John Kerry actually said...

The president kept responding, It is hard work. It is hard work. It is hard work. Well, my fellow Americans, I am ready, and I would be privileged, and I am impatient to relieve this president of that hard work.

Context

John Kerry critiques President Bush's repeated claims about the difficulty of his job and expresses his eagerness to take over.

10/24/2004

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