US Democrats nominate Kerry for president (Agencies) Updated: 2004-07-29 12:20
Republicans "are doing all they can to take this campaign for the highest
office in the land down the lowest possible road," he said. "This is where you
come in. Between now and November, you -- the American people -- you can reject
the tired, old, hateful, negative politics of the past. And instead you can
embrace the politics of hope, the politics of what's possible, because this is
America, where everything is possible."
Edwards never mentioned Bush or
Cheney by name -- a departure from the traditional vice presidential role of
leading the attack against the opposition. But he outlined a Democratic agenda
that drew a sharp contrast with that of the Bush administration and vouched for
Kerry's character and values, saying, "John understands personally about
fighting in a war."
US Democratic vice
presidential candidate Senator John Edwards gestures to the crowd as he
speaks before being confirmed as his party's vice presidential nominee
during the third night of the 2004 Democratic National Convention at the
FleetCenter in Boston, July 28, 2004.
[Reuters] | In a speech that repeatedly
brought the delegates to their feet with applause, Edwards melded his own values
and the message that carried him through the primaries with Kerry's biography
and policy vision for the country. The senator, who as a lawyer was lauded for
simplifying the complicated, tried Wednesday night to reach the nation's middle
class by outlining his own modest upbringing, harking back to his message of
"two Americas" -- the haves and have-nots -- and offering hope to the
struggling.
The speech was long on promises, but did not address how Kerry would deal
with the big budget deficits run up under Bush or the looming challenge of
financing major entitlements programs like Social Security and Medicare.
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