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Politics : John Kerry for President? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (111)	7/28/2004 5:33:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3515

Americans for Democratic Action, or ADA, which wants senators to earn a high rating, has a more straightforward ranking system. Each year the group identifies 20 important votes and assigns five points each time a senator votes the way ADA advocates. Kerry has a lifetime average of 92. As Republicans note, this is two points higher than Democrat Walter F. Mondale's lifetime ADA average. Mondale, the 1984 presidential nominee, is regarded as the most emphatic old-style liberal offered by Democrats in recent decades. Your posts suggest that I agree with you that 'liberal' is a dirty word and something to be avoided. I don't. So to keep suggesting that Kerry's voting record is 'too' liberal means nothing to me. This country had 8 great years of economic expansion under a more liberal president than the current one. Jobs were plentiful, the unemployment rate low and crime was in the descendant. We saw the biggest reduction in the welfare class since WW II. Hence, liberalism means economic prosperity, progressivism, innovation and fairness for all Americans. Its a tradition with which I feel very comfortable and want to encourage.