Reply #22: Kerry progressive? [View All]

Actually, it's pretty hard to know where he stands on the issues (he's wording is pretty non-comittal, vague and fluffy, see his website)...but I do think that I can garner a good guess that Kerry is not progressive.

Oh, look into Plan Columbia for some progressive values.

In the debate, he himself even had trouble accepting even being "labeled" a liberal. So, I guess he would rather choose to move to the right, huh?

He's for IWR, the patriot act, nafta, wto, drug war...

His civil rights do not support equal rights for gays to marry. I have a problem with his lack of a stance on this.

He is an avid hunter. (Wow! Check it out - this "Hunter, Dreamer, Realist" sure earns my vegan, anti-war vote...)
"From The Washington Post: "John Kerry eats dove. Even better, he shoots them. From behind the stalks of a Southern cornfield, he'll watch them flutter and dart, and fire."
http://www.johnkerry.com/communities/sportsmen/

His great-grandfather was involved in the opium trade, his wife is heir to a the Heinz Fortune (agribusiness is sure great for workers and the environment, isn't it?)...and he lives a lavish life. Yes, I do have a problem with a multimillionaire from such a priveleged and elite background expecting my "ABB" vote. Does he really understand poverty and lack of privelege, for instance?

Kucinich gets Plenty of Alternative media and CSPAN? Gees, thanks.
This sort of statement indeed exemplifies the sort of marginalization that I've pointed out. Maybe Kucinich got "low votes" because Kerry was "frontrunned" and had a glob of money that he got from mortgaging his luxurious townhouse and other money that he can find in his circles? Plus, I'm sure he has friends who are "better connected" than a lowly congressman from Cleveland.

Funny how the guy who grew up poor in Cleveland is ignored, while the rich inner circle Bonesman always gets all the airtime. Gees, you wouldn't think it had something to do with class, do you?