Kerry: As President I will not be the last to know in my command.

[blm]

On CNN live NOW.

[blm]

1. Accountability will be a hallmark of his presidency.

.

[lovedems]

3. I think he has found his "theme".

Woo-Hoo!

He is totally going to capitalize on the mistakes of this administration and it is going to be great. When the pubs start accusing him of politizing a tradgedy, you will know they are pissed that he is beating them at their own game. You know they would jump all over this if a democrat were in office!

Go Kerry!

[Bjornsdotter]

11. YES!!!!

Hi,

I thought the same thing....Kerry finally found his home! Let's hope it sticks.

Cheers,
Kim

[KittyWampus]

20. Okay, As A Wes Clark Fan... I Have To Point Out It Was His Campaign Theme

"A Higher Standard of Leadership".

[Selwynn]

36. And that's why I supported him :D

[KansDem]

30. Very similar to Jimmy Carter's "I will not lie to you..."

...in the wake of Richard Nixon.

[Selwynn]

16. I think this is a GREAT THEME!

[frank frankly]

2. FUCK YES!

these BushCo MONSTERS must go down. I don't know that we can last another 6 months with these lunatics.

GREAT WORK, JK!!!!

[PurityOfEssence]

4. Drat; beat me to it; feel free to lock my thread, mods...

That was a great little moment in history; I hope it get some play.

[blm]

6. heh...we have the same ear for these things.

;))))

[redqueen]

5. lol that's great

Jon Stewart played a clip of him the other day that wasn't too flattering. I hope he plays this clip too.

[blm]

7. CNN cut him off FAST.

Only two minutes.

[Jane Austin]

15. Two minutes?

I frequently transfer clips from TiVo onto DVDs.

The pols usually get 5 minutes. Scarborough actually gave Wes Clark 9 minutes to talk about getting out of Iraq back in March.

I've never seen one that was only two minutes.

[sadiesworld]

38. Hell, Scarborough is picking the General's brain for Bushco.

[LynzM]

8. Great line.

He should really play on the responsibility/accountability angle, IMO!

[livetohike]

9. I love John Kerry

He found his theme. Good leadership means you know what is happening and respond immediately.

[KayLaw]

10. One would hope so

Cluelessness should be a criticism for a president, but for Bush it's often used as an excuse.

[blm]

13. Yes. Convenient that Bush doesn't like to read reports more than 1 page

long. That way he can ALWAYS claim ignorance.

[KittyWampus]

12. He Looks & Sounds So Presidential

but then he probably looks Presidential even when using the water closet.

:)

[THUNDER HANDS]

25. question

what's a water closet? :)

[LynzM]

32. a bathroom

if you really didn't know, can't tell if that was sarcasm??

[RummyTheDummy]

14. This is a great issue for Kerry

While everyone knows he voted to give Bush authority to go to war, obviously he didn't sign on for what appears to be rampant prisoner abuse.

He can hammer and hammer away at this all day.

[MI Cherie]

17. Great message!

Accountability ... Responsibility ... Credibility ...

What a striking difference!

[cjbuchanan]

18. Go Kerry

That's a direct, clear, strong message, good for him.

[CWebster]

19. But Bush knew

How could he not know? There were already 3 investigations and the Red cross was making loud noises.

It wasn't about not knowing.It was about you not finding out what was commonplace.

[botchan]

22. He learned from Daddy

...Former CIA head new nothing about Iran-Contra... Dubya says, "Daddy played dumb and got away with it, I am dumb, so I can get away with it..."

[WFF]

24. Remember that SNL skit?

Dana Carvey was playing Bush I teaching W (Will Farrel) how to avoid telling the truth and get around the questions.

[botchan]

27. YES!!! So fitting :)

[LittleApple81]

23. Look at this thread in DU. HE KNEW.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1539658

[NewYorkerfromMass]

21. This is so excellent.

sooooooo presidential.

[jackstraw45]

26. EXCELLENT LINE

Needs to use that in a commercial...

[rumguy]

28. Now THAT is a good line!

[LizW]

29. Oh thank god!

That's a PERFECT message! "As President, I will not be the last to know..."

It portrays Kerry's strength, while summing up Bush's weakness (or dishonesty, whichever way you want to go).

I hope they are working on a tv commercial with this theme TODAY.

[Generator]

31. Yes yes yes

Hey Dumbya: accountablity is another word for being repsonsible for those below you, around you, and YOU.

It's what real leaders do.

[Oddman]

33. Love it!!

Kerry should pick it up and run with it!!!!!




“I’m sorry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .that we got caught!”

[Sparkly]

34. Responsibility

That is *key.* It goes to honesty, integrity, courage, humility, and self-discipline, as well as Basic Intelligence.

I think another campaign theme should be: Intelligence Matters. We have an administration that doesn't read reports, forgets things, says "I didn't know" in response to every issue from 9/11 to WMDs to tortures; and a president who needs things read and explained to him, who can barely read through a speech, who cannot deal with questions from reporters let alone the public....

I think the slam that Kerry is "boring" should be met with the truth that he is smart and that it matters, as the past few years of this incompetence should have taught us.

[liveoaktx]

35. This, finally, has some legs and weight as a theme

add in the Bad Ceo theme.

[Eurobabe]

37. Line of the Century from Kerry!!

the clip on Inside Politics today, that is the message people....hammer it home!! Bu$h is in WAY over his head. He's incompetent.

I just sent an email to the Kerry campaign, it was so moving.

[Killarney]

39. AWESOME! I hope the news whores play that line tonight.

[LittleApple81]

40. Maybe, maybe CBS. The others will pretend it did not happen or discuss

the bicycle accident.

[KittyWampus]

48. Me Too!

:)

[dave29]

41. Campaign Commercial

Clip of Bush:

"I want to restore honor and dignity to the White House"

cut to Bush at Press Conference asked about ever making mistakes...
leave for entire uncomfortable answer.

cut to clips of Bush passing Buck, newspaper clips of administration in disarray.

cut to pictures of Iraqi torture victims.

Voice Over: "Bush promised to restore honor and dignity, but he forgot the first step is ACCOUNTABILITY. We need REAL leadership in the White House".

John Kerry: "as President, I will not be the last to know."

[blm]

44. Great idea.

Send it...they'll listen.

[dave29]

45. is there a good email addy

to send to?

[blm]

46. Best bet is to

PM PeteNYC here at DU. He can give you the best directions.

[dave29]

47. thx

:)

[dave29]

42. kick

it on up

[slinkerwink]

43. awesome!