Friday, October 29, 2004

And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God...

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. - the real JFK



You leave with stability. You hope you can continue the process of democratization -- obviously, that's our goal. But with respect to getting our troops out, the measurement is the stability of Iraq. - the junior pompous ass from Massachussetts



Look at that. Just look. First you have those stirring words, a call to safeguard on Earth the freedoms granted by Heaven. Anywhere. Everywhere.

John F. Kennedy meant it. Didn't always do well at it, hence the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis. But he pushed back and pushed back hard against our foes in his time.

And then we have the other JFK, 60 years old and still a blow-dried politician. JFK II my patootie.

George W. Bush has vowed to press on no matter what. George W. Bush supports our friends and opposes our foes - that's what "with us or against us" means. George W. Bush, for good or for ill, is the JFK in this race, the optimist who knows that America always can, always will, always must fell the evil giants of fascistic ideologies who stand between man and the divine promise of liberty.

Earlier today, the junior pompous ass from Massachussetts, hearkening back to the JFK who inspires him, cried out:

Wake up, America!


Oh, wait. That hearkens back to Bob Dole.

The real JFK challenged America to stand strong in the world at a time when many thought that shrinking back from the Soviets was the only answer. The real JFK knew the difference between keeping his Catholicism out of politics and worshipping a godless, all-enveloping state. The real JFK thought that growing our economy with tax cuts for the rich made more sense than going for a short term increase in tax revenues and populist sentiment by socking it to the wealthy. And the real JFK... was elected.

God willing, America has heard Senator Kerry's call and has fully awakened, for should they be aroused from the drowsy slumbers his pontification brings they cannot help but rush to the polls to assure his electoral demise.

posted by gbarto at 10:35 PM  


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