Senator John Kerry made a slashing attack on the Bush administration yesterday, comparing it to the faltering government in Iraq and equating its war strategy with its planning for Hurricane Katrina, while also invoking Jesus as he criticized federal Medicaid policy.
Mr. Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat and his party's nominee for president in 2004, has been on a political and media blitz as he considers running for the White House again in 2008. In an Op-Ed article in The New York Times on Wednesday, Mr. Kerry proposed telling Iraqi leaders to form a unity government by May 15 or the United States military would withdraw.
He spoke by telephone yesterday to a political conference in New York City that was organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton, his friend from when they both ran for president in 2004.
Mr. Kerry, who was sometimes criticized as stiff and dour during the 2004 campaign, got several laughs, Mr. Sharpton said. At one point, Mr. Kerry, who has had his verbose moments, offered "a little 10-point plan" in response to complaints that neither Democrats nor Republicans have an agenda for the nation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/washington/08kerry.html?_r=1&oref=sloginDoes anyone know the nature of Rev. Shapton's conference? (Who the attendees where?) JK's comments (via telephone) seemed to be well received (whoever the attendees where). I love that his ten-point plan is getting some press, even if they don't go into detail about it. Overall this is a good article except for the dumb ass comment by some unknown Republican in the last paragraph.
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