Reply #13: Kerry [View All]

Just a reminder for the first post in this thread - Dean lost too, so you can't say Kerry lost, then suggest Dean as an alternative, you know? And it's all relative to the vote counters. Maybe Katherine Blackwell should have been person of the year, not Bush.

I think Kerry is the dem of the year, because his Vietnam years brought the Iraq war into focus for so many people. If Dean had won the nomination, I don't think the comparison between the two wars would have been as clear. I also think Kerry's background shifted the perception of who fights wars - the chickenhawk hypocrisy of republicans was magnified.

I hope Sibel is 2005's person of the year.