http://www.setadeadline.com/
In case you don't want to take the time to watch the video, here's a link to his words in writing:
http://www.setadeadline.com/...
Or, if you'd like the reader's digest version, the meat if you will, here ya go:
"I believe that a Congress that shares responsibility for getting us into this war must bear responsibility for getting us out."
"Above all else, the mission we must all join is to end the war in Iraq."
"I hope you will come to www.setadeadline.com and take the opportunity to speak out on the importance of setting a deadline to redeploy our troops and bring our heroes home. Speak out at www.setadeadline.com."
He says he will be introducing legislation for redeployment of the troops.
He also says thank you, btw, especially if you've been a member of the online community.
More after the break.
And someone over at Democratic Undergroundhas the transcript of his Senate speech yesterday.
Senate speech
Toward the end he says this. I thought it deserved to be highlighted:
I don't want the next President to find that he or she has inherited a nation still divided and a policy destined to end as Vietnam did, in a bitter or sad legacy. I intend to devote all my efforts and energies over the next 2 years, not to the race for the Presidency for myself but for doing whatever I can to ensure that the next President can take the oath with a reasonable prospect of success for him or her--for the United States. And I intend to speak the truth as I find it without regard for political correctness or partisan advantage, to advise my colleagues and my fellow citizens to the best of my ability and judgment, and to support every action the Senate may reasonably and constitutionally take to guide and direct the ship of state.
This mission, this responsibility, is something all of us must accept, and as someone who made the mistake of voting for the resolution that gave the President the authority to go to war, I feel the weight of a personal responsibility to act, to devote time and energy to the national dialog in an effort to limit this war and bring our participation to a conclusion.
Also, if you're happy with him for running for Senator instead of President, give the man some sugar for his Senate campaign here:
www.johnkerry.com
On another note, I was pretty gutted yesterday. I really wanted Kerry to run again, more than even I realized. I cried like I did when he lost, and I didn't expect that.
But just because he's not running for president doesn't me that he, or I, will be going away. I am still, and will remain, a Kerrycrat.
Cheers.