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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:17 PM
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Text of Reid's TERRIFIC SPEECH on House Floor
The speech, sent to RAW STORY, is copied below.

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Floor Remarks by Senator Reid, as prepared for delivery Monday, January 30, 2006

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Tomorrow night, President Bush will come to the Capitol and deliver his fifth State of the Union Address. It is an important moment for President Bush and America. In fact, this may be the most difficult speech the President will ever give.

The president comes to the Capitol in the midst of the greatest culture of corruption since Watergate. Republican corruption has destroyed the public’s trust in our government and taken a great toll on the state of our union.

In his speech, it will be up to President Bush to show he is committed to restoring the bonds of trust and repairing the damage done by Republican corruption.

Americans know our country can do better than today, and after the year we just had – a year of Katrina, unending violence in Iraq, Terri Schiavo, Social Security Privatization, Harriet Meirs, the Medicare mess – Americans will no longer be willing to blindly accept the President’s promises and give him the benefit of the doubt.

Americans will be looking past the President’s rhetoric tomorrow night and taking a hard look at the results he intends to deliver.

The President’s State of the Union speech is a credibility

whole text at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Reid_to_slam_Bush_in_preemptive_0130.html
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:18 PM
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1. ORWELLIAN DOUBLE-SPEAK!
Peace.
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:20 PM
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2. I loved that line
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:23 PM
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4. Live now...
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Beam Me Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:37 PM
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7. He and the rest of the Democrats are just as guilty, AFAIAC
Edited on Mon Jan-30-06 02:40 PM by Beam Me Up
Double Speak:
Osama bin Laden – the man who attacked us on 9/11 - remains on the loose, because – in his rush to invade Iraq - the President took his eye of the ball when we had bin Laden cornered in Afghanistan. As a result, Bin Laden escaped and continues to threaten us today.


TRUTH: Less evidence that Osama bin Laden attacked the United States of America on 9/11 has been presented by the Bush administration than that Sadam Hussein had WMD. LESS, far less. Why should we believe the Bush administration and his hand picked 9/11 Commission in this regard when they began with that as premise, rather than actively investigating the evidence in this matter.

Double Speak:

Four years ago, the President declared Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an “axis of evil,” whose nuclear threats posed a risk to the American people. He was right. But, instead of pursuing the correct policies to make us safe, he invaded Iraq. Now, two members of the axis of evil – North Korea and Iran – are more dangerous, and – after spending billions of dollars and losing 2300 American lives – we’ve found out the third – Iraq – didn’t pose a nuclear threat.


TRUTH: The reason we invaded Iraq is because they began selling their oil in EUROS and this is the same reason we are now rattling our sabres at Iran since they intend to open their EURO centric Bourse in March of this year. Neither country poses an eminent nuclear threat to the United States. Korea may or may not be a genuine threat.

Personally, I am SICK of the politics of LIES and DOUBLE SPEAK--and I don't care which side of the isle they come from. We are not going to find GEUNUINE SOLUTIONS to the problems that confront our nation -- and indeed all of humanity -- until we begin to discuss what is actually going on in our world. The bottom line is there are people who profit mightily from divisions and war both domestically and in our foreign relations and these people have access to vast wealth, vast power, and covert and counter-intelligence networks that ARE THEMSELVES the source of much of the terrorism, illegal arms and drugs trading on our planet. UNTIL this is brought into clear focus and STOPED by the people of this country and the world, NOTHING significant will ever change.

PERIOD!

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shaniqua6392 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:21 PM
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3. I wish the main stream media would show this speech.
It is beautiful and truthful. I am getting teary because when you hear it all laid out, it is so heartbreaking what they have done to OUR country. God help us.
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fairandunbalanced Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:27 PM
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5. speech writers are credible?
How does the president read a speech written by a speech writer and gain any sort of a credibility for it?
OH thats right its just more propaganda a form of mild brain washing to paint a picture that the president can fit into many costumes!

heres some of his speech:

Heck we are spreadin freedom and democracy for victory folks

the terrorist could stike at anytime

911 911 911
victory victory victory
heck
wiretappin is legal as all heck folks!
ahh
ahh
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 02:29 PM
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6. House Floor? You mean Senate Floor I would guess
Point of order...
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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-30-06 04:26 PM
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8. Good stuff, but will the Corporate Networks ever let it be
heard?
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