Yesterday Senator John Kerry gave a speech on American's right to dissent.

For those who missed Senator Kerry's speech, it will be rebroadcast on C-Span at 5 p.m. (ET).

Here are some quotes from the speech:























Since the campaign, there have been those who have criticized Kerry for harping on Vietnam during the campaign, which he didn't. Senator Kerry has always spoken honestly and proudly about his service during the war and dissent upon returning home.

Yesterday John Kerry delivered an awesome speech, and it seems there is a new criticism: He should have spoken like that during the campaign. Some of the the critics may have been influenced by those who spun the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War era into a negative issue during the 2004 presidential campaign.

The problem is that the media, heavy into supporting the Bush administration's position on Iraq, overplayed the spin and downplayed the responses.

Senator Kerry's response to the spinners is posted in the Research forum: (Don't miss the video posted there.)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=358&topic_id=2555&mesg_id=2555


The speech Kerry gave yesterday amplifies points (about dissent and the failures of the Bush administration) that he made during his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention and during the debates:









Many Americans were punch drunk from spin during the campaign. Although Kerry received 59 million plus votes (more than any Democratic candidate in history) during the election, I wish more people had listened and actually heard what he said in his speeches and the debates---what he always knew and believed in his heart and what he advocated in his policies.


Note: Kerry won 48.3% of the popular vote, compared to Al Gore's 48.4%. Some how, Bush managed to take over the presidency in 2000 by decree of the courts and was able to remain in office in 2004 after one of the most corrupt elections in American history. The indictments and convictions since the election are evidence of that.)



Edited to correct title and add reference to the debate snip.

To show how hard it is for a Democrat to break 50%. Kennedy got 49.7%. Carter is the only Democrat to win a first term with (a tad) over 50% since FDR.

Also, Clinton got 43% of the popular vote the first time he ran.

daughter or son of a Republican stalwart family will somehow hear a bit of Kerry's address on C-Span, and one or another phrase will tripswitch a political consciousness that grows into a much more independent vote in 2006 and 2008 and so on, no matter how the parents vote.

That person's chances are quite a bit better with Kerry, who uses the language very, very effectively, than with the incumbent, who has historic difficulty with words. Bill Frist butchered cats. Dubya butchers English.

The right wing republican party missed the boat on reform /change.It or they projected a false front that capured the hearts of youthfulness at the campus levels,hence fourth the young republicans.If they may have come left just a bit ,mabe it would not be so bad, but I doubt it. e Early on in the seventys or say 1970,some and even many had returned from military duty as a result of the draft ,Vietnam error, and lived threw and even participated in war protest prior to draft induction, or enlisting in the military because ,it was a better deal than the draft and also offered bennifits (G.I. Bill) and college funding.At that point in time say 1971, the seventy two elections were hot on the table. Ending the Vietnam war was the campaign center focus for the Nixon reelection cause, however inside the Nixon adminstration affairs there was indeed a very large picture ,and vietnam to Nixon was nothing more than an inherited thorn in his backside.And the press, and the protest.His favorite project China, though the Middle Eastern oil intrest was without a doubt the real secret package deal of command intrest.Hence fourth The Oil Imbargo,1973.Short lived as it seemed,though as far from short lived as can be. Here we were as a nation withdrawing our troops from Vietnam , it,s end as a war, and promise delivered ,the Nixon 72 election platform. At the same time though and however the center of focus within the Nixon adminstration became the Middle East, and potentially another war.So than the seventytwo elections to Nixon must have also been a bit of a thorn in his elitest back behind,because the middle eastern oil intrests were also high in the Nixon adminstration agenda befor the seventytwo elections and befor the negotiations to end the Vietnam war had even begun to bear fruit.It may be that this very thing is just what Howard Hughes became aware of early on in it,s planing stages, as Howard Hughes had by that time deemed Richard Nixon unfaithful, perhaps meaning unfaithful to the presidency,though Howard Hughes donated $100.000 to the Nixon reelection campaign and against his own advice,as the donation opened the door for a F-B-I. backround cheack into Mr. Hughes personnal afairs, Mr Hughes loathed J. Edger Hoover as much as he did Richard Millhouse Nixon.Nixon at that point in time wanted to know as much about Howard Hughes as he could, from within the power of the presidency at that point in time,befor congress began stripping the president of powers. Howard Hughes number 2 man advised Mr. Hughes that this donation would also mean an invitation to the white house ,thereby opening the door to a F_B_I. backround investagation into Hughes and he inturn reminded Mr. Hughes that this donation is completely against his own standing orders,which were to keep Nixon and Hoover out of their business completely ...,and, reguardless to cost.Howard Hughes than answered his number 2 man, he said (Let Him Have It.) he went on to say,( It Will Be A means To His End.) At that point in time befor the 72 elections Mr. Hughes number 2 man could only wonder, (what ever does he mean?) As we know that was a means to Nixons end ,and so Watergate. But the thing still remaining befor congress began stripping the president of power is the Mid. Eastern oil intrest,s in reguards to the United States having been placed in the position to (start) a war in the Middle East, The oil embargo.You must know that Nixon remained all and powerful until congress began to strip the president of power.Now go directly to John Kerry,s bout with Nixon ,at a point in time when Nixon held full power. It wasn,t just those that could or would one day be or potentialy be a problem down the line to those power moungers, you add in Hoover to the mix. , and that means anybody that could, would, or may be.Now than ask this, what kind of a monsterous thing might that be? So as the inevitable also became apparent to the Nixon white house,as we know papers were shredded, things, circumstances and events were covered up ,some of thing became uncovered befor Nixon left office.And many things remain covered. Here I would present a theory, Nixon as you know was referred to as Tricky Dick from within the jargon of the people at that point in time. And I think that at some point early on in 1973, perhaps January early Febuary, a reasonable guesstimate,that Nixon as the Elitist Nixon, became aware,that he himself was being used by the power elitist , those that we do not see of hear about much. Leave me say his suspicions left him to suspect something was cooking that may have not been within his informational sources.Later on same time frame it may have begun to become apparent to Mr. Nixon. He may have been kept out of the loop.If than such a thing were possible, can you imaging nixon sitting down for the fall? The presentation of this theory is (Nixons Last Defence)Ladies and Gentelman, Nixons Greatest Trick. And so establisish that Nixon realized the he was being used by those power moungers,and decides that history Will Not Have Richard Nixon ,to kick aroud after he is gone.By now Watergate is falling like the Niagara Falls. We know that in law there is a saying that a lawer the defends himself ,has a fool for a client right? Try this in a concept, Nixon as a defence attorney in defence of The President of the United States,and the presidents actions.Since he may at that point in time realized that the apparent was also inevitable (impeachment) he will have than also realized that this oil intrest thing may be covered over ,but shall return at a later period in our history. So than he also realized it would fall back to his adminstration,and as he had full knowledge of (The Plan) or the master plan, the real truth about the so called Oil Embargo, and potential stregic battle plans, this than would be the intire spread of the Mid. Eastern Oil Intrest,s, . He than may have become more intrested in saving his own face. So this is to say that he could or would have prepared his own defence case and than ordered it burried to surface at just the right point in time, slipped in with other documents by his own hot little hands unbeknoweth to whomever burried those documents, or as many of them as there were.now than we know about the come back kid, Clinton, indeed, so did Nixon.Certainly you would not think that Nixon as an Elitist would be above swipping away from a future savy saying. This is to say it may be Nixon who is the Come Back kid . And hay, wouldn,t like to have those monsters identified? Nixons Last Trick.

