Kerry, speaking to Time Magazine:

"America is not as safe as we ought to be after 9/11. We can do a better job at homeland security. I can fight a more effective war on terror. The standard of living for the average American has gone down. People's incomes have dropped. Five million Americans have lost their health insurance. The deficit is the largest it's been in the history of this country. They're taking money from Social Security and transferring it to the wealthiest people in America to drive us into debt. They're shredding alliances around the world with people we have traditionally been able to rely on. That's what bothers me."

"...not as safe as we ought to be..." "...standard of living...has gone down..." "...the largest it's been in the history of this country" "That's what bothers me." These are not fighting words. I don't feel the slightest bit of urgency in his message. Everyone is losing everything in Iraq, starvation and genocide run rampant on the African continent, the earth's atmosphere and oceans are heating up, Bush is ramping up an invasion of Iran as we speak, and this country's economy is slowly but surely sliding into a 1930's redux. Will someone please light a fire under the junior senator's pants?!