Please, please start saying good things about Kerry instead of

trashing him, leave that to the freepers.

and said he was fantastic! She said he is so much more handsome in person and after the rally she went up and he signed 8 items that she brought, gave her a hug and shook hands with everyone who waited.

I agree with you - we can't have any more trashing of our candidate.
We can only trash Bush and Cheney.

He sures seems to appreciate his church than Bush does. He has shown, many times in the past, that he cares about civil rights and provision against hate than Bushies do. He has shown that he cares more about sacrifice than Bushies do. He cares about knowledge and being informed more than Bushies do, as well as caring about cooperation nationally and internationally. He cares more about talking to cross-sections of women and minorities than Bushies do.

... went to a Kerry rally with some of her college friends, and she said that she thought he was saying what people wanted to hear. She wasn't sure that he was all that committed to those things himself, or that he had a plan to deliver (especially with help on college tuitions), but that he made the crowd happy. She would never in a million years vote for Bush, but she just wishes there were another choice.

The young man who takes care of our dogs when we are away all day just hates Bush. He is a high school graduate who is working full time at a tad over minimum. He would truly like to be independent because his parents are not well-off and he realizes that he is a drain on them, although he gives them money for "rent" now. But he can't stand what is happening to the economy and to workers. He thinks that anyone working full time should be able to be independent of Mom and Dad, however modestly independent.

I think Kerry is a good man, but so far what I see is a strong ABB vote going on.

I don't think any U.S. Citizen should ask another U.S. citizen to suppress free thought and speech. It is no different than the Bush Administration and friend's charges that speaking out against this war and other policies is not supportive, ergo un-patriotic.

Everybody's got an opinion and everyone is entitled to express it, even if it differs from mine.

No one has tried to suppress anything. She requested that people say nice things instead of mean things. Suppression is when someone require that of you. Like, say, the way Bush suppresses protests around him. Or the way the SS visits teenagers for drawing Bush as the devil, to suppress anyone else from expressing negative thoughts of Bush. That's suppression. This is encouragement.

Keep Bush in power, the differences will become more clear over time.

At campaigning. I didn't know if he could handle Bush, but so far he's doing everything right. He's answering Bush's personal slanders by turning them back at Bush, and highlighting his own record in the process. Over time, this will really help him, as people get tired of hearing Bush start the attacks (and since Kerry's attacks come in combination with a defense against Bush's, the perpetrator is obvious). Also, the difference between military records will start to sink in, as well the character of the attacks.

Kerry knows when to shut up, and when to attack. He doesn't have Clinton's skill at persuasion, but he does have a greater sense of fight. He almost reminds me of Pat Buchanan in his approach. And the Bushes hate Pat Buchanan.

Before Iowa, I didn't believe we had a candidate in the race who could beat Bush. Now I not only believe, but I believe we chose the right one. And he's a liberal to boot.

Things are looking up, and Bush and Rove are truly scared right now. My biggest fear now is them getting desparate and settling the matter somehow before the ballot box.

I don't understand the people who don't see that Kerry is our only shot to change anything in Washington this election. It must be that "shoot yourself in the head" type of liberal that lives here.

There are some who want to take such a moral high ground that they seem to want to lose the coming election just so they can say: "HA! I told 'ya so!" What's the point of that?

Do we really want 4 more years of Bush? A vote for Nader is a vote against Kerry and a vote for Bush. Nader will not win anything this year but many keep harping on about him. Nader's heart may be in the right place, but will he help get W out of the White House? No he won't.

So, I believe all this trashing Kerry nonsense (I'm a Dean supporter) and all this pro-Nader nonsense only divides us and makes it easier for Bush in November.

If you want to change this country, then we need to send a strong liberal message to Washington so they know with out a doubt that the majority of this country wants a liberal agenda in DC. Put the fat-cats' jobs on the line in November, and they will listen.

Its sad to say that we have to light a fire under these pork chewing bastards asses, but if that's what needs to be done to get the job done right, then so be it.

We have to be involved in this, not sit on the side lines pissing and moaning about this and that and other things. Rise up! and take DC back to the people!

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what more can be said?

Presumably, he's reaching out to the middle to get votes and those positions are not very Dem friendly, i.e. ok to kill Palestinian leaders, "world is safer without Saddam", "can't afford to lose in IraqNam", etc.

Gotta admit, though. It makes me cringe sometimes to think I'll be voting for someone who voted for the IWR. But I will. Reluctantly.

John Kerry is an intelligent and articulate speaker. I heard him speak here in Virginia the day before the Primary, and he was so good. Every time a clip of one of his speeches is shown on the TV I just want to hear more. The problem is that the media doesn't give him enough air time - that's why people don't think he has a platform.

Well here you go, I saw Senator Kerry speak to the editors assoc. on Cspan from friday night (repeat was on last night when I was at my parents house.) he was absolutely brilliant and moving, he was easy to understand and very open. he explained that he was not going to get into dirty mudslinging with Bush and pointed out that that hadn't even worked with bush's $50 million ad campaign against Kerry (LOL). he was only going to tell his plans. he was tuff on the current WH policies and plans or lack thereof. when asked what he would do regarding info to press Kerry pledge to have at least 1 press conference a month if elected president and answer any and all questions asked of him. he spoke about elequently about the middleclass being the back bone of this country and giving. he is coming to Michigan on wednesday and I am going to go see him in person. if you go to CSPANS website play teh video from friay and see him talk.

in opposition to Bush and his policies.

His choice of VP is going to say alot to me...

...something good to say about the man, I will say it, not before. And yes I have aknowledged things he has said in the past which impressed me, but my overall impression of him, isn't that great.