AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2004 By NEDRA PICKLER WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may attempt to suppress black voter turnout to help President Bush to victory in November. "What they did in Florida in 2000, they may be planning to do in battleground states all across this country this year," the Democratic presidential nominee said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Congressional Black Caucus. "Well, we are here to let them know that we will fight tooth and nail to make sure that this time, every vote is counted and every vote counts." Kerry has a team of lawyers to examine possible voting problems to try to prevent a repeat of the 2000 election disputes. He also has said he has thousands of lawyers around the country prepared to monitor the polls on election day. "We're not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," Kerry said. "We're not going to stand by and allow acts of voter suppression." The Massachusetts senator criticized the president for failing to meet with the caucus since his first month in office and for what he said was a failure to meet the Biblical standard set by the Good Samaritan to help others in need. Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt said the campaign would not respond to Kerry's "baseless, divisive attacks" until Sunday. "Today is a day of remembrance," he said. Earlier Saturday, Kerry recalled the good works done in memory of those who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes that killed nearly 3,000 people. "While Sept. 11th was the worst day we have ever seen, it brought out the best in all of us," Kerry told families of Massachusetts victims during a memorial at the Boston Opera House. He delivered the same message in the weekly Democratic radio address. "In the years ahead, we will share its lessons with our children and grandchildren," he said. "We will tell them that on Sept. 11, ordinary men and women became heroes at a moment's notice _ and so can you. We will tell them that we were strong because we took care of each other _ and so can you." At 8:46 a.m. _ the moment three years ago that American Airlines Flight 11 hit the north tower _ Kerry was visiting a memorial to Massachusetts victims. He laid white lilies at the memorial, located in Boston's Public Garden, then attended a private breakfast with families of the victims before the memorial service. The two hijacked planes that crashed at the World Trade Center originated at Boston's Logan Airport. Victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon included nearly 200 people who either lived in Massachusetts or had ties to the state. Kerry also issued a statement Saturday calling on Bush to release a 2001 report by the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board that reportedly recommended a major restructuring of the U.S. intelligence community, including establishing a single intelligence director. The board's chairman, retired Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, was national security adviser under Bush's father and President Ford. "The White House has held this important report under wraps for nearly three years while resisting efforts to strengthen the intelligence services that are essential to preventing terrorist attacks and protecting our nation," Kerry said in the statement. "What is the White House hiding? Why shouldn't the Congress and the American people be able to fully consider General Scowcroft's recommendations?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justice 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2004 "And we would have gotten away with it to if it hadn't been for you meddling kids and that damn Dean of yours..." "YAAAAAAAARGH!!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted September 12, 2004 Whew --- I was worried that John Kerry would lose because he refused to run a negative campaign. Clearly, the concern was misplaced. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CronoT Report post Posted September 12, 2004 Whew --- I was worried that John Kerry would lose because he refused to run a negative campaign. Clearly, the concern was misplaced. -=Mike Mike, as far as I'm concerned, when the GOP asked for the DNC to keep it clean and positive, and then turned around and shoved a knife in their backs at the RNC, the kid gloves came off. If you ask someone to play fair and nice, and then turn around and bitch-slap them, don't be surprised when they come back twice as hard at you. They asked for it, and now they have to live with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2004 If you ask someone to play fair and nice, and then turn around and bitch-slap them, don't be surprised when they come back twice as hard at you. Yawn. You do realize that race-baiting Democrat politics is as American as apple pie and baseball, right? Right?... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted September 12, 2004 Mike, as far as I'm concerned, when the GOP asked for the DNC to keep it clean and positive, and then turned around and shoved a knife in their backs at the RNC, the kid gloves came off. I guess you missed 2003. And 2004. If you ask someone to play fair and nice, and then turn around and bitch-slap them, don't be surprised when they come back twice as hard at you. They asked for it, and now they have to live with it. Hmm, don't remember Bush ever asking them to play nice. Nor do I remember them ever playing nice. But, hey, I suppose Ted Kennedy calling him a liar and saying that we were no better than Saddam in regards to Abu Gharib isn't too mean. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2004 And how about those radio ads that have been aired in previous elections that say when you don't vote Democrat another black church burns down. But at least the person doing the narration said it in a chummy way... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted September 12, 2004 And how about those radio ads that have been aired in previous elections that say when you don't vote Democrat another black church burns down. But at least the person doing the narration said it in a chummy way... Well, better than Byrd's daughter doing an ad blaming Bush for her dad's dragging death because he opposes the concept of thought crime. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
