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

To: TimF who wrote (570)	8/3/2004 5:32:57 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3515

Kerri is left of Stalin

To: TimF who wrote (570)	8/3/2004 6:12:05 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3515

The survey I saw put him between center and Ted Kennedy.....closer to center than to Kennedy. Which survey was that? I've seen a dozen or so that put him far on the left. You have? I suspect they don't do their own ratings but rather use the National Journal's rating system and extrapolate what they want from it. The ratings came from groups all over the political spectrum, left, right, center, and groups that are supposedly non-partisan. Its not just GOP spin because it doesn't just come from the GOP or those who support the GOP. The information comes from groups that actively are against the GOP and conservatives. Also even the GOP would have no reason to spin the information before Kerry was even announced that he would try to get the nomination. In 2002 and earlier the GOP would have had no particular reason to rate Kerry as more liberal then other liberals. As far as I know, the major rating service is the National Journal. They evaluate Congress people every year in terms of their voting practices. In 2003, Kerry got a more liberal rating than is typical for him because he was absent a great deal due to his campaigning for the primaries and he tended to vote on only those subjects most dear to him. His rating that year was in the 90s with a 100 being most liberal. However, in the early to mid 1990s his ratings ranged between 75-85%. For the past 4 years, the GOP has worked diligently to make the word, liberal, a dirty one. Therefore, with Kerry's 2003 liberal rating so high, they have run with it full bore and are spinning it completely out of control in order to paint Kerry a friend of Castro. govexec.com The truth is that Kerry is not very liberal......certainly not as liberal as Ted Kennedy or Kerry's core supporters. In fact, if it weren't for Bush, I think Kerry would not have been the best choice to represent the Dems. this year. However, Bush is so far right, the Dems. had to pick someone closer to the center. And there is a lesson in all this for the GOP........if the GOP wants to remain a national party, they best starting thinking about moving closer to the political center. I have seen that his votes in the last few years are not as hard left as his overall career but they are still consistently strongly liberal. You really don't know about what you're talking. Like I said, Kerry's voting was much more conservative in the 1990s. Are you going to tell me that the ADA is a bunch of GOP flunkies? I have no idea who they are and could care less. The "Americans for Democratic Action". Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is the nation’s oldest independent liberal political organization. Founded in 1947 by scholars and activists, including Eleanor Roosevelt, former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, labor leader Walter Reuther, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, and historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., ADA is dedicated to promoting social and economic justice domestically and abroad. ada-sepa.org I don't care. BTW please tell shortie that Kerry is left of Stalin becuase Stalin was a rightie! ted