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FTG FOR STORY ON SENATOR JOHN KERRY (D-MASS) - RALLY FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE W/ WINNESHIEK COUNTY DEMOCRATS, LUTHERAN COLLAGE 13:17:59 WANDA THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WILL YOU ALL JOIN ME IN THANKING WANDA. I WANT TO THANK KAREN PRATT AND ANNE CLEASE. I WAN TOT THANK PAUL JOHNSON. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, I'M NOT BLASIE AT ALL ABOUT WALKING INTO PLACE WHERE WE EXPECTED TO GO TO ONE ROOM AND HAVE TO WAIT AND MOVE TO A LARGER PLACE, I'M HONORED, AWED AND RESPECT YOUR FASCINATION WITH THIS PROCESS, YOUR INTEREST AND THANK YOU FOR QUALITY OF CITIZENSHIP, EXTRAORDINARY WELCOME AND I THANK IOWA FOR IT'S QUALITY OF DEMOCRACY. I DON'T SEE ANY SPECIAL INTERESTS OUT HERE 13:19:38 NICE TO WELCOME A REFUGEE FROM MASS OUT HERE, IT'S ABOUT 30 BELOW THERE. I REGRET TO TELL YOU TEAM KERRY BEAT LUTHERAN COLLEGE TEAM. MASS IS AN INDIAN NAME, TRANSLATED MEANS LAND OF MANY KENNEDY'S. I ASKED SOME STUDENTS OUT THERE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO TALK ABOUT, ENVIRONMENT, AIDS. I WANT TO SPEND MOST OF TIME HAVING CONVERSATI9ON WITH YOU. I WANT YOU TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GRILL ME AND I WANT TO PERSUADE THOSE WHO ARE UNDECIDED. 13:20:59 LET ME TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO LAY FRAMEWORK AND I WANT YOU TO GRILL ME, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE LEAVING HERE UNDECIDED. I WANT YOU TO TEST ME, MY CHARACTER AND VISION BECAUSE IT'S GETTING TO BE DECISION TIME AND WE NEED LEADERSHIP DESPERATELY. THIS PRESIDENT IS LEADING AMERICA IN WRONG DIRECTION AND WE NEED TO RECLAIM OUR OWN DEMOCRACY IN THE US. I DIDN'T COME HERE TO COUNT DOWN MOMENTS UNTIL MONDAY, I CAME HERE TO MARK WITH YOU THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE BUSH PRESIDENCY. THAT'S WHAT THIS REPRESENTS 13:22:10 GEORGE BUSH THOUGHT HE COULD PLAY DRESS UP ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER, AND THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T NOTICE WHAT'S HAPPENED WHEN HE STOOD IN FRONT OF MISSION ACCOMPLISHED SIGN. EVERY DAY JOBS LOST, BILLIONS ADDED TO DEFICIT, MEN AND WOMEN AT RISK AS WE FIGHT WAR ON TERROR. THERE ARE CHALLENGES TO US AND I WANT EVERY ONE OF YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN I WAS YOU AGE, WE HAD CIVIL RIGHT PROBLEM... 13:23:32 YOUNG PEOPLE, SOME FROM MY COLLEGE, OTHERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BREAK THE BACK OF JIM CROW AND YOUNG PEOPLE BECAME THE SPEARHEADS OF AGAINST VIETNAM BY THE TIME 1968 I WAS IN VIETNAM. COUNTRY WENT THROUGH TERRIBLE TRANSITION AND STILL TODAY WE FEEL EFFECTS. BUT THAT WAS A PERIOD ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MAKE DEMOCRACY RESPOND. I DON'T NEED AND WE DON'T WANT TO REVISIT THOSE (DAYS). PEOPLE PUTTING PASSION ON LINE. WE PASSED CLEAN AIR AND WATER ACT AND CIVIL ACT AND WE ADVANCED THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY. TODAY WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT STANDS AS A BARRIER, TODAY WE HAVE PRESIDENT WHO STAND TO GO BACKWARDS. TODAY WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO PLAYS DRESS UP ... I THINK WE HAVE THE MOST UNFAIR WORKPLACE IN ALL THE TIME I'VE HAD IN PUBLIC LIFE 13:25:44 IT'S NOT THE MONEY, IT'S THE CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND. IT'S THE EDUCATION PEOPLE BEING CHEATED OF. IT'S THE LOST OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH CURVE OF OUR NATION. PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND MARCH FORWARD WITH GLOBAL WARMING. IT'S THE LOST OPPORTUNITIES OF NUCLEAR IN RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AIDS, THE LOST OPPORTUNITIES OF MAKING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL OF THESE THINGS THE WORLD LOOKS TO US FOR LEADERSHIP AND I COME HERE TO ASK TO RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY. WHEN YOU ADD UP THE DEFICITS, 2 MILLION PEOPLE LOST HEALTH INSURANCE COUNTLESS SENIORS HAD RETIREMENT DESTROYED BY ENRON, WORLDCOM, MUTUAL FUNDS SCANDALS. ADD IT ALL UP THAT THE ONE PERSON WHO DESERVES TO BE LAID OFF IS GEORGE W BUSH 13:27:23 SO HERE IS MY QUICK VISION FOR WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR OUR COUNTRY. #1 I AM TIRED OF WATCHING MEDICARE BILL TURNED INTO BONANZA FOR DRUG COMPANIES. 13:28:03 OIL SUBSIDIES. SO WE NEED TO STAND UP TO THOSE INTERESTS, WE NEED TO SAY NO TO TYCO INDUSTRIES AND TAKE 4O0 MILLION OFF TAX ROLLS AND STICK YOU WITH BILL. WE WILL SCOUR TAX CODE THAT WENT FROM 14 TO 1700 PAGES AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUT OF IT EVERY INCENTIVE AND EVERY REWARD FOR ANY BENEDICT ARNOLD COMPANY AND TAKE JOBS OVER SEAS AND ABANDON AMERICA AND LEAVE AMERICA TO PICK UP THE BILL. 13:29:10 I WILL BEGIN AND HERE IS HOW I'LL BEGIN. I'M GOING TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT BANS REVOLVING DOOR - NOBODY FROM GOVERNMENT CAN GO INTO LOBBYING FOR FIVE YEARS AND I WILL ISSUE AN ORDER THAT REQUIRES EVERY SINGLE MEETING OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO BE A MATTER OF OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD SUBJECT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 13:30:04 WE ALSO NEED TO STOP BEING THE ONLY INDUSTRIAL NATION THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT HEALTH CARE IS NOT A PRIVILEGE BUT IS A RIGHT FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND LAST YEAR I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER BUT I CAN STAND HERE BECAUSE I HAD BEST HEALTH CARE BECAUSE I COULD AFFORD AND BECAUSE SENATORS GIVE THEMSELVES GREAT HEALTH CARE BECAUSE OF YOU. WHEN I'M PRESIDENT EVERY AMERICAN CAN GET ACCESS TO THE SAME HEALTH CARE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN GIVE THEMSELVES. WE WILL COVER ALL PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY AND LOWER COST OF EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA BY ROLLING BACK TAX CUTS AND CREATING A FUND AND TAKE OFF YOUR BACK ALL OF THE CASES SO YOUR PREMIUMS ARE NOT LONGER PAYING FOR CASE UP TO 50k A COST. THAT WILL LOWER COST AT LEAST A 1000 A PERSON AND MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND COVER THOSE UNCOVERED TODAY AND GUARANTEE THAT NO ONE HAS TO GO BROKE IN ORDER TO GET HEALTH CARE. 13:32:33 I AM A PASSIONATE ENVIRONMENTALIST SINCE I AS YOUNG, SINCE 1970 I BECAME INVOLVED IN EARTH DAY, CHAIRMAN NE 1990, WRITTEN OUR FISHERIES LAWS, PLASTIC POLLUTION, COASTAL MANAGEMENT LAWS. ALSO STOOD UP TO THE ASSAULT BY NEWT GINCRIGH TO ASSAULT CLEAN AIR AND WATER ACT, AND I LED THE FIGHT TO STOP THEM FROM DRILLING IN ARCTIC WILDLIFE REFUGE. I WILL PUT IN PLACE THE PRINCIPLE THAT NO YOUNG AMERICAN IN UNIFORM SHOULD EVER BE HELD HOSTAGE TO AMERICA'S DEPENDENCE ON OIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I THINK IT'S THE GREAT JOURNEY FOR OUR NATION. THE JOURNEY TO THE MOON RIGHT HERE ON EARTH, WHERE WE DEVELOP THE CLEAN ENERGY FOR OUR NATION. TAKE 20 BILLION THAT YOU ARE PAYING AND APPLY THAT TO ENERGY CONSERVATION TRUST FUND AND DO WHAT FDR AND TRUMAN DID WITH ATOM, WE ARE GOING TO USE CREATIVE SPIRIT AND EXPLORE THE FRONTIERS OF FUTURE AND GIFT OF OUR GENERATION TO FUTURE GEN CLEAN ENERGY, SO NO CARTEL CAN RAISE PRICES, AND NO YOUNG AMERICA WILL EVER DIE FOR IT AND THE JOBS WILL BE HERE IN THE USA. 13:35:20 WE ALSO HAVE GREAT CHALLENGE IN EDUCATION. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, IS LEAVING MILLION BEHIND EVERYDAY, HE REFUSES TO FUND IT AND THEY APPLY IT PUNITIVELY, SO THEY PUNISH TEACHES SCHOOLS AND DON'T GIVE RESOURCES. WE NEED TO STOP BEING A COUNTRY THAT WILL TURN BACK ON CHILDREN, NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, REMEDIAL WORK, CLASS SIZES TOO BIG. DID ANYONE SAY IN WASH THAT WE REACHES THE LEVEL OF CLASS SIZE, NO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS LETS SEND KIDS HOME TO LATCH KEY KIDS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. I USE TO BE A PROSECUTOR, EVERY ONE CAME OUT OF A BROKEN HOME AND BACKGROUND I'M TIRED OF OUR BEING CONTENT AS A NATION TO SPEND 50k A YEAR TO HOUSE JAIL WHEN WE SHOULD BE SPENDING IT ON HEAD START, EARLY START AND LIFT THOSE KIDS 13:37:25 FINALLY, AS YOU KNOW TOO WELL, WE ARE AT WAR. THE WHOLE WORLD AND ALL AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP, WHOLE WORLD LOOK AT US LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP, I SPEND MY LIFE FIGHTING FOR PEACE. WHEN I CAME BACK FROM VIETNAM WHERE I LEARNED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HOLD A GUN AND POINT IT AT PEOPLE WHO DID NOTHING TO ME, AND MY HEART FEELS FOR THESE PEOPLE OVER TODAY IN IRAQ, WHERE ANY STATION WAGON COULD EXPLODE, WHERE ANY PERSON CAN TURN ROUND AND SHOOT YOU. WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO CAN MEET THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY. **** THE US SHOULD NEVER GO TO WAR BECAUSE IT WANTS TO WE SHOULD ONLY GO TO WAR IF WE HAVE TO. 13:39:17 PUT OUR TROOPS AT GREATER DANGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, TURNED OUR RESERVES INTO ACTIVE DUTY AND PUT TERRORIST WHERE THERE WEREN'T. AND WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH NK HE DIDN'T WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE NEGOTIATED PEACE HE'S DILLY AND DALLIES AND PLAYED POLITICS, WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE CONTAINED LOOSE NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE FIX THE GLOBAL WARMING TREATY HE WALKED AWAY ON YOUR BEHALF, ON MY BEHALF. WITHIN WEEKS I WILL RETURN TO UN AND REJOIN THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS AND WE WILL TURN OVER A PROUD NEW CHAPTER WITH AMERICA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD. 13:40:39 LET ME JUST END BY SAYING THIS, TO WIN AGAINST BUSH CARL ROVE, CHENEY, RUMSFELD, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE NOMINEE THAT HAS CREDIBILITY AND BACKGROUND AND ABILI8TY TO STAND UP TO THESE PEOPLE AND SAY WE DEMOCRATS KNOW HOW TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE. IT IS IMPERATIVE WE HAVE A NOMINEE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEAD IN A WAY THAT IS TRUE TO OUR VALUES IN A WAY THAT MAKES NATION SAFE. CLINTON SAID THAT IT PROVES 2000 ELECTION THAT STRONG AND WRONG BEATS WEAK AND RIGHT, I BELIVE WE CAN BE STRONG AND RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME. BUSH