Salem – Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said yesterday New Hampshire conservatives should be "riled" by what he calls an ongoing string of corruption in Congress.
He said allegations that former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., sent inappropriate messages to underage congressional pages and leaders failed to act on them are just the latest examples of decaying values in Washington. He said congressional leaders are failing to live to the same standards as the public.
He said it's troubling that some people in Congress knew about the allegations before they became public. If teachers and administrators failed to act on allegations like that in a school, he said, no one would stand for it. The same should go for Congress, he said.
"I've never seen ... more willful denial of a fundamental responsibility to heed the law and live by a certain standard," he said.
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http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=55940533-e575-4745-bd3b-5fc098dd8ca2&headline=In+NH%2c+Kerry+assails+GOPAnd here's another article about JK's NH visit, this one about his visit to the Pelham, NH nursing home:
PELHAM, N.H. -- Democratic Sen. John Kerry ridiculed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist for trying to clarify his comment on bringing "people who call themselves Taliban" into the Afghanistan government. "They're not clarifying. He did another Terri Schiavo diagnosis from a one-hour tape," Kerry, the party's 2004 presidential nominee, said yesterday of the Tennessee Republican. On Monday, Frist said the war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and that he favored bringing "people who call themselves Taliban" into the government. The remarks drew immediate criticism from Democrats. They argued Frist was waving the white flag of surrender to the Taliban, who harbored the al Qaeda organization blamed for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Kerry said Frist's Taliban comments sound like claims by the Bush administration about progress being made in Iraq, despite differing reports from those directly involved. The Massachusetts senator said he requested a private briefing with CIA officials earlier this week.
"I will tell you their outlook was bleak. It was completely different from what the administration is saying publicly, and they told me that is what they are saying to the administration today," Kerry said.
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Kerry also said North Korea's threat to carry out an unprecedented nuclear test underscored the Bush administration's failed foreign policy. He said U.S. officials should engage North Korea directly in one-on-one talks that put all unresolved issues on the table instead of ignoring the situation as he claims administration has done.
"This deal with North Korea has been waiting to happen for six years, and they've made the world more dangerous while ignoring it, just as they ignored Iran during the same period," he said. "They're ideologues, their minds are closed, and it's time to show them the door."
complete article:
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=141994
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