Reply #8: I agree with you in some important respects....I DO agreee that [View All]

there's a tendency to "eat our own"...which is wrong and counterproductive

...As to Kerry, I've noticed the tendency here for people to either REVERE or DEBASE him...I don't do either..I certainly DON'T think he was a "loser"...he had a lot going for him....and, he did in fact, get a hell of a lot of votes...On the other hand, I do think he made a couple of serious errors, those being the Grand Canyon remark about STILL voting for the war even THOUGH the "No WMD - No Al Queda" facts had just come in...That, I didn't get at ALL.

The other would be his slowness to answer the SWTB liars..but that, it seem, had a lot to do with a couple of poor advisors....So, in other words, maybe he wasn't the BEST candidate, but he was hardly the WORST, either

I would disagree with you on Dean, he MIGHT have lost...On the other hand, he may not not have (it's always a crap shoot, isn't it?)...I do think he has, not only the vision, but the tough style of leadership that Dems need, and that the people in this country (for better or worse) seem to like.