Reply #67: Lieberman - Exactly!! [View All]

[suziedemocrat]

Gore made some HUGE mistakes: refusing to talk about (and take partial credit for) Clinton's terrific record, Choosing Lieberman as a running mate to further distance himself from Clinton, not having the confidence to be his "true self" - he was far too "staged" and "coached" and it came off very poorly. Gore would be a MUCH better President than Bush - in fact - very few wouldn't be better than Bush. But, Gore ultimately showed a lack of confidence - and people want a confident POTUS.

Kerry also made huge mistakes - before he ran - by going along with the Iraq war. The Democrats totally mis-judged their strengths by supporting the Iraq war. I can see supporting the war in Afghanistan. There was a very strong case made that the Afghan government, the Tali ban, was supporting Bin Laden. That may have been a lie, but the case the Bush admin. made was very strong. From the beginning the case to go to war with Iraq was full of holes. Democrats who voted for the Iraq war, IMO, as much as said that the average American was too stupid to spot Bush's lies, so they had to go along with him. I hate it when Reporters and Politicians underestimate the intelligence of the average American, which, I'm guessing, is just about the same as the average Reporter's or Politician's. They think they are the only ones who have any gray matter at all - and it totally pisses me off.

I also don't like Hillary Clinton. I think she is riding ole' Bill's coat-tails a little, and is in bed with the Republican's far too often - again IMO.

I like Dean. I like Boxer. I like Conyers. Are they so far to the left that they are out of the question? (I'm not that far to the left - many times I disagree with people at DU. But I respect honest people - and those three fit the bill.)