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RummyTheDummy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:40 PM
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Kerry is blowing me away
Edited on Fri Oct-08-04 11:44 PM by RummyTheDummy
I supported Edwards, after flirting with Clark, during the primaries. Kerry just bored me.

Or so I thought.

The biggest thing that has changed with me is the fact I can actually visualize Kerry as a president. I just never saw it that way with Gore. I wanted Gore to win. But I just couldn't imagine him as president. Maybe it's because I supported him when he ran in 1988, my first-ever willfully chosen candidate. I grew up in a Repug household. But Gore made me a Dem. I guess I had just been through too much with him. Call it fatigue.

But Kerry is so striking. So presidential. He's knowledgable. He's charismatic. He's what a president should be. I don't know if it's a Kerry transformation or a personal transformation. But this does not look like the same guy who was fighting for his life last December. He's like an athlete at the top of his game. Like Michael Jordan on a 55 point night.

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K8-EEE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:43 PM
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1. OMG, A Smart Guy As President
It's been awhile. It will feel so good to have that again.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:44 PM
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2. Good point
So much of our attention is focused on how bad Bush performed, I think that we're overlooking Sen. Kerry. I was very impressed.
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KC21304 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:52 PM
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3. Some times it just takes you younguns awhile longer .
:)
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:55 PM
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4. Indeed.....I've been a fan of Kerry for over 30 years....
He is the anti-Bush.

:-)
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Carla in Ca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:03 AM
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8. So tell me, why hasn't Kerry talked more
about his Senate record? Twice he has been 'attacked' about his 20 years...BCCI and Iran-Contra are not being discussed. Why?
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:24 AM
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12. Still plenty of time.......
I really do think that Kerry's got a few more tricks up his sleeve.
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Carla in Ca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:38 AM
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13. OK, patience, patience.
But with his BCCI legislation he could say something like "While this president was still trying to find oil in texas...."

Can't you just see it?

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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:56 PM
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5. Yep
Kerry keeps impressing me more and more every single time I hear him speak. I swear if this keeps up and I ever meet him I am going to flat-out lick him, then I will be in trouble with the Secret Service.

I thought Kerry performed even BETTER in this debate than he did in the first.
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Jokinomx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:02 AM
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6. Boston wins the World Series and Kerry wins the White House.... how
would you like to wake up with that reality on November 3rd? :-)

:party:

:dem:
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mindfulNJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:05 AM
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9. WOW
That could really happen...couldn't it?! :)
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AnnitaR Donating Member (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:03 AM
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7. Me too!
He's a master at these debates.

Clark was my guy in the primaries. I honestly thought he was the best candidate we could put up against Bush. I thought he would be able to "handle" Bush better than the rest. I never once thought of Kerry that way.

I'm sitting here eatin' crow! BIGTIME! As much as I love Clark I have to honestly admit I do not think he could have done what Kerry has done in these last two debates. (I hope my fellow Clarkies will forgive me for saying so! :P) He has been almost flawless. He had to deliver and he did. It's true what they have said about him all along... he's best when his back's against the wall. He is better when he's under the gun. Sure he's giving us all ulcers but I'm glad his Sept SUCKED ass! We are reaping the rewards of that now! So, thank you No So Swift Boat Vets! THanks for pissing our guy off! LOL!

I'm happy as hell to be a Dem! I'm happy as hell that we are going to take this country back!
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Jokinomx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:39 AM
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14. AnnitaR..... I still think Clark would have been a might strong v.P...
don't you think? It would have been a VERY strong ticket also....

:dem:
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Sputnik Donating Member (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:05 AM
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10. Who is that said
about presidential elections: "Democrats want to fall in love. Republicans just fall in line."

Probably Clinton.

But Democrats are falling in line more than I can ever remember.

I'll always love Clark, but I like Kerry enough to spend eight years with him. Yeah. :)




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texasmom Donating Member (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:11 AM
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11. I'm more and more
impressed with him. He wasn't my first choice, obviously, but he has done an outstanding job during the debates. I'm very pleased, even excited!!
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:40 AM
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15. Tears come to my eyes when talking about Kerry
I've never had that happen with ANY politician in my life.

KERRY ON!
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