...and Kerry’s zingers

Jessica Clark

The administration "outsourced" the war in Afghanistan ???Iraq wasn???t even close to the center of the war on terror" ???I don???t know if [Bush] really sees what???s really happening there.??? ???To save for Halliburton the spoils of the war??????administration told countries not to apply for contracts. "Truth is what leadership is based on…He has not been candid with the American people??? Kennedy example--Who would take the word of the president now? ???We didn???t need to rush to war without a plan to keep the peace??? ???Just because the president says it can???t be done doesn???t mean it can???t be done??this is the president who said there were weapons of mass distruction??? ???I believe that America???s best days are ahead of us, because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.???

Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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