Posted on 09/16/2004 7:11:05 AM PDT by crushkerry
Let it be said that John Kerry is an equal opportunity panderer. But we've also found out something else. He's a "misery panderer."
What do we mean by that? A few days ago he gave a speech to the nearly all black National Baptist Convention. Yesterday he gave a speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Each speech is nearly identical - and we literally mean word for word - except for some glaring differences. In each speech he simply fills in the blank of the particular "misery" affecting that group. We're not kidding here folks, these speeches are nearly word for word of each other except for the specific item of doom and gloom suffered by whatever minorities he's speaking with. And of course, it's all George Bush's fault.
Check out the rest of this to see how we've utterly nailed him on not only pandering via misery (and in our opinion condescending), but of perhaps having the laziest speechwriters around.
What is clear is that John Kerry's pitch to minorities offers nothing but fear and condescension. But a pattern does emerge. So the next time Kerry gives a speech to a minority audience, you'll be able to pick it right out. Consider this a service from us to you. Below we look at the patter and provide evidence to back it up.
1. The Set Up. In each speech Kerry remembers fondly a certain piece of legislation or court decision of years past that helped the particular minority group, and then tells them why George Bush is putting it in danger and taking us back to "separate but equal". These people must come out thinking that Jim Crow (which Kerry did mention in his speech to the Baptists) is right around the corner. Pay particular notice to the exact same phrases and words used in each speech.
To the Baptists he says:
"Fifty years ago, with the decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, this nation had a great moment of conscience...In the hardest passages of the long march for civil rights -- amid lynchings and beatings and unyielding discrimination, the stalwart foot soldiers of justice did not look around and say, as we have heard so often from Washington these days, that we’ve turned the corner or that the job was getting done or that this was the best that we could do...But that dream – our dream – is dim and denied in the Washington of today. 140 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, it is time to again emancipate this land, to live up to our ideals; it is time for a new moment of conscience in America. The fact is, the wrong choices of the Bush Administration – reduced taxes for the few and reduced opportunities for the middle class and those struggling to join it – are taking us back to two Americas -- separate and unequal."
To the Hispanics he says:
"Forty years ago, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act, our nation had a great moment of conscience. And while President Lyndon Johnson’s signature inscribed that bill on our statute books, we know it was really written by millions of everyday foot soldiers for justice who were willing to stand up and speak out – risk their lives and put it all on the line for justice...My friends, Cesar’s dream – our dream – is dim and denied in the Washington of today. To put it bluntly: it is time for us to stand up to the powerful interests and fight for a new moment of conscience in America...fact is, the wrong choices of the Bush administration – reduced taxes for the few and reduced opportunities for the middle class and those struggling to join it – are taking us back to two Americas -- separate and unequal."
2.Whitey has better schools than you. In each speech Kerry laments the dropout and college graduation rates of blacks and Hispanics, telling them their schools stink because of George Bush and his evil policies. All is the same here except that to the Hispanics he simply substitutes "minority children" for "children of color", as he said to the Baptists.
Here's what he said to Baptists:
"At that convention in New York last week, George Bush actually talked about demanding accountability from everybody in education -- except his own administration. We know that you can’t really get the job done in our classrooms when too many children, especially children of color, are forced to attend overcrowded and crumbling schools and are being taught by overworked and underpaid teachers. The promise of a better America is not being met when only 50 percent of African Americans are finishing high school and only 18 percent are graduating college. The promise of a better America is not being met, when, fifty years after Brown, in too many parts of our country we still have two school systems – separate and unequal."
And to the Hispanics:
And, at that convention in New York, this president, incredibly, talked about demanding accountability from everybody in education -- except his own administration. We know that you can’t really get the job done in our classrooms when too many children, especially minority children, are forced to attend overcrowded and crumbling schools and are being taught by overworked and underpaid teachers. The promise of a better America is not being met when nearly 50 percent of Hispanics do not finish high school and only 11 percent are expected to finish college."
3. Because of George Bush you are sicker, poorer, unemployed and uninsured. As you will see this is textbook "fill in the blank misery pandering."
To the Baptists he said:
"And African-American unemployment is nearly 10 percent – double the rate for whites. That’s more than a twenty-five percent increase since George Bush took office...My friends, the promise of a better America is not being met when nearly one in three African American children are living in poverty or when half the black men in New York City are out of work. Here in Louisiana, the poverty rate is more than 20 percent – the highest in the nation. Is that compassionate? No. Under the Bush Administration, 5 million Americans have lost their health insurance, including 400,000 African Americans. People of color are significantly more likely to suffer diseases like cancer and asthma and diabetes and AIDS. And yet nearly 60 percent of Hispanics and 43 percent of African Americans went without health coverage for all or part of the last two years. Is that compassionate?
And to the Hispanics:
"Hispanic unemployment is close to seven percent and 351,000 more Hispanics are out of work since George Bush took office...My friends, the promise of a better America is not being met when in the last year alone, a million more people have fallen into poverty…when nine million Hispanics, including 30 percent of Hispanic children are living in poverty. Is that compassionate? ...Under the Bush Administration, 5 million Americans have lost their health insurance, including almost a million and a half Hispanics. ..As we know, minorities are far more likely to have poorer health and less access to affordable health care."
4. And that jerk Bush doesn't even want to talk to you Simply insert minority lobby group, except to the Hispanics not the insertion of "bilingual education".
To the Baptists he says:
"The president who in the last four years couldn’t even find time to meet with NAACP… the Black Caucus … or the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. The president who turns away from African American needs…who scorns economic justice and affirmative action…who traffics in the politics of division – and then claims he is a friend of Black America can not conceal his identity no matter what clothes he wears.
And to the Hispanics:
"Because we deserve a president who doesn’t just meet with those he agrees with. We deserve a president who’s not afraid to sit down with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the National Council of La Raza, the NAACP, and the Black Caucus. And despite the photo opportunities, expensive brochures, and contrived overtures – no community has seen more promises broken than this administration: immigration reform, no child left behind, affirmative action, small business lending, bilingual education, jobs.
5. And Not Only Does Bush Hate You People in America, He Hates Your Kind All Over The World This one is particularly good. He mentions a particular area of the world where many who look like those in his audience are suffering, tells them Bush is hurting them, but that he'll set some group to help.
To the Baptists he says:
"The U.S. and the UN Security Council now face a testing moment of truth – they must decide whether to take action to halt the killing in Darfur or remain idle in the face of the second African genocide in 10 years. If I were president, I would act now. As I’ve said for months, I would not sit idly by. .... And the President should immediately appoint an American Ambassador to the African Union, as we have long had an Ambassador to the European Union. The United States should not treat Africa as a second-class continent."
And to the Hispanics:
"Finally, like Franklin Roosevelt, I understand that a strong Latin America is key to a strong America. But, this administration has neglected our relationship with our southern neighbors. As president, I will build a new “Community of the Americas,” where neighbors work together toward shared goals. "
Hey Senator - do you really think that telling people how rotten their lives are - and ignoring the unprecedented good news in the minority communities - is a way to get them to vote for you, especially since you offer nothing in return. If so, then you're even more arrogant than we thought.
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ping to you Stickman.
Look here. Kerry is doing "fill in the blank" speeches!!! Proof that he treats minorities like cattle.
Yeah, but he left out the most important Teresa-ism that all their poor little miserable minority children should go naked.
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Terrific compilation!
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