[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 128 (Saturday, October 9, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H9053-H9054]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PRESIDENT FATED TO STRIKE OUT

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, the President stepped up to the plate 
last night and, Strike 2, the President swung right through on an easy 
pitch. It was not a fast ball or a curve or a slider or a sinker. It 
was ordinary Americans pitching the truth to the

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President of the United States, and he could not even foul it off. He 
flat out missed it again.
  He has not kept his eye on the ball on the war on terror; he has not 
kept his eye on the ball on the faltering economy. Everyone saw the 
pitch last night and everyone saw what the President did with it.
  The truth is, a home run pitch right down the middle, and the self-
proclaimed steward of the land missed it again. For the third and last 
night, next week the President steps up to the plate. On November 2, 24 
days from now, it will be Strike 3, and the American people will say, 
``You're out, Mr. President.''

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