SAYS HE WANTS NATIONAL SECURITY TO BE KEY EMPHASIS, BECAUSE HE CAN'T TALK ABOUT JOBS, OR ECONOMY OR ENVIRONMENT, CAN'T TALK ABOUT CHILDREN HEALTH CARE, WE ARE GOING TO SEE POLITICS OF FEAR IN 2004. IF HE WANT NATIONS SECURITY, THAT I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT AIR CRAFT CARRIERS FOR REAL, MR PRESIDENT IF YOU WANT NATIONAL SECURITY, IF YOU WANT WAR ON TERROR, IF YOU WANT THE QUESTION IF AMERICAN IS SAFER, I GOT THREE WORDS I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND, BRING IT ON. THAT S A DEBATE I WANT TO HAVE FOR OUR PARTY AND OUR COUNTRY 13:43:15 SO WHEN YOU GO TO THAT CAUCUS ON MONDAY, CARRY WITH YOU A SENSE OF HISTORY. REMEMBER THAT WE ARE THE PARTY OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM AND WE ARE THE PARTY OF FDR AND JOHN KENNEDY WHO DARED TO STAND UP IN KOSOVO AND HAITI WHEN CONGRESS SAID NO. WE NEED LEADERSHIP AND HOPE, WE CANNOT OFFER ANGER, WE MUST OFFER ANSWER, WE CAN'T OFFER SLOGANS BUT WE OFFER SOLUTIONS. DON'T GO ON MONDAY TO SEND A MESSAGE, GO THERE TO SEND AMERICA A PRESIDENT OF THE US, AND I ASK YOU TO THINK OF THE TOTALITY OF A LIFE, AND ALL OF THE FIGHTS WE FOUGHT, AND IF YOU GIVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THE NOMINEE I PROMISE I WILL MAKE THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE AND IN 2004 NOVEMBER WE WILL SEND BUSH BACK TO TEXAS AND WE WILL STAND IN FRONT OF OUR OWN SIGN THAT SAYS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. 13:45:35 THE LEAD ARTICLE SAID A NUMBER OF ECONOMISTS SAY WE ARE ON SLIPPERY SLOPE TO FINANCIAL DISASTER. I HOPE NOT BUT THAT POTENTIAL EXISTS, DEFICIT OF 500 BILLION DOLLARS, ADDING 5 BILLION DOLLARS A DAY, WE ARE NOT CREATING JOBS, LAST MONTH WAS 250k JOB CREATION, THE COUNTRY CREATED 1000 JOBS, 249k SHORT OF GOAL. THIS IS THE WORST JOB CREATION RECORD SINCE HERBERT HOOVERT. WE ARE OWING COUNTRIES MORE. STRONGER FOR ELECTION PURPOSE... STRONGER THE DOLLAR, WEAKER THE DOLLAR, PEOPLE ARE INVESTING ELSEWHERE, AND WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS LONG TERM PROBLEM WITH RESPECT TO THE FISCAL SITUATION BECAUSE WE HAVE BABY BOOM GENERATION AND MEDICARE AND THE PRESIDENT IS JUST IGNORING REALITIES OF FISCAL CONCERNS WITH TAX CUTS. THIS IS A IRRESPONSIBLE RECKLESS MANAGEMENT OF OUR COUNTRY. WE NEED TO ROLL BACK TAX CUT FOR WEALTHIEST AND INVEST THAT MONEY IN EDUCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS AND COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS, ROADS, HOSPITALS, CHILDREN, ENORMOUS WORK BUT WE ARE NOT VALUING IT. WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO CAN PICK PRIORITIES MORE EFFECTIVELY. WE HAVE AN IMBALANCE OF TRADE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PLAYING BY RULES. CHINA RAISES CURRENCY, RESTRICTS DOLLAR, DOESN'T ALLOW ACCESS TO MARKETS. WE REFUSE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE CAN DO... WE NEED TO INVEST IN EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PRODUCTS OF FUTURE, THAT'S WHAT DROVE 1990. *BREAK LOG* 13:50:38 IF YOU LIKED THE LAST 8 YEARS OF CLINTON, YOU'LL LOVE THE FIRST 4 YEARS OF THE KERRY ADMINISTRATION. 