John Kerry: John Kerry doesn't have the judgement to be President

"I am proud of you. You, John Kerry, are my boy."

 

Kerry was wrong in 2003. I'm glad he's seen the error of his ways. Good job Kerry.

 

Ugh. You know, I am 100% behind getting Kerry in office at this point, but this is Kerry's biggest blunder -- basso is totally justified in bringing it up; score one for the anti-Kerry crowd.

I don't think changing, maturing views at this point are that awful a thing -- the "flip flopping" attack against Kerry is way overdone, not to mention hypocriticial when you compare the "flip flopping" between Candidate Bush and President Bush. Successful politicans in recent years flip flop, what do you want? The ones who don't don't get elected anything, sadly.

But this particular fog from Kerry is a legit sore point. Pinning him down on Iraq is too hard. Not so much the votes; I can deal with votes more than his words. Was he against the war or not? I mean, i know he would not have done it the same way, but why the hell didn't he say that clearly when it was happenning? Basically, its not that he opposed / supported / whatevered the war that bothers me. It's that Bush rolled Kerry on the war. That's what bothers me. It's endemic to the whole democratic party. Being too chicken to stand up for what they believe, apparently afraid of being called 'weak.' Of course, they actually become weak by being chicken.

I repeat, compared to Bush's whoring, in context, it's sorta par the course. but i hate it. At least Howard Dean and Joe Leiberman were solid on this: the war sucks, or the war is awesome. I feel like Kerry still can not articulate something about what he has personally thought about the war this whole time. Yes, he thinks the president should have had the authority. No, he does not like how it was handled. But what would he have done differently and why? Other than the fact that he looks like a tree, it's his most conspicuous weakness, I think.

Still better than Bush for a million reasons, but not by enough to make me that happy. At least Dean and McCain aren't as big opinion-poll-whores as these two focus-grouped tools.

 

You are the king of spin, I'll give you that.

 

now if you neo conscould only follow suit,but I doubt that would ever happen. you guys would blindly follow shrub off a cliff if he said it was good for the war on terror and the american way of life. just keep on throwing s**t to see what sticks. I mean that is what you guys are really good at anyway.

 

Wow. Thanks for that thought provoking and profound response. Great contribution.

 

wow...was this uncalled for or what??

it's entirely possible you're taking this BBS way too seriously.

 

so kerry admits the world is safer because of the war.. interesting..

 

thank you

 

Couldn't agree more, and some of the reasons I didn't vote for him in the Democratic primary in Texas. That, and the fact that he does resemble a tree. And as irritating as Kerry is, I still agree with this part of your post as well, "Still better than Bush for a million reasons, but not by enough to make me that happy."

Kerry is still better than Bush by a long shot, and will be a much better President. The sad thing is, the Democratic Party could have done better. (although I wouldn't have voted for Leiberman in a million years... unless the choice was between him and Bush. Then it's easy. Bush is incompetent and dangerous)

 

Never mind that Kerry has no core values. It's nuance.....right? Right...

 

Bush is simplistic and decisive. You need more from a president.

If it wasn't for 9/11 and the understandable rallying around the flag he would lose in a landslide. No accomplishments unless you claim invading the half assed country of Afghanistan to try to arrest Bin Laden that any president would have done. The invasion and occupation of Iraq is questionable at best. Recent polls show that a majority of Texans think that this made us less safe from terrorism. What other justification could their be.


Unless you want to be a swift boat ideolgue you know that the big old USA will be protected by either guy. Please tell me what accomplishments of Bush other than sending troops overseas merit reelection. This has been asked and never seriously attempted by his backers.

 

I have been critical of kerry's stance on Iraq. It's tangled confused and not strong enough in a direction contrary to that of Bush. Like I said I disagreed with his stance in 2003. I agree with what he's saying now about it.

 

Kerry is man enough to admit a mistake, and he's called a "flip-flopper." Bush keeps feeding Americans into the Iraqi woodchipper, and he's hailed for his decisiveness. Amazing.