UPDATE: He's reading it VER FREAKING BATIM. Man, Kerry's going to use Bush as a hand puppet tonight.
Blogging this crap's gonna be easy.
I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.Mr. President...with all due respect...it already HAS happened on your watch.
To create jobs, my plan will encourage investment and expansion by restraining federal spending, reducing regulation, and making tax relief permanent.All the rich people in the Garden say HOOO. It's really worked well so far.
Another priority in a new term will be to help workers take advantage of the expanding economy to find better, higher-paying jobs. In this time of change, many workers want to go back to school to learn different or higher-level skills. So we will double the number of people served by our principal job training program and increase funding for community colleges. I know that with the right skills, American workers can compete with anyone, anywhere in the world.Ah. Oh. Okay. So instead of getting Americans back to work, we're going to send them...back to...school?
At this point, I just want to point out that every damned sentence is beeing greeted by applause. It's almost just plain automatice. They don't even know what they're applauding.
I'm just going to skip down to the end of the speech, where I'm sure he'll avoid falling into the theological trap...
To everything we know there is a season - a time for sadness, a time for struggle, a time for rebuilding. And now we have reached a time for hope. [snip] Like generations before us, we have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom. [snip] God bless you, and may God continue to bless America.Thanks - great speech, Ecclesiastes. Now get out of town and stay tuned for Kerry to kick your ass.