13:51:14 I BELIVE IN SPACE EXPLORATION AND OUR GENERATION WAS GREATLY EXCITED AND I THINK IT'S IN THE NATURE TO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY BUT WHETHER OR NOT GOING BACK TO THE MOON OR MARS IS THE SMARTEST EXPENDITURE, IS SUBJECT (TO DEBATE), BUT WE NEED TO GO TO THE MOON RIGHT THERE EON EARTH AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME BY DEVELOPING THESE ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES. WE NEED TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM GLOBAL WARMING, ONLY CANDIDATE WHO WENT TO EVERY CONFERENCE, THAT WAS A FLAWED TREATY, WE KNEW IT WAS FLAWED BUT IT WAS CRITICAL TO GET A CONSENSUS ON EMISSIONS AND BRING THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO THE TABLE, I MET WITH THEM AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON. CONTINUE SPACE EXPLORATION AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL BUT FOCUS HERE ON EARTH. 13:53:49 I'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. IN 1985 WHEN IT CAME TO US SENATE, I WAS THE SOLE SPONSOR OF THE 1985 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. I TESTIFIED 1 OF ONLY 4 WHO WENT TO ARMED SERVICE COMMITTEE THAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD SERVE AMERICAN IN SOME WAY. I AM A SPONSOR OF EMPLOYMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT, BECUSE I BELIEVE THAT EQUAL PROTECTION MEANS EQUAL PROTECTION AND DESERVE A PRES WHO DOESN'T SEE THIS AS A DIVISIVE ISSUE. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO ASK TO LIKE WHAT SOMONE ELSE DOES OR ADOPT PRACTICES, IT MEANS THAT THE US OF A IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DONT' BELIEVE IN DISCRIMINATION AND WORK FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND I WILL DO THAT AS PRESIDENT OF THE US. I MIGHT ADD THERE IS A GREAT UNFINISHED MARCH, THE MARCH OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR 50% PLUS, AND MEAN WOMEN. WOMEN WORK FOR SAME JOBS FOR LESS THAN MEN AND IT'S TIME TO GIVE MEANING TO EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL DAYS WORKED. UNDO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WALKING BACKWARDS FROM DISABILITY ACT AND I BELIVE WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVE EQUALITY FOR EVEYR AMERICAN. MY WIFE... ISN'T IT INTERESTING HTAT WHEEN MEN HAVE OPINIONS, THEY'RE SMART BUT WHEN WOMEN DO, THEY'RE OPINIONATED. SHE INTENDS TO CHANGE THAT 13:57:31 I'VE BEEN THERE, BEFORE ANY OF THEM. I'M CHARIMAN OF AIDS TASK FORCE, WE DID A YEAR LONG ANALYSIS OF AIDS ISSUE AND BILL FRIST WORKED TOGEHTHER AND I WROTE MAIN AIDS LEGISTLATURE. AND I LAID OUT ADJENDA THAT WE CAN ACT RESPONSIBLY GLOBALLY. PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM, TREATMENT, HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE, VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, GOT JESSE HELMS TO SIGN IT, THIS ADMINISTRATION STILL HAS NOT FUNDED OR EMBRACED IT. 40 MILLION HIV POSITIVLE, 15 MILLION ORPHANS, 400 MILLIONS DIED. IN ASIA, INDIA, CHINA, IF WE DONT' RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY, THE HEIGHT OF DYING OF AIDS WILL NOT OCCUR TO 2035 TO 2040. IT IS A DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND INCREASING INSTABLITY AND PROVIDING OTHERS TO FILLING VOID. I'VE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT. LOOK YOU ALL HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE ABOUT WHO YOUC AN TRUST. WHO DO YOU TRUST? (THANK YOU) THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US IN THIS RACE. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE 14:00:21 ABOUT WHO BEGAN TALKING ABOUT ISSUES OR WHO HAS A LIFETIME OF CONSISTANTLY FIGHTING FOR PROGRESSIVE VALUES. PAUL WELLSTONE AND I WROTE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, GOD BLESS HIM... WE STARTED FIGHTING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. WEHN REAGAN CONDUCED ILLEGAL WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA I STOOD UP AND TOOK HIM ON. I STOOD UP AND EXPOSED OLIVER NORTH AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. NOREIGA, BIG BANK... 10 YEARS BEFORE PEOPLE KNOEW WHO HE WAS. MCCAIN AND I STOOD UP SO WE ARE NOT BREATHING POLLUTED AIR, AGAINST OIL INDUSTRY. I'M AFRAID TO SAY WE LOST THAT FIGHT, BUT BY FIGHTING IT, CALIFORNIA PICKED UP THE BATON AND THEY WON WITH IT. WHEN GINGRICH TRIED TO KILL CLEAN AIR AND WATER ACT. I'M TELLING YOU NOT TO VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE I DID THOSE THINGS, BUT WHEN YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT CANIDDATE WILL DO THESE THINGS, THAT I TAKE RISKS FOR CANDIDATE AND PRIORITIES AND ASK YOU TO MEASURE ME GAINST EACHO FO MY OPPONENTS. WE NEED TO STAND UP LIKE TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND MADE WORKPLACE FIAR AND NEVER HAVE I SEEN PUBLIC INTERSTS RUNNING LIFE AND MORE MONEY TRANSFEREED FROM AVERAGE AMERICAN TO WEALTH. 14:03:33 WOERKERS WORKING HARDER, CAN'T GET AHEAD, POLITICIANS TALKING ABOUT FAMILY VALUES, WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO IS GIONG TO STAND UP AND DO THAT. 14:04:04 I WAS CHAIRMAN OF HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S CALLED THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. MANY PEOPLE NTO AWARE OF IT BUT FHA AUTALLY MAKES A PROFIT. MONEY COMES IN FROM INSURANCE PROGRAM AND PREMIUMS FOR LENDING AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS CREATE THAT MONEY TO MAKE A REVOLVING LOAN THAT AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO CREATING HOUSING. WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THAHOUSING ISN'T ABOUT HOUSING BUT EDUATION AND WAR ON DRUGS, AND ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY. KIDS HWO DON'T HAVE HOUSING WHO MOVE FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER ARE KIDS WHO COME INTO NEW SCHOOL AND THEY DON'T KNOW PEOPLE AND THE TEACHERS DON'T KNOW THEM NOT HOMEWORK AND THEY ECOME PROBLEMS, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO GREAT PROMISE THAT HOUSING IN AMERICA IS ONE OF OUR NATIONAL PRIORITIES, TAX CREDITS, HOUSING PROGRAMS AND GET BACK TO THE PEOPLE... AND ECONOMY, ANOTHER ONE OF THE WAY WE CAN PUT AMEIRCA BACK TOW ORK, GO AROUND THIS COUNTRY... THERE ARE COUNTLES NUBMER OF PEOPLE WHO NEED WORK AND THERE IS WORK IN AMERICA... FAT CAT... 14:06:34 DID CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN JUSTIFY THE ACTION. THE ONLY GUNUINE JUSTIFICATION / SIAD THIS IN MY SPEECH / ONLY JUSTIFICATION FOR GOING TO WAR WAS THE NON COMPLIANCE OF IRAQ WITH THE RESOLUTION OF DISARMAMENT. WE ESTABLISHED THAT VERY CLEARLY WHEN HE APPEARED BEFORE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITEE. HE SAID THERE WERE 16 RESOLUTIONS WELL WE ASKED ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THEM - ARE YOU PREPARED TO GO TO WAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T FULFIL THEIR OWIL CONTRATS. IN THE END THE ONLY RATIONAL THAT HE LEFT ON THE TABLE WAS THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRCUTION AND DISARMAMENT, AND THE PRESIDENT PROMISED HE'D BUILD A COALITION AND GO TO WAR AS A LAST RESORT, HE BROKE EVERY SINGLE PROMISE. THERE WAS A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO HOLD SADDAM ACCOUNTABLE. THE PRESIDENT WENT THE WRONG WAY. ARE WE BETTER OFF? YES