Monday, July 26, 2004
The Clinton speech was the shiznit, one of the best speeches I've heard this political cycle
"They need a divided America, but we don't," Clinton said. "We Democrats want to build a world and an America of shared responsibilities and shared opportunities ... On the other hand, Republicans in Washington believe that America should be run by the right people, their people."
He said the Bush administration gave tax cuts to the wealthy while raising out-of-pocket health care costs for veterans and underfunding education.
Clinton also praised Sen. John Kerry for always being ready to serve the United States.
Clinton said when the United States went to war, when it needed to recover from the effects of war, when America needed to learn technology, Kerry always said, "send me."
Clinton urged voters to send Kerry to the White House.
Earlier, former President Jimmy Carter warned that "nothing less than our nation's soul" is at stake in the presidential election.
"Truth is the foundation of our global leadership, but our credibility has been shattered, and we are left increasingly isolated and vulnerable in a hostile world," Carter said.
Carter talked of serving as a Navy officer under two wartime presidents, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, who knew the "horrors of war" and "exercised restraint and judgment and had a clear sense of mission."
And he said Kerry, also a Navy veteran, would be a president like them.
"I am confident that next January he will restore the judgment and responsibility that is sorely lacking today," Carter said. "I am willing to follow him to victory in November." (Full story)
The delegates also cheered when Kerry's former Navy Swift boat crewman, the Rev. David Alston, spoke about the dangers of war in Vietnam.
"I stand before you only because almighty God saw our boat safely through those rivers of death and destruction by giving us a brave, wise and decisive leader named John Kerry."
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