Press reports say Terry McAuliffe's speech to party faithful in Washington, D.C., Thursday night was a real yawner.
But the audience's bored expressions soon turned to winces of concern when the soon-to-be-retired Democratic chairman veered away from his morale-boosting message and began to attack the Catholic Church.
"I was very dismayed at the Catholic Church in last year's election," McAuliffe told the crowd, which had gathered to give him a grand send-off. "The way they went into their pulpits and told people it was a sin to vote for John Kerry was nothing short of just outrageous."
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Next a bitter-sounding McAuliffe turned his fire on John Kerry.
After praising Kerry for giving his failed presidential bid "everything he had," McAuliffe complained that his attacks on President Bush were too weak.
The top Dem cited Kerry's acceptance speech at the Democratic convention as a prime example.
"I think, to be honest with you, [Kerry's speech] was ridiculous," McAuliffe said.
When he received the final approved draft of Kerry's convention speech, he recalled, "I just threw it in the air and said, 'Why don't we just say George Bush is a great guy?'"
"Meanwhile," the outgoing chairman griped, "[Republicans] go to New York and spend four days ripping our face off and they go up 10 points in the polls."
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