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[girl gone mad]

1. Yes. n/t

[jmaier]

2. It's a shallow world

so that is quite possible.

[corporatewhore]

3. Well why arent you on the edwards bandwangon Kerry comes off as a

Aloof rich elitist New englander and he looks like lurch
Silly response to a silly question :eyes:

[AntiCoup2K4]

4. Come on Pete, that's crazy.

If being taller makes you the most qualified, vote for me. I'm 6'6". Hell, I was chair of the local Young Democrats for 2 years, so I have more politcal experience than Clark and Sharpton combined.

Can I count on your vote, Pete? :)

[Taeger]

5. Sorry

Sorry,

But I think Clark could pin Kerry in ten seconds. Kerry has the stature of Abraham Lincoln's skeleton ;-)

[Virgil]

6. I am not sure he is the most electable?

He is the establishments candidate and may only bore people into staying home. Is he going to end NAFTA so jobs are not exported? I am not going to vote for Kerry.

[corporatewhore]

7. Edwards and Clark won the DU looks Primary

something about southerners i guess

[HFishbine]

8. "stentorian voice"

Is that what it's called? It's monotonous and boring.

[HereSince1628]

9. His stentorian voice is a handicap...he does well despite it...

Really, this isn't a put down he does better when he is just plain talking to people. The more conversational tone that comes out in interviews and Q&A's allows a sense of closeness to the candidate, that booming voice of the orator just makes people feel like they are the audience...

[Straight Shooter]

10. stentorian voice ... echo ... stentorian voice ... echo ... stentorian

How many effin' times have I heard this said of Kerry? It is not a compliment!

stentorian: using a very loud voice
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=77921&dict=CALD

People all over the press are using the word "stentorian" because for some reason they think it means his voice is impressive. :shrug:

As for his imposing stature, Lurch also had his fans.

[uhhuh]

11. I see that as a negative

He would have to stoop a bit more when he's on his knees for the corporations. It might hurt his back.

[waldenx]

12. i.e. smug elitism

a product of being filthy rich, a common personality trait of pompous aristocrats.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. You like pissing in the wind, Pete?

You won't get a rational response from most. They like a guy that they claim will get more crossover votes from Republicans and independent voters even though he used the term Republican against Kerry as a pejorative the other day.

They like the guy who flings shit without clean hands.

[Forkboy]

16. You should stop trying to portay people who don't like Kerry

as Dean supporters.And people aren't irrational just because they dont agree with you.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. I didn't mention anyone's supporters and I have a right to make my

own observations. There are very few earnest responses to Pete's post.

I underscored what WAS irrational about the viewpoint and I stand by my observations.

You should avoid telling me what to do.

[Forkboy]

22. You've done it more than once today

Again,not all people who dislike Kerry are Dean supporters.You didn't mention him by name but be honest,thats who you were thinking of wasn't it?

They like the guy who flings shit without clean hands.

Who did you mean by that pray tell? Kucinich? Clark? Dont bullshit me please.I respect you immensely,and I think you know that,but I'm not into this type of intellectual dishonesty.

[KoKo]

36. Agree......Partisanship displayed and "sticking to message."

All over here.....:-( Even if the "message is exclusive" to other DU'ers.

[corporatewhore]

17. The rational response is that Edwards and Clark are better looking

:loveya:
ANd you know i am no fan of clark (cough soa cough)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. See that wasn't so hard, was it?

;-)

[sistersofmercy]

40. NSMA....

That's exactly correct. The crossover vote is lost to one of the candidates. I did thread about "Republican" being used like a dirty word by a certain candidate and how last night saw one of his campaigners saying on the local news that Republicans should take a second look at him. I thought it was hilarious.

[Bombtrack]

14. He's open to the lurch and herman munster jokes

I agree that you do have to consider everything, including looks. I think Clarks appearance would suit him even better than Clarks. Someone posted a funny link with all the cartoon comparisons with the candidates. Kerry was droopy dog, Clark was Race Bannon from Johnny Quest.

