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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (22154)	5/13/2004 8:08:17 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

John Kerry? What were we thinking? By JIM SHEA THE HARTFORD COURANT Dear Fellow Kerry Supporter: We may have made a horrible mistake. We may have backed the wrong guy. Granted, it was difficult to stick with Howard after it became apparent he wasn't wrapped all that tight, but perhaps we were a bit hasty in jumping on the Kerry bandwagon. So far, the Kerry campaign has all the forward momentum of a Dukakis tank ride. Since sewing up the nomination, the two most memorable things John Kerry has done are go on vacation and have surgery. Recently, he went for a bike ride in Boston - and fell off. You tie that mishap together with the shoulder injury he sustained - riding on a bus - and Kerry's just a staircase header away from wrenching the Slapstick in Chief title away from Gerald Ford. Besides the walking-and-chewing-gum problem, Kerry is also turning out to be quite the gasbag. He's one of those people who if you say nice night to him, he wants to explain the cosmos. I mean, two minutes of listening to Kerry these days and you're longing for the excitement of a Joe Lieberman foreign-policy speech. The thing is, we Democrats didn't endorse Kerry because of his intellect; we got behind him because we thought he would go nose-to-nose with President Bush. Now we're not so sure. Since securing the nomination, Kerry has been whacked around more than Larry, Curly and Moe put together. What happened to the "I'm a fighter" thing? What happened to "bring it on?" It's so bad that Kerry has even let the Republicans get away with criticizing his war record. What Kerry is failing to recognize is that everybody is already Tongue Fu fighting and their ads are fast as lightning. And if he doesn't "bring it on" now, it's going to be hasta la vista, baby. The bottom line, fellow Democrats, is this. If Kerry doesn't show some spunk soon, we should start thinking about nominating someone at the convention who will. Dean - with the right medication - remains a viable option. sunherald.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (22154)	5/13/2004 10:16:57 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

So how is Kerry going to sock it to those baddies? is what I've been asking you. Guess you don't know and are just blowing hot air as normal. You said "Time to take back some of windfall profits from energy, HMO, drug and defense companies too." Message 20110892 So how will Kerry take money out of these industries without raising their taxes? You mention "close loopholes" - what loopholes would affect only these industries? Then you mention sending jobs overseas although these aren't the industries known for outsourcing.