John Kerry calls for beginning phased troop withdrawal
Wed Oct 26, 2005 at 09:51:56 AM PDT
John Kerry is making a major speech at Georgetown in about 20 minutes. CSPAN is supposed to be taping it; no word yet on when/if it will air. And it is indeed major. The text of remarks as prepared is below. The short version is, for those who've been waiting for Kerry to say he wouldn't have given President Bush the power to do what he did if he'd known Bush was selling a pack of lies, waiting for Kerry to call for a timetable, or waiting for Kerry to call for beginning the withdrawal of troops -- wait no longer. But he has a lot more to say than that. Text below the cut.
A question for all pro-Dean, anti-Kerry people
Sat Jul 02, 2005 at 02:37:52 PM PDT
I've been puzzled for a long time, and after a diary up in the Recommended box left me scratching my head yet again, it finally occurred to me that the simple solution is to ask. And this is surely the place where I could get an education. Could pro-Dean, anti-Kerry people please take a moment to give me examples of issues on which Dean has a more progressive position than Kerry -- and tell me exactly what that progressive position is? I'll admit I'm not an expert on Dean, but I just haven't seen it so far. Both are against gay marriage and for civil unions. Neither one would've invaded Iraq. So what's the deal? Mea culpa, I'm ignorant; please clue me in. If it helps, feel free to call Kerry names while you 'splain it to me.
Kerry Calls on Bush to Commit to No Permanent Iraq Bases
Tue Jun 28, 2005 at 01:56:38 PM PDT
Senator Kerry gave a speech on the floor of the Senate today about the future of U.S. efforts in Iraq, amplifying points made in his New York Times Op Ed
"The Speech the President Should Give" and in
an e-mail sent to supporters this morning. Text of his remarks as prepared is posted at
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=1174 and at
http://www.rawstory.org
Reiterating a point he made during the presidential campaign, Kerry called on President Bush to commit to not installing permanent U.S. bases in Iraq. He laid out additional recommendations, similar to the familiar 4-point plan he pushed for repeatedly during the presidential campaign:
- Make the necessary policy changes to get more help from our allies.
- Get serious about training Iraqi security forces, which will require changes in policy and approach.
- Focus reconstruction efforts on bringing tangible benefits to the Iraqi people.
- Do everything possible to ensure that elections are held on the promised timetable (in December) and that the writing of the Iraqi Constitution is completed.
(more on the flip)
Kerry Calls for DSM Investigation: Why don't more Dems sign?
Fri Jun 24, 2005 at 08:49:26 PM PDT
John Kerry has taken the lead in calling for the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate the questions raised by the Downing Street Memo.
LightUpTheDarkness.org has received the complete text of
Senator Kerry's letter (reproduced below the cut) from his office.
This is a good first step in getting the Senate to look into the DSM, and it's good to see that nine other Democratic senators signed on, but where are the others? Kerry has been circulating the letter for two weeks now. In response to a Call to Action posted at
http://www.downingstreetmemo.com, many people called their senators last week to urge them to sign the letter. So why were Senators Kerry, Johnson, Corzine, Reed, Lautenberg, Boxer, Kennedy, Harkin, Bingaman and Durbin the only ones to sign? Salon has some choice comments on this question, excerpted below the cut.
Kerry Floor Speech on Rove: "Bush ought to fire him"
Thu Jun 23, 2005 at 06:36:40 PM PDT
John Kerry tore into Karl Rove from the floor of the Senate today. You can see the video at Dembloggers:
Kerry's floor speech
Here is the text (I've corrected it from the original remarks-as-written text posted elsewhere; this transcript is what Senator Kerry actually said):
Transcript of John Kerry's Floor Speech on Karl Rove's 9/11 remarks:
Last night in New York City, Karl Rove made some comments to the Conservative Party of New York that need to be discussed on this floor and that need to be apologized for.
None of us here will ever forget the hours after September 11th, the frantic calls to our families after we evacuated the capital, the evacuations themselves, the images on television -- and then the remarkable response of the American people as we came together as one to answer the attack on our homeland.
