*Unofficial* Why I Support Kerry post!

[TheDonkey]

I thought it might be a good idea to have a positive post about our current front runner. We can all post why we support Kerry (and detractors will hopefully stay away).

I'll go first!

I support JK because his incredible love for science. When I saw a townhall with him months ago I was floored. I never saw a politician spend so much time talking about America's need for science, the need for energy independence, and the need for American modernization.

Kerry gave plans and details how he was going to have 20% of US energy come from renewables in nearly 15 years after he is elected! This is a subject that can't be stressed more.

JK also went on to talk about American modernization which sadly isn't talked about much by ANYONE. Here in the US our transportation systems are out-dated, education system is poor, and science in general is lacking. It's sad to see the country who used to be by far the most technologically advanced be so behind the times. JK pledged his support to reverse this around (not soon enough).

The first step is to get this science hating resident out of the WH!

Why do you support Kerry?

[absyntheNsugar]

1. I'm a Clark supporter but...

If Kerry wins the nomination (very likely) I will have three reasons to be behind a Kerry presidency (other than him not being Bush):

1 - Insider: can get things done like LBJ did. Won't get stalled by his own party like Clinton did.

2 - Solid Liberal record until recently. Chances are, when he hits lame duck status, he will go back to his liberal record. Clinton did, and LBJ did.

3 - I really think he is truly sorry about his IWR vote. His ego may get in the way, but I sense a feeling that he really did feel like he was duped, and let his constituency down.

[sallyseven]

2. I support Kerry

because he is a liberal just like me. He stands for the right things like the environment, tax cuts for the middle and low income people but not for the rich. He is more honest, as far as I am concerned, than a number of other candidates running. He doesn't pout and whine when he isn't the top vote getter. I have been Involved in politics all my adult life. I know he can be elected and will be up to speed when he enters the oval office. I also would like to say that people who complain about politics are not observing that everything is political from the town council to jobs to the military every day life is political. That is unless you live in a spider hole

[MoonRiver]

8. I gotta go and don't have time to post, so I'll just ditto what you said.

It seems to summarize my positions nicely! GOOOOOO CLARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hippiegranny]

3. I was largely undecided up until the night before the AZ primary

I had initially been drawn to Dean, but then I liked what Clark brought to the table. I honestly didn't even think much at all about Kerry until after Iowa and NH. At that point, my partner, who is not into all of this as much as I am, started reading up on Kerry and sharing her views with me about him. I was still ready to go to the polls and vote for Clark when I found out about a rally for John Kerry at Phoenix College on Monday night, so I asked my s.o. if she wanted to go, and that if he said what I wanted to hear, I'd consider changing my vote from Clark to the front-runner.

After a rousing accoustic set by Stephen Stills, John Kerry came out and guess what? He did it. He addressed almost all my issues: the economy, the bogus tax cuts for the rich, the bogus drug prescrip bill, the environment, the need for alternative energy, the phony aircraft carrier landing and the need to bring the rest of the world back to the table so we can fix this mess in Iraq, the shameful way veteran bennies are being cut... and on and on. Then Teresa took the stage and I fell in love. She is a lifelong philathropist, and environmentalist and women's rights advocate - in short, the perfect first lady.

As I said, JK addressed almost all my issues. Before I made my final decision I went to his website to see where he stands on issues like choice and glbt issues. While he hasn't made glbt a major facet of his platform, I am satisfied that he is fair and will not allow the Constitution to be amended in order to exclude us. He has a 100% approval rating from the HRC.

So I voted Kerry on Tuesday, and I am not sorry I did. What I am sorry for is that I spent so much time in this forum yesterday getting pissed off at the hotheads who cannot seem to keep the prize in sight - getting Bush the Lesser out of office.

[blm]

4. As a longtime BFEE watcher I know Kerry is the one man to take them down.

I don't doubt that he intends to bring in Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Rand Beers, Joe Wilson and others to help make that happen.

And as a longtime liberal I am THRILLED with his longtime commitment to liberal and progressive values, with a 35 year record to prove it.

[sandnsea]

5. Making some friends on the planet

Posted elsewhere, but here it is again. This among 100 other reasons.

Somebody who truly has respect for cultures around the world, believes engagement is the way to resolve conflicts, cares about lifting people all over the world out of poverty and despair, has fought against all the CIA propped up dictator horseshit, has stated Sharon is as much a problem in I/P as Arafat, wants to bring world religions together to resolve those conflicts, and has actually worked to make it happen his whole life.

[bigtree]

6. The Environment

Vote Kerry to put the environment on the front burner in this election

John Kerry has a lifetime of service and committment to the country. He is the real deal for those who have worked along side of him to save and preserve our forests, to keep our air and water pollution free, and to protect and preserve our fish and our wildlife.


Robert F. Kennedy Endorses John Kerry for President-
September 17, 2003

Calling John Kerry’s environmental agenda “bold and visionary,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed John Kerry for President:

“I am proud to endorse one of America’s great environmental leaders, John Kerry for President of the United States,” said Robert F Kennedy, Jr. “And I hope that every American who cares about the environment will unite behind John Kerry. He is the candidate with the best environmental record. He is the candidate with the best ability to beat George Bush. And he will be a President who will give us the environmental leadership we so clearly need.”

http://johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2003_0917a.html :D


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[woofless]

7. What a refreshing thread

So far! I too support Sen Kerry for all the above reasons and have done so since before he declared. There will be 12 of us standing for Kerry in our tiny precinct caucus here Sat. morning. Go Kerry!

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[OneBlueSky]

9. my issue has always been the environment . . .

and Kerry's record as a committed environmentalist is unsurpassed . . . I wouldn't be surprised to see RFK Jr. as head of the EPA in a Kerry administration . . . Kerry also has a sterling record of supporting liberal and progressive positions throughout his career in the Senate . . .

is he a perfect candidate? . . . not by a long shot, they then none of them are . . . his IWR vote bothers me, as do several others during the Bush years . . . but overall I believe both his head and his heart are in the right place, and I think he'll be quick to roll back the worst of Bush's disastrous environmental policies when elected . . . I also think he regrets his vote giving Bush war powers, and will find a way to get the UN involved in Iraq so that we can bring most of our troops home sooner rather than later . . .

I learned long ago that EVERY presidential election is a choice between the lesser of two evils, meaning that both major party candidates will be politicians who play the game and very often compromise (which is pretty much the definition of politics) . . . a true outsider or an ideological purist just isn't going to get elected, regardless of how much we'd like to see that happen . . . and given the reality that either our insider or their insider is going to be the next president, I'll happily vote for our insider and work hard to influence his policies after he's in office . . .

[JaneQPublic]

10. Dean doesn't just claim to love science, he IS a scientist (nt)

[blm]

13. Who doesn't understand environmental science. Never endorsed by SierraClub

even. How pathetic is that for a Democrat? All his races in Vermont and he couldn't qualify for ONE damn Sierra Club endorsement?

[RegenerationMan]

11. I support Kerry

Because he broke the BCCI Scandal and put Osama's brother-in-law Bin Mahfouz under arrest.

IMAGINE PRESIDENT KERRY!!

[TheDonkey]

12. I support Kerry because he IS a war hero

and is brave enough to fight against it once he found out just how much of a quagmire is was.

[mitchum]

14. I support Kerry because of his lifelong record

[Duncan Grant]

15. That's odd.

>>We can all post why we support Kerry (and detractors will hopefully stay away).<<


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=277938#278786

[oxymoron]

16. What's odd?

The thread you reference is about a "protest kerry" donation. I didn't see your candidate slammed in the title of this thread.