Reply #200: Bottom line: Kerry lost. [View All]

Doesn't matter if he was a good candidate, he did not win. Sure there was fraud, and in non-bizarro universe, Kerry probably won hands-down. But, the other thing to remember - even if we could prove the fraud - Bush still would have been close. He got a HUGE number of real votes whether we like it or not.

And that in and of itself does say something about Kerry's campaign, and about Democrats who suddenly decided to take a stand... AFTER the election. All of the failings you mentioned at the beginning of your post were SERIOUS flaws in the campaign. Those of us who stood for Dean, who was resoundly defeated by the cautious wing of the Democratic party in the primaries, fell in line but were quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) enraged by the lack of "fighting spirit" in our guy. Sure he was "Presidential" as all whatnot, but against the corrupt shop of Roveco, you have to get down in the trenches, and go on the offense. There is no other way to beat them.

In regards to the other candidates, we'll never know how they would have fared against Bush. Speculation in that regard leads to loss of sleep, and a bad taste in one's mouth.