Reply #45: This rant makes me too angry to respond coherently.. [View All]

[saracat]

Kerry actually got more votes than any Democratic candidate in history. He did exceptionally well against an incumbent president , It is, in fact, possible that he won. The selection of John Edwards showed a true leader, and how confident he was as a man ,and a candidate. Could you imagine that pos Shrub having the guts to pick someone as good looking and charismatic as Edwards and not feel threatened? Of course he picked him because he polled best! You would have been an idiot not to pick him . You dare even mention foreign policy experience with what squats in the WH? Sorry , as a member of the Intelligence Committee, Edwards had more foreign policy experience than Shrub will have in a million years. People clearly weren't voting for competency. And since when did Bush show any anger or passion? There were many occasions where Kerry reflected both passion and anger. You just don't choose to remember. It would not have mattered who our candidate was. The election was going to be given to that moron even if Jesus Christ was our candidate.

I, too am angry in the aftermath of this election. I also wish they had spent the money on this campaign. But my understanding is that legally, they could not, once Kerry took public funding. Bush and Kerry at that point were both subject to the same spending limits. Bush had over a month more to spend the private funds while Kerry had to make the public funds stretch.But it would not have made a difference. The fix was in. We either have to do something about this system or get the hell out of here.
I think John Kerry was a superb candidate who campaigned his heart out. His problem was the Democratic Party ,who are also part of the problem. They did not support their own candidate. They had the worst ground campaign I have ever worked with. They were almost totally staffed by kids who had no experience. BTW that was a DNC decision. It is the same decision they always make. Ed Rendell claims that when he was Chair, they took the decision out of his hands and the "kids" cost Gore the election. Anyway, end of rant. I am tired of all the people who want to second guess Kerry.