Reply #30: It is a truism ... [View All]

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Always keep this saying in mind in politics:

"Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good."

Politicians make mistakes. The better ones learn from them, listen to the people, and lead.

Remember, Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern voted for the Token Gulf resolution, but went on to become great political leaders of the peace and anti-Vietnam war movements. Hubert Humphrey at one time in the early 1950s supported loyalty oaths, but became a great champion of civil rights legislation the in US Senate in the late 1950s.

Kerry was not my first(Dean), second(Clark), or third(Kucinich) choice. I am not happy about Kerry's vote for the 2003 war resolution or the Patriot Act. But it is true that he has one of the most liberal, progressive voting records in the Senate (a point the radical Republicans will, in fact, use against him).

So, Kerry IS good enough.
He is a liberal.
He has more actual anti-war protest experience than ANYONE in the US Senate.
No, he is not perfect.
But he is not Bush.