Reply #79: I think Kerry ran a good campaign . . . [View All]

[ohioan]

The only criticism I have is that, in hindsight, I think he should have used more of John Edwards' message, which was really all about moral values. Edwards often talked about issues - especially poverty, the economy and civil rights - in moral terms: "We need to talk about poverty because it's wrong;" "We should talk about civil rights everywhere because this is an American issue. It's about who we are and the kind of country we want to live in," etc.

Kerry did talk about these issues in front of some audiences, but looking back, I believe the campaign might have been able to staunch the Bush "moral values is all about whether a guy marries another guy" crap by not ignoring the moral values issue but redefining and expanding it the way John Edwards did.

Oh, well . . .