Reply #49: I'm very much FOR Kerry after watching this [View All]

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I've always been a supporter of Kerry, but more of an ABB person. But watching John Kerry on this show through the years and seeing his sincere concern about public service and his degree of passion and engagement and the amount of thought he puts into doing the right thing on every one of these important issues makes me think that there are probably not too many people, if any, who are better fit to serve as President.

I can't think of a word with enough magnitude to describe how poorly George W. Bush's character compares to that of John Kerry. What was telling is that what Bush's people pointed out when speaking about his religiosity is that what really excited Bush most about his being an evangelical was not so much the ideas behind that faith but that it provided him an avenue to power (initially the Texas governor's office). His supposed resoluteness is really nothing more than a way of favorably spinning his complete moral paucity and lack of concern for anything other than having his ego stroked. That's not a virtue. It's the absence of virtue. Why isn't this fucking obvious to everyone by now? I respect the fact that John Kerry has been known to agonize over difficult decisions. It shows that he is a profoundly moral person. It's not called flip-flopping. It's called thinking and it's guided by a sincere desire to do the right thing.