May 5, 2004
"Education reform was supposed to be the single
biggest effort of this administration,"
Sen. John Kerry
said. "And all over our nation I'm meeting
teachers who are burdened, teachers reaching into
their own pockets, paying money out of their own
salaries in order to put materials in front of
their kids in school. That's unacceptable when you
are giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in
America."
"What President Bush and Congress promised in No
Child Left Behind was that federal education
spending would increase dramatically and be tied
for the first time ever to accountability for
results and that's exactly what's happened,"
said House
Education Committee Chairman John Boehner, R-Ohio.
"I think it's unfortunate that John Kerry
has gone back on that promise and is now working
against the bipartisan education reforms he voted
for just two years ago."
"This will not be a political network,"
Al Gore said
upon the announcement of his owning a cable news
channel. "This is not going to be a liberal
network, a Democratic network or a political
network."
Where are the states?
Are the battleground states now 20 with the
addition of Colorado and Louisiana? The clearest
indication of these two being added is the fact
that the
Associated Press reports that the Bush
campaign is putting up TV ads in those states
following Kerry’s biographical ad running there:
Bush won Louisiana and Colorado comfortably four
years ago, but Kerry's advisers think both states
have become more attractive to Democrats,
particularly because of the loss of manufacturing
jobs there under Bush's administration.
"We believe John Kerry can win both states," said
Tad Devine, a Kerry campaign strategist.
Israel problem
Sixty former U.S. diplomats have signed a letter
to President Bush contending that the President’s
"unabashed support" for Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon is costing the United States
credibility and friends.
"By closing the door to negotiations with
Palestinians and the possibility of a Palestinian
state, you have proved that the U.S. is not an
evenhanded peace partner," the letter said.
This despite the fact that President Bush has
always stated the goal that he supports two
separate countries. Much of the problem results
from the ending of the pretensions that
Palestinians would return to the country of
Israel. Part of the Israeli problem is the
increasing number of Palestinians who reside in
Israel. The Israeli population is stable while the
Palestinian population continues to increase at a
more rapid rate.
Hence, Israel concerned with keeping the integrity
of their nation is refusing to allow Palestinians
to return.
Bush on Arab TV
Scott McClellan says Bush will conduct two
10-minute interviews with U.S.-sponsored Al-Hurra
television network and the Arab network Al Arabiya...
Bush will say abuse of Iraqi prisoners is
shameful, unacceptable and not what the U.S.
stands for. The interviews will take place
Wednesday at 10 am from the White House Map Room
Kerry in California
The
LA Times reports that Kerry’s visit to
California is for something more than money:
"Spend only enough to get the money you need, and
to help the state officials you need to make feel
good, but not enough to be a zero-sum game with
Ohio and the other battleground states," said
Marty Kaplan, associate dean of the USC Annenberg
School for Communication.
"California does need care and feeding," Kaplan
said, but not the campaign's most precious
resources: money and the candidate's time.
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