to that. Unlike his running mate, he said the right things and was very gracious. Of couse I'm extatic that he's not going to be President, but he showed a lot of class.
We'll have to wait and see if his "unity" and "bipartisanship" rhetoric was more than just that, rhetoric.
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Post by Ian on Nov 4, 2004 19:58:30 GMT -5
I have a feeling his unity and bipartisanship bit was directed more at the Bush admin then across the board.
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Post by TNRighty on Nov 4, 2004 20:10:57 GMT -5
I think you're right. When the Democrats say "bipartisanship" what they're saying is that they want the Republicans to come over to their side. That's their definition of "bipartisanship", anyone who agrees with them. Why would Bush do that? HE WON. The American people have sided with Bush, and its the Democrat's duty to come to our side. The burden of "bipartisanship" falls on the shoulders of the Dems.
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Post by DoubleX on Nov 4, 2004 20:32:57 GMT -5
The best part about it is that he, himself said that the loser should just admit he lost and concede. It was a smart move too because almost everybody would agree that America didn't need another fiasco (sp?) like last year.
By the way, what has Al Gore done since then?
Yep, that's what I thought... Kerry isn't that stupid (apprently) to know he wants a future with politics.
I guess I was just overall impressed with what Kerry said the last few days. I actually didn't hate him for a little bit. We'll see what he does next, though...
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Post by Cheneysmyhero on Nov 8, 2004 17:39:27 GMT -5
I think you're right. When the Democrats say "bipartisanship" what they're saying is that they want the Republicans to come over to their side. That's their definition of "bipartisanship", anyone who agrees with them. Why would Bush do that? HE WON. The American people have sided with Bush, and its the Democrat's duty to come to our side. The burden of "bipartisanship" falls on the shoulders of the Dems. While I agree that it would do the democrats some good to come over to our side and find some morals, I think that the definition of BIpartisanship would not require either party to "come over" to the others side. |
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Post by ProChildren on Nov 9, 2004 18:15:10 GMT -5
Politicians are all liars, but we need to remember that there is no place for a moral politician only room for one that will do mostly what we agree with...  |
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Post by Malebolgia on Nov 9, 2004 18:57:35 GMT -5
I'm glad he chose not to embarrass America a second time in four years. Did you not watch any of the Bush speeches/speaking? He did a fine job embarrass America on a regular basis with a complete lack of knowledge of the language he has presumably spoken his entire life*. *anyone here from Crawford, TX that can verify that is a vernacular of the english language spoken yonder? |
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Post by skeeter1 on Nov 9, 2004 23:39:05 GMT -5
I was also pleasantly surprised, and impressed, with Kerry's concession speech. It'll be interesting to watch, however, if the Democrats indeed heed his words to back off on all the "rancor". Sounds good, but I don't think his supporters heard that part, given the "this country is doomed" commentaries we've heard from the left since the election.
I heard Robert Redford was going to leave the country. Could just be a rumor, but if not, he can take a good chunk of the entertainment industry with him as far as I'm concerned. Bu-bye.
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