You just gotta love Kerry...

[AmyStrange]

he does seem like the dream candidate that everyone here is raving about, and I can certainly see why everyone here thinks he is so electable.

I can't wait to see who Kerry picks to run with him as VP. I sure hope it is Edwards.

By the way, I've deleted the DU slang dictionary. Since Kerry will obviously be voted in as president in Nov, I see no real reason to work on it or pay to have it posted on the web since most of it was Bush hating. We won't need that anymore... am I right!!!

Dave

[Imajika]

1. Kerry is a dream candidate?

I think Kerry is okay, but he has a ton of negatives.

Kerry is no shoe-in against Bush. Infact, I suspect Bush would be the odds on favorite in that match up.

Just tonight with the subject of the death penalty coming up. I am not so sure a candidate against the dealth penalty has a chance to win a single southern state, not to mention many other states where the populations are in favor of the dealth penalty by large majorities.

Imajika

[MAlibdem]

3. the incumbent always has odds

nt

[neoteric lefty]

5. I agree

that Kerry is no "dream candidate". He will have my support after Boston but he's not my pick.

[union_maid]

9. Everyone wants the candidate to have balls...

...on the issues they care about, but not the others. I would be so happy to be able to vote for an anti-death penalty guy in November. I'm thrilled that I get to do it next Tuesday at the very least. It's been way too long since that opportunity has been offered.

[turnhardleft]

2. He knows how to hog the debate time

And the botox looks great!

[AmyStrange]

24. hehehehehe...

is he smiling more than he usually does?

Dave

[murielm99]

32. This is the second post of yours I have seen about botox...

an expert on the subject, are you?

[dweller]

4. Yeah, guess you are right Dave

meet the new boss, same as the old Boss..

thanks for that DU slang dictionary, wished i had saved a copy...

peace,
dp

[AmyStrange]

23. I wish I wasn't Dweller...

we will talk,

Dave

[MoonRiver]

6. The more I hear and see Kerry the more I really, really like him.

As Teresa said, he's like fine wine. But I differ in the choice of VP. I'm still hoping it's Clark.

[Cassandra]

7. I don't "gotta love Kerry"...

but I'll vote for him if he is the Democratic nominee.

[OKNancy]

8. I know you are being snide, but actually

yes... I'm warming up to Kerry. I was for Clark, and to tell the truth, I didn't pay much attention to Kerry in debates because I was hanging on every word my guy said. But I thought Kerry looked great, sounded great and had a lot of good answers to hard questions. He also bashes Bush a lot, which I really really like.

He will make a great candidate I am now convinced.

[Zynx]

10. Kerry a dream candidate? No.

He's getting better, but has a lot of bad traits and warts.

[KathCO]

11. He doesn't seem like the dream candidate to me.

[bigtree]

12. Yep

Love him.

[corporatewhore]

13. multinational corps just gotta love kerry NAFTA/WTO/IMF any one

[Vagabond]

44. Right on!

I thought this was a joke when I saw the thread title.

[TheDonkey]

14. I do

:)

He does shine. Not the "dream" canidate but would make an incredible president.

[mountainvue]

15. Weren't you on another thread

proclaiming for all to see that Kerry would most surely lose in November?
I'd go ahead and delete the dictionary. I don't think you're going to need it anymore.

[AmyStrange]

22. yes I was and yes I did

obviously you won't need it...

[chester2003]

16. PAC Money!

Kerry said he doesn't take any PAC money. BS, check out the facts at
http://opengov.media.mit.edu/EX/0000/000/300/060/

and

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/moneyindex.htm

[KC21304]

17. Those are not Political Action Committees.

[chester2003]

18. Look closely

S PAC and BOB PAC. And that is just the last election cycle.

[AmyStrange]

28. Bigtime corporations though regardless...

Of course I'm sure Kerry will be able to explain this using his IWR-speak dictionary. He is the electable one after all,

dave

[AmyStrange]

26. thanx for the link...

never hurts to know facts.

Welcome to the DU by the way. Hope you have a pair of deep-mud waders?

Dave

[pippin]

19. He's the quintessential opportunist

The Democratic party has lost its balls. What they've got instead is cotton candy. But if cotton candy is what it takes to oust the * then so be it. God bless America.

[JHBowden]

21. Kerry is pretty hardcore.

One doesn't get that much liberal than Kerry. Dean, in contrast, turned activists on with the vein-popping anger stuff, but didn't offer much liberalism policy-wise.

[AntiCoup2K4]

31. Again with the liberal LIE

I'll shoot this bullshit down as often as you want to repeat it. This FAUX funded, PNAC backing Sharon loving Bush enabling sellout is not a liberal by any stretch of the imagination.

[West Coast Democrat]

33. Sort of like the Dean is a liberal lie, eh?

I got tired of that one too.

[AntiCoup2K4]

36. It was the media whores who tagged Dean as "liberal"

I certainly never made that claim about him.

[corporatewhore]

35. he is a liberal ...a Neo Liberal

[AntiCoup2K4]

38. Let's not ruin a good word like "Liberal"

by attaching it to global corporatist fascist enablers. Hell, I actually feel bad for actual conservatives who get lumped in with the fascist "neo conservatives". In reality, these people (PNAC/PPI/DLC) are neither conservative nor liberal. Their agenda is fascist, so why not call them exactly that?

[polpilot]

43. Again he defended his pro-war vote....Blam!!! Blam!!!! Blam!!!!!!!!!

The sound of the door slamming on a anti-Iraqi war, non-establishment demo candidate and a test to see if Bush-like can get it done. I suggest a new demo slogan: 'WE'RE MORE FOR WAR THAN THE REPUBS!'

[absyntheNsugar]

20. ARRRGHHHH!!!

THis is what killed us before! We havent even won the election and we're already sleeping!

When Clinton/Gore won in 92, all of us went to sleep. When we woke up, it was Newt Gingrich's America, and Bill was the only Democrat standing.

DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!

[DebJ]

25. No I don't, and no, I won't "just love Kerry". Ever.

[AmyStrange]

27. Good for you...

don't ever let anyone tell you how to think,

dave

[revcarol]

29. Loving Kerry is like

fingernails on a blackboard.

[West Coast Democrat]

30. Um....I like Kerry....

I guess I'm just a way uncool nerd or something?

I guess I'm also not hip because I've never once threatened to vote for Nader nor have I posted a list of demands and stipulations in return for promising to vote for the Democratic candidate.

I'm just an old-school DUer who's been around since 2001. Flame me!

[leftynyc]

41. I like Kerry also

he's been a dependable progressive vote in the Senate. I'm adult enough to know no candidate is going to be perfect and getting rid of * is too important to stamp my feet and hold my breath over someone not perceived as an ideal.

[tobius]

34. The emotional rollercoaster that some people ride on

based on day to day events blows my mind. It's still a long ways to go until November. The excitement or disappointment in the days following the other debates was the same, now they have been largely forgotten.

[mikehiggins]

37. Has the pot shipment arrived?

That seems to be the only explanation for your post, IMHO.

Dream candidate? Electable? Edwards as VP????

You have delineated ALL my current political nightmares.

The horror...the horror...

[AntiCoup2K4]

39. Uhh... pot shipment??

I don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about......

[AmyStrange]

40. pssssst AntiCoup2K.... (over here)

they are trying to belittle my post by alluding to my fondness for smoke,

Dave

[Hav]

42. Here comes AmySrange yet again, yelling...

"Come get some you low-lifes!!Who wanna mess with me? "

Many didn't understand your point though.
Don't feel bad about it, people never understand my sarcasm as well.