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Lanny_MacDonald · 07-30-2004, 08:04 AM

Well Dis, I was actually very impressed with what he had to say. I think it was one of the best polictical speaches I've heard from an American politician. Very well balanced and a real world look at America and what troubles it. I think that he singled out some of the major issues, and pointed to some solid solutions (no serious details). He pointed to strengthening the military, through an addition of 40,000 full time troops, developing better support systems (kind of a flip flop from Kerry, but a flip flop based on the changes in the world which make it reasonable) and creation of more special forces units. Now this is smart because this is the way to win the war on terror as well as maintain the security of the nation. It's also a great job creation ploy and has great technology spin off potential for the high tech industries. He also mentioned that he was going to support health care and social services (again, no definition of plans for the most part), but did say that he would not hold back Americans from crossing the border to get their drugs in Canada (good for Canada too).

The thing that impressed me the most was his admission that the United States has p*sses away all the goodwill they had built up around the world and were now in a situation of needing to build that goodwill up. He said that he would involve the world community in Iraq, and on the war on terror, and be more active in getting "the world" involved and not going it alone. The line that stuckout the best, IMO, was when he was talking about the military and he said (and I paraphrase), "The United States will not go to war because it wants to, it will only go to war because it has to." I think that Kerry displayed a really good grasp on where the United States is in the world, in the world opinion, and where it really needs to improve its image. From that alone I think he would have earned my vote. I'm not a fan of the Democrats in any shape or form, but I think Kerry/Edwards is really in touch with things, while Bush/??? is in a world of their own, and taking the United States in a very dangerous direction.

07-30-2004, 08:04 AM	#4
Lanny_MacDonald Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	Well Dis, I was actually very impressed with what he had to say. I think it was one of the best polictical speaches I've heard from an American politician. Very well balanced and a real world look at America and what troubles it. I think that he singled out some of the major issues, and pointed to some solid solutions (no serious details). He pointed to strengthening the military, through an addition of 40,000 full time troops, developing better support systems (kind of a flip flop from Kerry, but a flip flop based on the changes in the world which make it reasonable) and creation of more special forces units. Now this is smart because this is the way to win the war on terror as well as maintain the security of the nation. It's also a great job creation ploy and has great technology spin off potential for the high tech industries. He also mentioned that he was going to support health care and social services (again, no definition of plans for the most part), but did say that he would not hold back Americans from crossing the border to get their drugs in Canada (good for Canada too). The thing that impressed me the most was his admission that the United States has p*sses away all the goodwill they had built up around the world and were now in a situation of needing to build that goodwill up. He said that he would involve the world community in Iraq, and on the war on terror, and be more active in getting "the world" involved and not going it alone. The line that stuckout the best, IMO, was when he was talking about the military and he said (and I paraphrase), "The United States will not go to war because it wants to, it will only go to war because it has to." I think that Kerry displayed a really good grasp on where the United States is in the world, in the world opinion, and where it really needs to improve its image. From that alone I think he would have earned my vote. I'm not a fan of the Democrats in any shape or form, but I think Kerry/Edwards is really in touch with things, while Bush/??? is in a world of their own, and taking the United States in a very dangerous direction.