"We deserve a president of the United States who doesn't make homeland security a photo opportunity and the rhetoric of a campaign," Kerry said. "We deserve a president who makes America safer."

Out of all the far out statements of the day (and believe me, with Gore's speech, there were A LOT), this had to be my favorite. Siezing the opportunity to bash Bush, Kerry admonished the President after it was revealed yesterday that Al Qaeda was planning an attack in the United States this summer.

Aside from the obvious - of course they're planning an attack, they're not just going to sit idly by with so many targets (G8 summit, Dem & Rep national conventions, election, etc.) - the fact that Kerry has the gall to attack the President on our safety at home is just apalling. How many attacks have there been on U.S. soil since 9/11 and the war on terror began? Zero. Now, when you think that we've gone over two and a half years without a terror attack in the United States, the #1 target of Al Qaeda, it just is absurd to think that John F. Kerry would attack the President on the basis of an unsafe America.

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