CNN.com - Transcripts on David Gergen

CNN.com - Transcripts


I was watching David Gergen on Lou Dobbs last night. (I was just flipping through the channels - I cannot stand Lou Dobbs) However, as I was flipping through the channels, I heard David Gergen talk about Kerry's campaign promises. Gergen said that Kerry has told his voters that, should he get into office and find that he can't reduce the deficit AND keep all of his social promises, he will not follow through with his social programs, e.g. health care for 25 million of the 45 million uninsured; social security; medicare; a job for everyone; etc..

He will instead, just increase taxes to decrease the deficit!

He has already flopped!


GERGEN: Each of these candidates has a plan that costs at least $1 trillion. Many experts think the Kerry plan is 1 to 2, if you include social security. With President Bush, it is 1 to 3 for President Bush. You cannot -- you cannot pass a plan from 1 to 2 to 3 trillion, have all of this debt mounting up and still cut the deficit in half. It just can't be done and the numbers don't add up. So, there's going to have to be a lot of compromising. The one thing I will say on behalf of John Kerry, which I fortunately can't bestow the president right now, at least he said, my plans are subject to the physical conditions of the country. I will not try to pass them unless we are getting the deficit down.....

...Think about it....Kerry has no intent on keeping his campaign promises! He KNOWS that he can't pay for all of his promises!