John Kerry

karynnj

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4. In fact, in my lifetime there has not been a candidate who matches him on commitment and character

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 09:34 PM

Jan 2012

It is sad that there are Democrats who never got to see that. I still like Gov Patrick's phrase "uncommonly decent" as well. As to experience, there are few people with expertise on financial stuff and foreign policy. On foreign policy there is no Democrat who comes close - including Biden.

The Dean stuff drives me nuts as well. My family has gone to Vt every year since 1990. When there, we always read the Burlington paper, where the progressives were almost always unhappy with him - and ran candidates against him. Then suddenly he was the national progressive favorite. I would bet that if Gore and Dean were told some time in the nineties that they would be progressive favorites - and Kerry would be called centrist, the sanity of the person saying it would be questioned.

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Interesting analysis of the comparison of Romney to Kerry [View all] karynnj Jan 2012 OP

I read that and cringed at the word "surprisingly". Mass Jan 2012 #1

I had the same frustration with "surprisingly" karynnj Jan 2012 #2

John Kerry was the most electable, not merely because of demographic/polling issues, but because MBS Jan 2012 #3

In fact, in my lifetime there has not been a candidate who matches him on commitment and character karynnj Jan 2012 #4

Continual nonsense, I am afraid we will here a lot about. wisteria Jan 2012 #5

As frustrating as it is, we may want to send this to John Stewart, who continues his gratuitous Mass Jan 2012 #6

I know. It makes Jon Stewart look tone deaf, not Kerry. nt beachmom Jan 2012 #9

I also was volunteer for JK in Iowa caucus in 2003/2004 MBS Jan 2012 #7

There is one parallel, though. beachmom Jan 2012 #8

I would imagine that the attack most likely to have been done and answered karynnj Jan 2012 #11

Another difference - The Boston Globe endorsed Kerry. Mass Jan 2012 #10