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Originally posted by Griff
Does it matter?
I think the Dems really goofed here. They got behind Kerry because they think he'll pull war hero votes. Thing is post 9-11 voters don't care about Bushes dubious fly boy record. They want dead Arabs because we'll be safer after we scare people who cut up their own children's heads. Guess what, we can't scare these people.
The Dems had the opportunity to disavow the whole Iraq mess with Dean. Kerry is Bush-lite. The DLC endorses virtually the same policies as the PNAC. A vote for Kerry win or lose does not matter. If he wins, we'll get the same policies delivered in a less offensive manner.
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I will agree that electing Kerry will not mean an immediate end to the war in Iraq, or an immediate end to outsourcing. What it should mean is a better stance on the environment. Also, it should mean better relations with any other country in the world because Bush's foreign policy is a mess. There may be a few 'evil' countries in the world which it is acceptable to deal with through intimidation, but the other 100+ are allies or neutral countries who we have alienated.
The Bush administration will never back off from a mistake. Judging from their handling of the 9/11 campaign ad, they are fundamentally opposed to ever admitting they were wrong. We need someone, especially someone from an opposition party, who can come in and say 'OK, this was f**d up, lets fix it'.
Kerry and Bush both went to Yale, they both come from political families. They both belonged to the same secret society (Skull and Bones).
However, he was privileged and could have ducked actual in-country service Vietnam the way Bush and Clinton did. Instead he decided to follow in JFK's footsteps (JFK is also Kerrys initials) and volunteered for swift boats, which resemble the PT boats Kennedy served on.
GW Bush wanted to follow in his daddy's footsteps. Kerry wants to follow in Kennedy's.
Bush screwed up and can't seem to get his point across. Kerry got 3 medals and from the very start was able to master the dual art of assessing a situation and getting it to fit into a sound bite. His "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" statement is something that Bush will never be able to comprehend.
I don't like the idea of Kerry as much as I liked the idea of Dean, since Kerry is an insider. Unfortunately, the prettiest flowers aren't necessarily the ones that survive.
After Kerry's first term, if the Republicans can finally pick an intelligent moderate candidate, or some interesting independent, Green, or Libertarian candidate comes forward, I might consider not voting Democratic.
Kerry's 1971 Testimony before Congress