Posted on 06/11/2004 8:27:09 PM PDT by Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Massachusetts Senator Scores GOP on Ethics
By CHRISTOPHER B. DALY, Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA -- Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, turning the "sleaze" issue on the Republicans, told the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday that it is time "for a government of laws and not of lawbreakers."
Kerry, a freshman senator from the home state of Michael Dukakis, predicted that the "moral darkness of the Reagan-Bush administration" is about to end and promised that Democrats would do better.
"In the administration of Michael Dukakis, the government that makes the laws will not break the law. And in the America of Jesse Jackson, the government that says no to drugs will not say yes to General Noriega," the senator said in prepared remarks.
"It is time we once again had a government of laws and not of lawbreakers. It is time we had an attorney general of the United States who is an agent of justice and not the target of criminal investigation," Kerry declared.
"More than that, we know that the true value of public service is in what you give, not in the fees you take when you leave office," said Kerry, who served as lieutenant governor under Dukakis until his election to the Senate in 1984. Kerry, 44, chairs the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
The liberal Democrat raised the ethics issue one day after a special prosecutor released a long-awaited report on Attorney General Edwin Meese III saying the nation's top law enforcement official "probably" violated federal law in his personal finances but committed no crimes in the Wedtech scandal.
Kerry also scored the Reagan administration _ and, by implication, Vice President George Bush _ for allowing a "two-bit dictator" like Panama's Gen. Manuel Noriega to peddle drugs, for planning an "illegal war" in Central America and for plotting to sell arms to Iran.
In addition, he criticized the administration for supporting tax breaks for racially segregated schools and for the continuing military procurement scandal at the Pentagon.
"For eight years, they have summoned us to selfishness, telling us there is little or nothing we as a people can do to help the poor, feed the hungry, or house the homeless," Kerry said.
Rejecting what he called the "social Darwinism" of the Republican Party, Kerry urged the Democrats to an unabashed commitment to caring and compassion.
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Yooo ... check this out from 1988
Every time "Empty Suit Man" opens his mouth, nothing but stupid comes out.
He sure must have liked that moral darkness cause you couldn't beat him away with a stick this week.
So much for the hypocrite! Spread this around please! Start with Fox News and Brit Hume if you don't mind!
"Moral darkness"? From the man who lied about his comrades in arms? They really have no shame.
This is funny! LOL Looking back at William Jefferson Clinton & HIS moral darkness I bet Kerry wishes he'd kept his yap shut. :D
Klinton's administration was a friggin' moral black hole.
Nobody knew Clinton in 1992, or Carter in 1976. Fresh faces with big smiles.
But Kerry is a known commodity, with quotes like these.
Kerry lives on the Dark Side. He wouldn't recognize darkness. Come to think of it--with his flip-flop lying--he wouldn't recognize "morals" either.
The funeral service is starting on CSPAN. I was worried I wouldn't get to see it at all.
Great find at the end of Reagan's second term. This way John FlipFlop Kerry can not claim he was against the Reagan administration but then Reagan changed so he could be for the Reagan administration.
Nothing ever changes within the liberal establishment. Another worn out political slogan. This is pure, unadulterated, class warfare. It's the same tired rhetoric used by liberals for the last 40-50 years.
No wonder Ronald Reagan became a Republican.
Kerry is going down!
"Kerry urged the Democrats to an unabashed commitment to caring and compassion"
They can't even fake caring and compassion.
These remarks should also be on tape.
Gee Libby .. don't hold back, tell us what you really think *L*
Nope .. no you couldn't
I see that Bill and Hillary donned their funeral grins for the occasion.
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