Originally posted by BP:
Originally posted by Davo7SVT:
His service in Vietnam certainly doesn't enhance his ability to be President.



i think kerry's battle experience really bothers the bush supporters because they know bush has never even gotten his uniform dirty.

who would you have more respect for? a boss that's actually worked your position before or a boss that was just assigned to be your boss and has no clue what you do?

i have much more respect for a leader who has first hand experience of the situation he's sending our troops into.




ditto. i thought the speech last night was direct, concise, and poignant. Kerry has important leadership qualities that this country hasn't seen in a number of years. and he directed his speech to the middle class, which was an important move for him to gain swing votes. the ultra-rich certainly won't vote for him, but it will be a real battle for the middle class, and also for minortites, gays, service men and women, recent citizens, and elderly.

i think Bush may get more younger voters because of his "cowboy" image. (he's almost more of a celebrity than a president to our youth, from what i hear.) but we all know that the smallest percentage of voters are under 25, so, i don't think that will help him much.

i also think Kerry struck a chord with his criticism of Bush/Cheney's "super secret" precedings and courts and rules and laws, all in the name of national security. i don't think the majority of people like the way Cheney has handled his running of the country in a cave while Bush plays golf and says stupid things with a Burger King crown on his head.

this will be a tough race. hopefully the man who wasn't supposed to be president in the first place, will end his term in only 4 long, painful, war-ridden, hateful, diffciult years...not 8.

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