Give 'Em Hell, Zell
I never for a moment assumed that this GOP Convention would be anything other than mindnumbingly boring. Then Rudy Guiliani spoke. And the usually annoying John McCain. Then Arnold. And Laura Bush. All terrific speeches.
And along came Zell. Wow.
The Democratic senator from Georgia and retired Marine electrified the GOP Convention last night with an old fashioned stump speech that exposed Kerry's leftist record on defense and national security.
The text of Zell's speech is
here. A highlight:
Listing all the weapon systems that Senator Kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security but Americans need to know the facts.
The B-1 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, dropped 40 percent of the bombs in the first six months of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The B-2 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Hussein's command post in Iraq.
The F-14A Tomcats, that Senator Kerry opposed, shot down Khadifi's Libyan MIGs over the Gulf of Sidra. The modernized F-14D, that Senator Kerry opposed, delivered missile strikes against Tora Bora.
The Apache helicopter, that Senator Kerry opposed, took out those Republican Guard tanks in Kuwait in the Gulf War. The F-15 Eagles, that Senator Kerry opposed, flew cover over our Nation's Capital and this very city after 9/11.
I could go on and on and on: against the Patriot Missile that shot down Saddam Hussein's scud missiles over Israel; against the Aegis air-defense cruiser; against the Strategic Defense Initiative; against the Trident missile; against, against, against.
This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces?
U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?
So if Kerry ever says he really does support SDI, make sure he's not referring to the Spitball Defense Initiative.
