Reply #36: It's useful to cross polinate info, not compartmentalize. Context matters. [View All]

[JohnOneillsMemory]

These are the only candidates we have to work with so we might as well compare and contrast.

Don't forget the way Dean got 'scream' assassinated partly by the way his mike and performance were seperated from context of a noisy room of screaming supporters.

It seems ugly corporations like Monsanto have messed with a lot of legislation and politicians.

I ain't an apologist for any candidate but they seem to all have flaws and compromises in their histories.

What comprises the big picture for each candidate's history? Single issues? How harshly they are willing to bad mouth Bush*? Electability?Purity in a pinch?

I'm always uncomfortable when a single act or association or money source is used to paint a candidate as unworthy of our support.

Kerry does have a lengthy voting record and I would like to know more about it. The context of each vote is an important part of the story rather than just a score, too.

Hell, did marrying a Heinz really influence Kerry's agri-votes? That would really suck.