And since Americans really are in a mindset that we are in a struggle unlike we have in other elections, with Al Queada etc, they're going to be looking for, I believe, a savior, an action-hero, Clark has that action hero look. Certain men do have it. Classic features. Like for instance Lester Holt from MSNBC seems that way. Harrison Ford(maybe because he's just played them). I think Clark can EXCITE people a way Kerry can't. They will sympathize with Clarks army being abused and misused

[mlawson]

15. I fear that he is the *current* favorite, during this compacted primary

cycle. It might be like a bubble, such as Dean had, then Edwards (during Iowa). But if this is so, Kerry is riding the bubble during the time when the nomination decision is being finalized. If the Dem establishment is not powerful enough to keep it going for him, it could burst.

What if, by June, when the decision is in concrete, Dems look up and say, "WHAT were we THINKING???". Just like in 1988...

[Algorem]

20. When will he release his penis size?

[DrFunkenstein]

21. Booming Voice + Can Actually Speak English

Bush doesn't have a chance!



Is Kerry goofing around behind Dean's back? Is that why Edwards is having a hard time keeping a straight face?

[Casablanca]

23. Are you going to support voting on intangibles instead of facts?

Voting on intangibles like Bush's "likability" and _perceived_ honestly is what got him within cheating distance of the Oval Office.

[CabalBuster]

25. Hey, Casablanca, I like your moniker

[Casablanca]

41. Not bad, eh? Too bad ZombyWoof was already taken.

Still, CabalBuster has a cool subversive edge to it. :)

[CabalBuster]

24. This personality cult around Kerry is getting worrisome

All I see are threads that worship Kerry as the ultimate savior. Please, please, the man has MANY, MANY defects physical, character and political. Are you deceiving yourselves by seeing what you want to see and not what he is? You are setting yourselfs up for disappointment.....Let's make an effort to remain objective. This personality cult is getting out of hand.

[GumboYaYa]

26. Stature is so subjective that it is not even worthy of discussion.

A significant portion of our electorate feels George Bush has stature. Do we really want to elect our president on the subjective determinations of a group of people that made people like Toby Keith and Brittney Spears millionaires?

I'll go with something more objective than "stature," however it may be defined. Things like the foresight to say "No Child Left Behind" is a bad bill or the courage to say, there is no evidence of WMDs in Iraq BEFORE the war; those are the things that will determine who gets my vote.

[Algorem]

27. Can he fart really loud?

[KoKo]

28. Yes......"Tall Foot" ......he does look Lincolnesque.........I'll give you

that one. :D

[killbotfactory]

29. He kind of looks like he's from an inbred british royal family...

Or like a dog who was just hit on the head with a newspaper.

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[KoKo]

34. Scary hostility? Hostility manifesting itself?

:D

[corporatewhore]

39. its just that come on Kerry Edwards and clark are way better lookig

:loveya:

[THUNDER HANDS]

31. absolutely

Like they say in basketball, you can't teach height. If you have positives working in your favor that are nothing but gifts from god (height, voice, intellect) then you're a leg up on the competition.

[dolstein]

32. Don't confuse height with stature

In the Senate, he's always been considered something of a lightweight.

Any stature Kerry has is based on things he did nearly 40 years ago.

[TexasSissy]

33. Of course. It's the whole package.

Do you think Kennedy would've won if he'd had a high, squeaky voice? Or been 5'2"? It's the whole package.

[kskiska]

42. Abe Lincoln had a high squeaky voice

x

[genius]

35. Someone told me a long time ago that the tallest candidate would win

I wasn't so sure about Kerry doing well then. Currently that prediction seems accurate. Does any have the ranking of their height? Kerry looks like the jolly green giant (although he's not green)with a bunch of midgets but who is second, third, fourth and fifth tallest? Kucinich (whom I'm voting for) and Dean are the shortest.

[KoKo]

37. Yes...Tall Folks have great "Q" factor with advertisers who want to

promote "Stength." Unless one is trying to promote issues that affect "small folks." In that case....Ad Agencies try to go for the "common folk average height" person.

[trogdor]

38. Plus ca change. . .(from Bartcop)