Posted on Tue, Jul. 27, 2004
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/9256645.htm
Dreyfuss blasts Bush, urges Florida delegates to help Kerry
KEN THOMAS
Associated Press
BOSTON - Actor Richard Dreyfuss offered a scathing critique of the Bush administration on Tuesday, urging Florida delegates to help John Kerry.
"For the past few weeks, the Bush re-election campaign has begun a ferocious effort to cast doubt on John Kerry's record as a senator, as a soldier, implications that he is not honest, not bright, that his wife is odd, that he is only a massive hypocrite from Vietnam days on," Dreyfuss said.
"It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance," said Dreyfuss, who starred in "Jaws" and "Mr. Holland's Opus."
"Kerry is an adult - he thinks things through. He learns from the present as well as the past. To George Bush, thinking things through is for sissies."
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Actor Alec Baldwin told the state's delegates that a second term for President Bush could lead to "multiple" resignations on the U.S. Supreme Court and reverse course on issues such as abortion.
"There are people who are in the bullpen right now, who are in the on-deck circle right now - you know their names," Baldwin said, mentioning Hispanic lawyer Miguel Estrada and Mississippi Judge Charles Pickering, two of Bush's appeals court nominations.
Estrada withdrew his nomination in September and Bush gave Pickering a temporary appointment.
Baldwin, who recently appeared in "The Cooler," said judges like Pickering and Estrada were "ready to ravage individual rights in this country."
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Family members of John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry continued to press the case of the Democratic ticket to the Florida delegation.
Kerry's older sister, Peggy Kerry, asked Florida's activists to take nothing for granted in the upcoming election.
"It's not ABB - 'Anybody but Bush.' It's KEY - 'Kerry, Edwards and you'," Kerry said.
Andre Heinz, Heinz Kerry's son, said he was hoping Florida avoids another narrow contest and overtime session.
"Look forward to saying, 'there goes Florida - no contest,'" Heinz said.
(More fodder for my book of basturds!
)
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/9256645.htm
Dreyfuss blasts Bush, urges Florida delegates to help Kerry
KEN THOMAS
Associated Press
BOSTON - Actor Richard Dreyfuss offered a scathing critique of the Bush administration on Tuesday, urging Florida delegates to help John Kerry.
"For the past few weeks, the Bush re-election campaign has begun a ferocious effort to cast doubt on John Kerry's record as a senator, as a soldier, implications that he is not honest, not bright, that his wife is odd, that he is only a massive hypocrite from Vietnam days on," Dreyfuss said.
"It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance," said Dreyfuss, who starred in "Jaws" and "Mr. Holland's Opus."
"Kerry is an adult - he thinks things through. He learns from the present as well as the past. To George Bush, thinking things through is for sissies."
---
Actor Alec Baldwin told the state's delegates that a second term for President Bush could lead to "multiple" resignations on the U.S. Supreme Court and reverse course on issues such as abortion.
"There are people who are in the bullpen right now, who are in the on-deck circle right now - you know their names," Baldwin said, mentioning Hispanic lawyer Miguel Estrada and Mississippi Judge Charles Pickering, two of Bush's appeals court nominations.
Estrada withdrew his nomination in September and Bush gave Pickering a temporary appointment.
Baldwin, who recently appeared in "The Cooler," said judges like Pickering and Estrada were "ready to ravage individual rights in this country."
---
Family members of John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry continued to press the case of the Democratic ticket to the Florida delegation.
Kerry's older sister, Peggy Kerry, asked Florida's activists to take nothing for granted in the upcoming election.
"It's not ABB - 'Anybody but Bush.' It's KEY - 'Kerry, Edwards and you'," Kerry said.
Andre Heinz, Heinz Kerry's son, said he was hoping Florida avoids another narrow contest and overtime session.
"Look forward to saying, 'there goes Florida - no contest,'" Heinz said.
(More fodder for my book of basturds!
)