BUT DOES IT JUSTIFY IT? I WAS NOT FOR IT UNTIL ... I BELIEVE THIS PRESIDENT MISLEAD AMERICA, CONGRESS, WORLD AND AS A VETERAN OF VIETNAM HAVING REMMBERED LOSING LIGITIMACY AND CONSENT, ONE THING I'VE LEARNED IS WHEN TO SEND AMERICANS TO FIGHT AND DIE, AND THE TEST IS TO LOOK IN THE EYES AND I TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING I TRIED TO DO TO SAVE THE LIFE OF YOUR LOVED ONE, AND I BELIVE GEORGE BUSH FAILS THAT TEST. 14:10:24 GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION WHAT WOULD BE MY IMMEDIATE PLAN, IMMEDIATE MORE IMPORTANT THAT LONG TERM, NO ON EKNOW WHAT SITUATION I'LL FIND WHEN INAUGURATED. MY PRAYER IS THAT PRESIDETN SEES THE LIGHT. THE DEFENSE DEPT / DONT' BOTHER ... THAT IS ONE OF THE DUMBEST THINGS I'VE VERY HEARD OF, IF YOU ARE TYRING TO PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND GET OUT OF THERE. WHAT I WOULD DO IMMEIDATELY IS BRING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TABLE, I CARED SO MUCH ABOUT THIS THA TI WENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL IN NEW YORK AND I MET WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND I WAS THE ONLY SENATOR WHO DID THAT, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW HOW SERIOUSLY THOSE COUNTRIES TOOK THAT ISSUE. WOULD THEY WILL BE WILLING TO SPEND MONEY AND PUT PEOPLE ON THE GORUND, BUT THEY WNATED TO GO THROUGH PROCESS PROPERSLY. I WOULD GO BACK TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND I WOULD RENEW OUR RELATIHONSHIPS BY NOT BEING SO ARROGNAT BY NOT PRETENDING WE DON'T NEED HELP AND ASSUME RESPONSIBLITY WITH US. WE CAN'T 3EXPECT THEM TO COME IN IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SRUE EVERYTHING IS RESERVED FOR HALLIBURTON. AND HERE IS WHY THE PRES DID A MISERABLE JOB. BECAUSE THE WORLD HADN ADN INTERST IN IRAQ NOT BING A FIALED SATE, NOT MATTER HOW WRONG, WE'RE THERE, WE GOT A PROBLEM WITH KURDS, SHIA AND SUNNIS' AND EUROPE HAS APROFOUND INTERST OF NOT HAVE ING A FAILED STATE ON IT'S DOORSTEP AND AS IT'S NEIGHBOR, HERE WE HAVE A GLOBAL IMPERATIVE AND WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE, NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR THE US TO ALMOST ALL ALONE OCCUPY A MIDDLE EASTERN NATION. SO I WANT TO INERNATIONALZE THIS, THE ONLY WAY IS TO MAXIMIZE SUCCESS, MAXIMUM CAMACITY FOR SUCCESS IS TO HAVE OTHER COUNTRIES INVOLVED, AND THE MAXIMUM PROTECTION IS TO HAVE OTEHR TROOPS AND TO GET THE TARGET OFF OF OUR PEOPLE AND GET THEM HOME AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO AS PRES OF THE US. 14:15:24 YOU KNOW THE COUNTDOWN YOU KNOW THE DRILL. MY CAMPIGN IS MOVING AND HAS ENERGY AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS ABOUT PRESIDENCY AND WE CAN BEAT GEORGE BUSH AND HAS EXPERIENCE TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE AND GET US TO SUBJECT OEDUCATION AND EVIRONMENT AND HEALTH CARE AND DEFINE QUALITY OF LIFE. STAND WITH ME IN CAUCUSES, BRING PEOPLE WITH YOU, HELP ALL OF US OT RECLIAM OUR OWN DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AEMICA 14:17:42 BARS 14:25 kerry with child NBC POOL STUFF ON BUS 14:27:23 kery on bus, holding up four leaf clover 14:28:03 I MET MOSLEY BARUN AND HAPPENED TO BE IN HOTEL AT SAME TIME AND NEVER ANY DISCUSSION ON DEBT, WE TALKED HAD NICE CONVERSATINO BUT NOTHING IMPORTANT. BUT I HAVE NOT SAT OR TALKED WITH HER SINCE THEN. 14:28:46 I HAVE NO FURHTER COMMENTS ON HER ENDORSEMENT OR WHAT TOOK PLACE. 