Kerry: Bush policies ignore American values
I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?.... In other words, there's a long time before the election. I'm just going to do my job. My job is to continue to lead. My job is to say to the American people, 'Follow me, the world is going to be better.'
- George W. Bush
If John Kerry hopes to win in November, he'd best begins to fight George W. Bush where he lives and expose him as the hypocrite he is. Perhaps he's finally getting a clue.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry today accused President Bush of ignoring American values in his economic policies by giving tax cuts to the wealthy and running up the deficit on the backs of workers and the needy.
"All these politicians running around talking about values, I just think it's wrong," Kerry told the New Jersey State AFL-CIO. "For middle-class Americans to be saddled with endless debt and deficits while the most fortunate among us walk away with billions in tax cuts. Where does that value come from? As president, I'm going to fight to put America's tax code in line with our moral code."....
In his speech, Kerry criticized the Bush administration for preparing to cut budgets for education, domestic security, veterans and other programs after the election, citing White House planning documents.
"If you think that is compassionate conservatism, then Dick Cheney is Mr. Rogers," he said at the start of a two-week focus on economic problems facing middle-class Americans.
"This reckless deficit will not be put on the backs of veterans, cops and firefighters," Kerry said to applause from the union, which is backing his campaign. "It will not be put on the backs of women and children in need. The price of these deficits will not be paid for by the poor. Let me tell you my fundamental value -- you don't make America strong by attacking the weak. And we are going to make that clear on November 2 of this year."
If Kerry can keep beating the drums, perhaps American voters will finally come to see that the Emperor really isn't wearing any clothes.
