Democratic candidate John Kerry unleashed a stinging indictment of President Bush's economic stewardship on Wednesday and urged his Republican rival to take responsibility instead of playing the victim.
"This president has created more excuses than jobs," Kerry said in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club.
He rejected the White House's "perfect storm" explanation that recession, war and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks caused tepid economic performance in the United States.
"The president wants you to believe that this record is the record of the victim of circumstances, the result of bad luck, not bad decisions."
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"This president has created more excuses than jobs," Kerry said in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club.
He rejected the White House's "perfect storm" explanation that recession, war and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks caused tepid economic performance in the United States.
"The president wants you to believe that this record is the record of the victim of circumstances, the result of bad luck, not bad decisions."
Can I get a Amen!
"His is the excuse presidency -- never wrong, never responsible, never to blame ... no, it's not our fault; no, there's nothing wrong; no, we can't do better; no, we haven't made a single mistake," Kerry said.
... He told the "Imus in the Morning" radio show, "I am absolutely taking the gloves off. I'm prepared to take them (the Bush team) on."
... He told the "Imus in the Morning" radio show, "I am absolutely taking the gloves off. I'm prepared to take them (the Bush team) on."
And Hallelujah!
Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt dismissed Kerry's speech as a "dark view of the future" and said pessimism would not create jobs.
WTF? A dark view of the future? He's talking about the dark present! Oh yeah, Kerry's such a pessimist. Not Bush. He's just sure everything will be fine at some day in the future when he catches a break and all his failed policies take off.
"He chose and he chose and he chose and every single time it was middle-class Americans who paid the price," Kerry said. "George Bush (news - web sites) accomplished all this in only four years. Imagine what he could do in another four years."
Kerry cited a litany of statistics -- job losses, 8 million Americans looking for work, 45 million without health insurance, 4.3 million more at the poverty level, 220,000 who could not afford to go to college last year, and a $1,500 decline in the average family's income.
"We know the truth," he said. "Nearly every choice has made it worse. You can even say that George Bush is proud of the fact that not even failure can cause him to change his mind."
Kerry cited a litany of statistics -- job losses, 8 million Americans looking for work, 45 million without health insurance, 4.3 million more at the poverty level, 220,000 who could not afford to go to college last year, and a $1,500 decline in the average family's income.
"We know the truth," he said. "Nearly every choice has made it worse. You can even say that George Bush is proud of the fact that not even failure can cause him to change his mind."
Can I get a witness!
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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