Should "I'm So Afraid" be Kerry's campaign song?

[dontlookdown]

Carne -

I think without realizing it, you have swallowed what Bush has been spoon-feeding. The way the administration spins Kerry's speeches (and the way Fox News does) is exactly the sentiment you share.

Flip-flopping is what people who always think in black and white call statements that are made out of intellectual curiosity and progressive thought.

Kerry supported an Iraq invasion only with the support of the U.N. He had no idea how badly Bush would go on to f*ck it up (his words).
He never flip-flopped on that. He took the intelligence to heart and believed with the support of the UN and the rest of the western world, that it was a smart thing to do. He has never flip flopped from that idea.

His Vietnam experience was the same as every college-educated forward-thinking American at the time. It turned out to be a wrong war - so he protested. But he believed that he should serve his country so that's what he did.
What highly educated person wouldn't protest the Vietnam War? This is not a suburban kid who has never traveled. Kerry is bright.

And we've all gotten so used to a President who only looks at issues and the world in black and white. He is unable to form complex sentences because he can't think in a complex way (maybe it was all the booze and cocaine).

Kerry thinks through issues and he changes his mind. He will continue to do that. That is how Massachusetts has become one of the most progressive states in the nation. People like Kerry have put education and the environment and the economy first - above everything else.

No matter what you think of the man, to not vote for him is to endorse the sickening immoral environmental roll-backs that Bush has done. Roll backs that are now allowing coal-burning factories to spew more mercury into the air we breathe and the water we drink. These are the kind of roll backs that are making it next to impossible for the average American to NOT be able to afford a piece of fish at the market that isn't loaded with PCB's and mercury.

I say vote for the man who governs not for himself or his own wallet, but one who can make legislation that achieves the best balance for everyone. The only weapon of mass-destruction I know of is the guy that occupies the White House.