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In reply to the discussion: Could John Kerry wind up an alternative candidate for President? [View all]jaysunb
(11,856 posts)42. I can't disagree with your reasoning.
Last edited Wed Sep 16, 2015, 11:06 PM - Edit history (1)
And I very much agree with HD, the next President should be a 50ish age person.
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He never said he would have invaded had he been President - in fact, he said many many times that
karynnj
Sep 2015
#16
Why would we want someone that doesn't even try defend himself appropriately against swift boaters?
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#4
Why didn't a Democratic party defend him with even half the strength they showed
karynnj
Sep 2015
#19
Those are good questions too. But Kerry failed to really challenge that treatment...
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#32
I think the number one issue of ALL Americans, NOT just Democrats is corporate crony corruption...
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#37
Why in a democracy is it SAD to not want someone to be FORCED to engaged in corruption to be viable?
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#50
I feel like I am at a balloon festival today. Possible candidates floating all around me.
djean111
Sep 2015
#14
The anti-Hillary people will say he has a much "blood dripping from his hands" as Hillary...
brooklynite
Sep 2015
#26
I say, please, please, please let Kerry and Biden both join the race!
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Sep 2015
#27
If we're dipping into the former candidate political vault, I'd vastly prefer Gore
Blasphemer
Sep 2015
#29
Part of the problem is that the new corporatist leadership has kept out progressive options that age
cascadiance
Sep 2015
#52
No thanks. Kerry and especially Biden have even less plausible deniability of "being tricked" than
TheKentuckian
Sep 2015
#38
Shall we not start brokering conventions before the first primary has been had?
Betty Karlson
Sep 2015
#49