Why do Democratic presidential nominees always have to find their voices AFTER they lose? Senator Kerry should have so been the keynote speaker over the bland, post-partisan rhetoric of Mark Warner.
I've simply never seen Kerry speak with so much passion and conviction. It gave me goosebumps. He finally laid into McCain and it's a shame none of the networks carried it.
In case you don't have 15 minutes to watch the whole thing (although you should), here are my favorite quotes.
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P.S. Joe Biden was good tonight too but he has to learn when to take strategic pauses. And I was very pleased to see both him and John Kerry challenge McCain on an issue that should be anything but a strength of his: national security.
I've simply never seen Kerry speak with so much passion and conviction. It gave me goosebumps. He finally laid into McCain and it's a shame none of the networks carried it.
In case you don't have 15 minutes to watch the whole thing (although you should), here are my favorite quotes.
I have known and been friends with John McCain for almost 22 years. But every day now I learn something new about candidate McCain.
To those who still believe in the myth of a maverick instead of the reality of a politician: I say, let’s compare Senator McCain to candidate McCain.
Candidate McCain now supports the wartime tax cuts that Senator McCain once called irresponsible.
Candidate McCain criticizes Senator McCain’s own climate change bill.
Candidate McCain says he would now vote against the immigration bill that Senator McCain wrote.
Are you kidding? Talk about being for it before you’re against it!
Let me tell you, before he ever debates Barack Obama, John McCain should finish the debate with himself.
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The McCain Bush Republicans have been wrong again, and again, and again. And they know they will lose on the issues.
So, the candidate who once promised a campaign of ideas, not insults, now has nothing left but personal attacks.
How insulting to suggest that those who question the mission, question the troops?
How pathetic to suggest that those who question a failed policy doubt America itself?
How desperate to tell the son of a single mother who chose community service over money and privilege that he doesn’t put America first?
No one can question Barack Obama’s patriotism.
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This election is a chance for America to tell the merchants of fear and division: You don’t decide who love this country.
You don’t decide who is a patriot.
You don’t decide whose service counts and whose doesn’t.
Four years ago I said – and I say it again tonight – that flag doesn’t belong to any ideology. It doesn’t belong to any political party. It is an enduring symbol of our nation and it belongs to all the American people.
After all, patriotism is not love of power; or some cheap trick to win votes – patriotism is love of country.
Years ago when we protested a war, people would weigh in against us saying: "My country right or wrong." Our answer?
Absolutely, my country right or wrong. When right, keep it right. When wrong, make it right.
Sometimes loving your country demands you must tell the truth to power. This is one of those times, and Barack Obama is telling those truths.
P.S. Joe Biden was good tonight too but he has to learn when to take strategic pauses. And I was very pleased to see both him and John Kerry challenge McCain on an issue that should be anything but a strength of his: national security.


