Reply #56: That's the perception many RW talking heads would have you believe. [View All]

That was one of the talking points continually used by the RW from the day Kerry won the primary. Originally there was the ABB movement,(mostly on the Internet, not the general public)and the RW used that insistently to diminish the support Kerry gained throughout the campaign. It was meant to persuade any fence sitting voter that Kerry really didn't deserve their vote.

If you followed the campaign and saw the huge, and I mean huge crowds that were at Kerry campaign stops, those people were enthusiastically behind him. That was not indicative of sheep supporting the flavor of the month, but people committed to an individual. I read many posts on this forum where people were ambivalent about Kerry at the start of the campaign, but at the end they not only supported him, but were committed to him as the candidate and as a person who would be a great president.

There's a fine line between voting against someone and voting for someone. In past elections my vote was usually only for my candidate. But in this election, my vote was not only a resounding NO against Bush, but also a resounding YES for Kerry.