The Shrine

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Kerry, unlike the other speakers wasn't afraid to criticize president Bush.

I liked this quote quite a bit:

"I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war. I will have a vice president who will not conduct secret meetings with polluters to rewrite our environmental laws. I will have a secretary of defense who will listen to the best advice of our military leaders. And I will appoint an attorney general who actually upholds the Constitution of the United States."

I liked what he said about energy independence, but I wish he would expanded on it a little bit.
Also, he didn't really talk enough about what he's planning on doing in Iraq if/when he becomes president.

By the way, if you didn't catch the speech, don't worry. President Bush didn't either:

<i> "My opponent has good intentions. But intentions don't always translate into results. After 19 years in the United States Senate, my opponent has had thousands of votes but very few signature achievements," Bush said.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush did not see the speech.

"He went to sleep last night. That was a late speech," McClellan told reporters, but he said Bush had "read some of the coverage."
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyP ... 1699">Read the whole article</a>
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I guess it was past his bedtime?</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/spee ... 29.html</a>

The speech...</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>He got very tough at parts, as my Da would say 'Fightin words'. It was good that he laid out more of his plan, and that it was optimistic in tone.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Nobody could top Obama : )</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I have to be honest, I wanted to watch the whole speech, but it put me out like a light about 15-20 minutes in. It seemed much more like a over extended Academy Award acceptance speech, or a speech at the Miss Universe pageant rather than a political speech.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Yeah, it probably would be like that for a non-American... I'd nod off too if it was late and I was watching a speech by Paul Martin :)</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>No shit... Obama in 2012 (or 2008 if Bush weasels his way back in there again), although I'd also like to see either Hillary or Edwards in there too.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>It was not because he was foreign (I have watched plenty of political speeches from other countries), but more or less because he wasn't saying anything that mattered. Once in a while he threw out some typical promises, but didn't give any specifics whatsoever.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>He still has to win a Senate seat first...</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>American political speeches are inundated with sweet nothings and trite platitudes. I suspect Bush's will be just as bad, if not worst.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>American political speeches are inundated with sweet nothings and trite platitudes. I suspect Bush's will be just as bad, if not worse.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Obama for Caesar in 2005! : )</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>But if Bush is good at one thing, it's being a motivational (albiet not overly grammatically accurate) speaker. It'll at leat be entertaining</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>He's freakin' boring to watch speak, man. Unreal...</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>But Bush still talks like William Shatner huffed up on gas.</div>