14:29:01 DAVID LOOK I GOT THREE DYAS LEFT TO TALK TO PEOPLE OF IOWA AND PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY AS WE BEGIN NEW PHASE AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HWAT'S IMPORATNT TO PEOPLE, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW WHAT WHEN WHY THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR THEIR LIVES, HEALTH CARE, JOBS, FAIRNESS AND LEADERSHIP, AND I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE HERE I'M NOT REEVALUATING AND ANALYZING AND I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT IMPORTANT OT THE PEOPLE OF IOWA 14:30:05 I'VE SIAD FOR WEEKS I'M GOING TO TRY TO WIN WHERE I CAN AND I'M GOING TO KEEP ON WINNING, I'M AN UNDERDOG BUT I'M A FIGHTER, AND I'M FIGHTING BECAUSE I CAN OFFER LEADERSHIP AND BEST PLANS ON HOW TO MAKE AMERICA STRONG IN THE WORLD .. THAT'S WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR AND I THINK NH EQUALLY INDEPENDENT AS IOWA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE 14:30:57 COMPLETELY. I BEEN IN SC WORKING HARD, WE HAD GREAT ORGANIZATION AND TEAM AND I TALKED TO ALL OF THEM A FEW DAYS AGO AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE ALL SUPPORTING ME, STEVE BENJAMIN, ALEX SANDERS, US SENATE CANADIDATE, PARIS ISLAND, WE HAVE A STRONG TEAM DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE EXCITED AND W'RE WIATING. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A STRATEGEY WE'RE PROGRESSIVE AND THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. 14:31:53 WELL PHASE IS THE VOTING PHASE, THE PHASE IS THAT IT'S REAL, MORE PRESS, PEOPLE LISTENING, AND THAT'S THE NEW PHASE AS WE SLUG IT OUT WITH IMBEDS AS WE TRAVEL ACROSS IOWA. 14:32:24 NO I THINK MY SURGE IS MECKY DIAMONDS CHAMPAIGN TOUR AND 14:32:51 I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THIS CANDIDACY. I TOLD YOU THAT WHEN I DECIDED TO PUT PERSONAL FUNDS IN, I SAID THAT IN CONCORD AT SPEECH AT HIGH SCHOOL, I BELIVE IN MYSELF, WHAT I OFFER AS LEADERSHIP AND THERE IS NOTHIGN MADE UP HERE, THIS IS ME, 35 YEARS OF ME THAT IS READY TO LEAD AND IT'S UP TO AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT HTAT. I'VE BEEN CONSISTANT AND MY VISION AND I'VE LAID OTU SERIOUS PROPOSALS AND THERE'S NOTHING ON BACK ON ENVELOPE THAT'S FOR CAMPIGN PURPOESES. I FEEL CONFIDENT FOR TKAING THIS VISION OUT TO COUNTYR. PEOPLE WHO TAKE THIS OUT ARE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON CLINTOON'S PLAN. I THINK AMERICA DESERVES MORE LEADERSHIP. 14:34:25 I'M DOING GREAT, I REALLY AM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FOUR OURS, I FEEL STRONG. I GOT MORE SLEEP HERE THAN I USE TO... I MEAN I'M USE TO GOING THROUGH THE NIGHTS. IT'S UH... I'TS MY WIFE'S SECRET INGREDIENT... 14:35:14 THROWING FOOTBALL / KERY WAVES 14:35:36 KERRY RUNNING WITH FOOTBALL / THROWS 14:35:55 THROWS FOOTBALL 14:36:22 SHAKES HANDS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS 14:36:29 KERRY TAKES OF JACKET 14:36:43 PICKING GOALS / THAT TREE AND THAT TREE 14:37:05 SHAKES HAND OF VETERAN / AMERICAN LEGION JACKET 14:37:16 KERRY PICKS TEAMS 14:37:46 TOUCH FOOTBALL PRESS FOLLOWS 14:37:56 HUDDLE WITH STUDENTS 14:38:17 KERRY RUNS IN FIELD 14:39:16 THROWS FOOTBALL 14:39:59 CATCHES 14:40:09 ASKS HOW ARE YOU DOING? WARM? THROWS BALL 14:40:26 PUTTING JACKET ON 14:40:30 WHAT DO THEY WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT? EDUCATION, AIDS, ENVIRONMENT, SAME SEX MARRIAGES, TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING