In his victory speech on Tuesday, Mr Kerry accused the president of running "the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in modern history".
Though his rhetoric is sometimes excitingly over the top ("the most reckless, inept, ideological foreign-policy in American history"), Mr Kerry is campaigning as a steady mainstream Democrat.
We need to add our voices to those whose livelihoods, health and rights are being put needlessly at risk by reckless and ideological interventions.
Mr. Kerry said he believed that "this is the most arrogant, reckless and ideological foreign policy ever pursued in the modern times of our country".
"Simply put," Kerry declared, "the Bush Administration has pursued the most arrogant, inept, reckless, and ideological foreign policy in modern history": In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the world rallied to the common cause of fighting terrorism.
"Simply put," Kerry declared, "the Bush Administration has pursued the most arrogant, inept, reckless, and ideological foreign policy in modern history": **{:.break one} ** In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the world rallied to the common cause of fighting terrorism.
Following are excerpts from speeches by the candidates to their supporters last night after the Iowa caucuses, as transcribed by The New York Times (Kerry, Edwards and Gephardt) and Federal Document Clearing House (Dean George Bushsh, to put it quite simply, has run the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in the modern history of our country.
He says repeatedly that the president has carried out "the most inept, reckless, arrogant and ideological foreign policy in modern history".
Seemingly recognising this, he paints himself as a safe pair of hands, after four years of what he calls "the most inept, reckless, arrogant and ideological foreign policy" in modern history.
