John Kerry's Senate floor speach 4/21/05 (Must Read)

[Freedom_from_Chains]

If you did not see John Kerry's speech on the Senate floor yesterday concerning upcoming judicial nominees, you should read the text from it. A democratic leader has finally stepped forward and started to call the Republicans what they are and I for one applaud Senator Kerry for doing such. If more of the Democratic leadership would develop some gumption and start doing the same, the Republic may still have a chance for survival.


Senate Floor 4/21/05

Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I will speak about the second issue I would like to talk about.

The Republican nuclear option has been discussed endlessly on editorial pages, talk radio, and here in this Chamber. The ongoing debate is about much more than Senate procedure. At its core is a debate, really, about where we are headed in our relationship between each other, Republicans and Democrats, leaders all sworn to uphold the Constitution and with the responsibility to try to lead this Nation in difficult times and find the common ground and build a consensus for our country.

At its core is a debate about how we live out our own democracy in America. Beneath it are questions about how this city, the Nation's Capital, is functioning today, how we relate to each other, how our committees work, how the Senate itself functions. It appears as if we are headed in a direction that ultimately clashes with the real will and needs of the American people. That is what this is really all about.

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[rainy]

1. I watched it. It was incredible! What a great speech.

[ohtransplant]

2. Another example that Kerry gets it

and has stepped out front to lead the charge.

Doing so will subject him to unfair criticism from all sides, - including Dems who say, "too little, too late". I, for one am proud to have voted for him and would do so again.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

3. You might want to take a listen to Sen. Leahy on C-Span2 now

[yurbud]

4. link dead

[yurbud]

5. new link

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/record.cfm?id=236760

[yurbud]

6. Something bad is about to happen if Kerry is being blunt

When the guy that all of us screamed at for being too moderate uses terms like "democracy itself is at stake," he must know something more than intimidating judges is in the pipe.

[LittleClarkie]

7. It took him a while to make up his mind about Vietnam too

but when he did, look out!

He seems to get this way -- eloquent and blunt -- when he's pissed off.

That's right, Repubs, wake the sleeping giant.