Reply #68: my criticisms of Kerry were never personal [View All]

i would never have voted for the IWR and will never agree with the votes of those who saw things differently ...

i've said from day one that i would readily "look beyond" the IWR votes if any of our candidates found his way to the truth ... it wasn't about getting an apology ... it was about having allies against bush's insanity in Iraq ...

How could so many democrats hand bush his $87 billion ??!! i'm so disappointed in so many in our party ... i expected a solid "NO" vote from Kennedy and Byrd and a handful or two of the other democratic heroes ... but i was afraid Kerry would just "stay the course" and go along ... it takes real guts to acknowledge how bad things are over there ... even some of our best DU lefties are arguing "now that we started it we have to stay there " ... i don't buy that for one minute ...

Kerry did a great thing by standing up for the truth ... we need all the allies we can get and Kerry's a good one to have ... for my money, and vote, I'm taking a fresh look at Kerry and all the candidates ... i think we risk losing the election by not taking the full primary season to see how things shake out ...

ruling out any of the nationally viable candidates this early, and for that matter any of the candidates, is in my mind a dangerous business ... these things have a way of twisting and turning as time passes ...

kerry seems to have a renewed energy in his campaign ... i'll be watching him ...