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2004-07-30 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Steve White 2004-07-30 12:27:19 AM|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ....we are here tonight united in one simple purpose: to make America stronger at home and respected in the world.
Here's Cox and Forkum's July 28 take on the meaning of that phrase

Posted by GK 2004-07-30 12:56:59 AM|| 2004-07-30 12:56:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Couldn't help but think of Rufus T. Firefly every time he said "Help is on the way!"
Oh, and I caught at least one "John F. Kennedy" slip (courtesy of Joe Biden), and I'd bet there were others.

Posted by Another Dan 2004-07-30 1:21:09 AM|| 2004-07-30 1:21:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bit of a pisser of a balloon drop, though. From Drudge: mp3 audio of a coordinator...

Posted by eLarson 2004-07-30 1:21:41 AM|| 2004-07-30 1:21:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the title of this thread is an insult to Treebeard.

Posted by bman2u 2004-07-30 2:23:24 AM|| 2004-07-30 2:23:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Michael Savage says Kerry and the Democrats will make America stranger[like the DNC's odd ball non-mainstream delegates] not stronger. he, he

Posted by rex 2004-07-30 2:52:43 AM|| 2004-07-30 2:52:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 rex, hasn't Michael Savage just been hilarious this week on what he calls the "Bund" meeting?

Posted by GreatestJeneration 2004-07-30 3:52:09 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-07-30 3:52:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "...stronger at home and respected in the world."

I'm getting tired of hearing that crap. Being respected is not the same as being liked, and nothing John Kerry has ever proposed is ever going to earn us anything other than contempt wrapped up in flattery and false declarations of friendship.

Part of Kerry's schtick is that we've somehow "alienated our traditional allies" or something to that effect. Can anyone recall him EVER being specific about WHICH "allies" he means? I can't; and I can't imagine who he could possibly mean other than France, Germany and Russia.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-07-30 6:45:00 AM|| 2004-07-30 6:45:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 "Respect" from the Europeans is a codeword for us doing things their way, just like "non-partisanship" is a Democrat codeword for getting things their way.

Posted by virginian 2004-07-30 7:23:33 AM|| 2004-07-30 7:23:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 We are here tonight because we love our country.

Actually, a lot of these delegates are as anti American as any Frenchy or Arab.

We are proud of what America is and what it can become.

And did he describe either of these. Nope.

My fellow Americans: we are here tonight united in one simple purpose: to make America stronger at home and respected in the world.

Actually that's two purposes; and the first one doesn't even make any sense.

Posted by mhw 2004-07-30 9:28:26 AM|| 2004-07-30 9:28:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Why do you compare Treebeard to Kerry, Steve White? Treebeard's a Good Guyâ¢, remember?

Posted by Korora 2004-07-30 9:31:36 AM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-07-30 9:31:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Kerry is wooden, but the title here is an insult to good Ents everywhere.

Maybe to trees, too.

Posted by too true 2004-07-30 9:39:24 AM|| 2004-07-30 9:39:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Watching the convention last night was like watching someone drown. Took a loooong time and was quite painful.

No style or substance.

There's a Bible verse that goes, "Where there is no vision, the people perish." John Kerry has no vision. Neither does the Democratic party. Instead, they have hallucinations.

Posted by growler 2004-07-30 12:31:18 PM|| 2004-07-30 12:31:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 John Kerry has no vision. Neither does the Democratic party. Instead, they have hallucinations.

Drink Alert!!!

PS: they also suffer from flashbacks ....

Posted by ouch! 2004-07-30 12:51:13 PM|| 2004-07-30 12:51:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 FWIW, I'd have to say that was the most energetic speech I've ever seen him deliver, contents notwithstanding.

My measuring stick for the energetic speech - I didn't fall asleep.

Posted by Raj 2004-07-30 1:25:45 PM|| 2004-07-30 1:25:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I compared him to Treebeard for the long face and the wooden delivery. But y'all are right, the Ents are our friends and allies ;-)

Posted by Steve White 2004-07-30 1:27:06 PM|| 2004-07-30 1:27:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 '"Respect" from the Europeans is a codeword for us doing things their way, just like "non-partisanship" is a Democrat codeword for getting things their way.'
virginian, you just said it all!

Posted by GreatestJeneration 2004-07-30 1:32:16 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-07-30 1:32:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 I didn't watch the speech. I watched an old "Kolchak the Night Stalker" episode instead. It was about a politician that sold his soul to the devil. Is that close enough?

Posted by sc88 2004-07-30 11:23:44 PM|| 2004-07-30 11:23:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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