To trace the time line to Nixons hands directly in the middle East in 1973 ,it requires research to diplomatic relations ,establishing diplomatic relations, and re/establishing diplomatic relations in countrues along the African cost, along the horn, up and into Iranian waters, and Iran.Clear around Peru and Pakistan. nixon had a habbit of involving the president in everything that he did, even though he knew that he could not do that. Nixon not only had to know, but he also had to place his hands right down into the mechanism. This sort of thing is what brought the Nixon adminstration down.No, I am sure of it, he must have felt a serious need to tell us. Indeed, Nixons Last Trick.

As it will seem George H.W.Bush was perhaps the youngest pilot in his squadron durning ww2. Perhaps the youngest fighter pilot. And Richard Nixon the Elitist, is acedited for saving George H. W. Bushs political career at a point in our history when George H. W. Bush,s political career seemed to be at it,s lowest point of perhaps even over. If than Nixon was indeed scorned, It than would stand to reason that taking a savy saying form a generation on the rise, and a rather infamous one to become, democratic though simmilar in in connection reguards the impeachment process, though Nixon couldn,t have known such a connection would have come to pass, you wouldn,t want to short change old Tricky Dick Nixon would you? After all make no mistake about it, Nixon the title of Tricky Dick, and he did get re/elected. The come back kid concept ,suits the bill of goods.Imagine Nixon having the last say tricking the come back kid in how it means over his way,Nixons Last Trick ,over the top of the come back kid. Ragan/Bush/Clinton/Bush .And Nixon,s Last Trick.

JK's on target, and his accompanying speakers are worth listening to as well.

No matter how much people want to bury the truth that John Kerry spoke yesterday, we must spread the word and let everyone know.

Try to get your family and friends to watch the 5:03 pm CSPAN airing today -- if you can record it, get as many people as possible to watch the tape!

Contact CSPAN and tell them you want this program shown again and in prime time.

Write LTE's and blog posts and whatever you can to talk about what happened at Faneuil Hall yesterday.

The MSM will try to ignore this -- be the media!

including his acceptance speech and the one yesterday (see blog post above), are well-received.





Unfortunately, the poll results also shows there are/were a lot of kool-aid drinkers in this country, because the convention speeches are independent of the other candidate.

right now, and his speech has been superb. K & R & Bookmarked!

:kick:

I had made a post in anticipation of this speech, and I wrote of the obligation of citizens to hold their elected leaders to account, as Kerry did in 1971.

I was so proud that Kerry spoke of "duty" and "obligation" in the same way that I meant, but of course he said it far, far more eloquently.

But with a short memory.




She was a delegate at the convention, speaking out and getting some coverage:






http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Judith_Droz_Keyes


Even freeper repub noticed her at the convention:
Getting The Swifties: Democrat Operatives Play "The Grieving Widow" Card