Anyone think Kerry was very cold in his answer...

[uconnyc]

about feeling some responsibility for 500+ deaths in Iraq.

If this was a national debate, he would have gotten ripped for it (like Dukakis on the Bernard Shaw question)

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[eileen_d]

2. "Like a fiddle?"

That's creative.

[fairfaxvadem]

4. That makes absolutely no sense.

If you are going to make sweeping judgments like that, please back it up. "...weak on just about every issue" should at least be substantiated.

[Rowsdower]

7. he's weak

he tries to take both sides on every issue, just look at his record

[eileen_d]

10. Weak like a fiddle?

Which candidate do you prefer?

[liberalnurse]

9. I think we have an American

epidemic on our hands.....Folks are only listening with one bad ear....they then vote in McDonald's fashion....the Drive-Thru method and we will end up with 4 more years of the *bush plague.

[BeyondGeography]

3. No way

Bush and his PNAC cronies have blood on their hands, not John Kerry. There is no equivalency here.

[dionysus]

16. he voted for it, enabled it

he shares the responsibity, IMO

[bigwillq]

5. I think Kerry is

cold period. I'm have not warmed up to the idea that he might be our presidential candidate. He's another Washington puppet, imo. He's the safest choice to be the candidate b/c of his closest to the D.C. big wigs.

[sallyseven]

8. Kerry has the votes of the Democrats

who are voting in the primaries. No one is appointing him. Obviously others are not getting the votes. Why? Maybe they are not resonating with the democrats that are voting.

[bigwillq]

Kerry has the vote b/c the people are being manipulated

by the media. Everyone was on Dean's side when the media was with him now that the media's on Kerry's side, guess who's in the lead?

[eileen_d]

14. So when the media was with Dean, was everyone being manipulated?

Because that's the argument you're making.

[liberalnurse]

12. I have voted straight democrat since I was old enough....

Carter was my first vote......I always felt confortable with the choice early on in the Primaries. Even Dukakas felt warmer than than Kerry. Oh, the DLC should be unemployed.

[Rowsdower]

13. he needs charisma

he just doesn't have it

[poskonig]

6. Kerry's style is usually executive-like.

It would seem fakey if Kerry started to get gushy with certain questions.

[waldenx]

11. the difference between Kerry and Clinton

at least Clinton could lie and make people believe he cared.
Kerry doesn't give a shit and has no skill to cover it up.

[nickn777]

15. Not really....

It's not Kerry's style...He is not going to start crying in front of the camera or shed Clinton-like 'crocodile' tears...Kerry is completely correct. He is not "responsible" for the deaths in Iraq, the President is. His vote was a vote to give the President the authority to take action as a "last resort", and to work with our friends and allies to find an acceptable resolution. The congressional "vote" being referrred to was not a vote to go to war. It is being spun that way by reporters in order to play up a juicy black or white, yes or no type question. Make no mistake about it, if John Kerry were POTUS in 2002, we would NOT have gone into Iraq, but rather, would have continued Clinton's selective bombing policy and containment through inspections.