Message from Senator Kerry:

[H2O Man]

Hi Patrick,

Martin Luther King said, "The time is always right to do what is right." So I'm choosing this time to share an important decision I've made, one I believe is right for this country.

The JohnKerry.com community has been very important to me and very important to the Democratic resurgence over the last couple of years, so I wanted to let all of you know my decision before I confirm it with anyone else. I want to share with you my conviction that in a field of fine Democratic candidates, the next President of the United States can be, should be, and will be Barack Obama. Each of our candidates would make a fine President, and we are blessed with a strong field. But for this moment, at this time in our nation's history, Barack Obama is the right choice.

Please join me in supporting Barack Obama’s candidacy.

I’m proud to have helped introduce Barack to our nation when I asked him to speak to our national convention, and there Barack's words and vision burst out. On that day he reminded Americans that our "true genius is faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles." And with his leadership we can build simple dreams, and we can turn millions of small miracles into real change for our country.

At this particular moment, with our country faced with great challenges in our economy, in our environment, and in our foreign policy, and with our politics torn by division, Barack Obama can bring transformation to our country. With Barack, we can build a new majority of Americans from all regions who can turn the page on the politics of Karl Rove and begin a new politics, one worthy of our nation's history and promise. We can bring millions of disaffected people – young and old – to the great task of governing and making a difference, child to child, community to community.

Please click here to give what you can to Barack Obama’s campaign for President and help build this future for our country.

The moment is now, and the candidate for this moment is Barack Obama. Like him, I also lived abroad as a young man, and I share with him a healthy respect for the advantage of knowing other cultures and countries, not from a book or a briefing, but by personal experience, by gut, by instinct. He knows the issues from the deep study of a legislator, and he knows them from a life lived outside of Washington. His is the wisdom of real-world experience combined with the intellect of a man who has thought deeply about the challenges we face.

History has given us this moment. But we need to decide what to do with it. I believe, with this moment, we should make Barack Obama President of the United States.

Please join me in supporting his campaign.

Thank you,
John Kerry

[Bluerthanblue]

1. well done- and I

appreciate reading this.

Thanks-

[H2O Man]

3. I thought it was

a positive statement. I do not see it as a stab at either of the other two candidates.

[Colobo]

2. Thanks, Sen. Kerry. Obama is our best candidate.

[rox63]

4. And Obama now gets use of Kerry's 3 million + mailing list

Sweeeet!!!

[Mass]

5. Very good and positive statement.

[flpoljunkie]

6. Eloquent, persuasive endorsement. Thank you, John Kerry!

[Bread and Circus]

7. amazing. thanks.

[musette_sf]

8. and the corporatist alliance

is in place. who needs the DLC when the DNC will do just as well to stand against the working person?

[Egnever]

11. Kerry the corporatist?

Pass some of what you are smoking please.

[musette_sf]

22. i meant that in the sense

that Senator Kerry didn't fight back against the 2004 vote count, and basically laid down for the corporate establishment back then. i am disappointed that Senator Kerry did not endorse his former running mate, who has been quite vocal about the evils of the corporatocracy. to my way of thinking, Senator Kerry is not endorsing the candidate that i think has the best message about changing the corporate control of America.

i just don't think Senator Obama is as outspoken about the corporate control of this country as he should be.

[debatepro]

13. if you

truly believe this you should support your claims (that's what they are) with evidence... otherwise you just manifest... GOP style bumper-sticker hating discourse techniques....

[musette_sf]

23. because i want the ultimate Dem nominee

to be someone outspoken against corporate control of America, I'm manifesting "GOP style" etc re your post?

i'm very concerned about the fact that the current status quo of a corporate stranglehold on America's working people is only being spoken about by one candidate... and that that candidate's former running mate endorsed someone whose message on this problem is not as strong as i think it should be.

[LSK]

15. the sheer ignorance on this board is amazing at times

Check the mans Senate record since 2004. I challenge you to find a better one.

[musette_sf]

24. since Senator Edwards dropped out of the Senate in 2004

i think that's a pretty limiting challenge. how does a "challenge" that by definition can't include the leading anti-corporate candidate, prove my "ignorance"?

[ProSense]

16. FYI

facts.

[ProSense]

18. Beautiful. Thanks for posting, H20 Man. n/t

[H2O Man]

19. I think it

is an impressive endorsement. And I hope that it helps us all, no matter which candidate we support, move past some of the ugly and divisive fighting from the past few weeks, and to begin to focus on examining the positive attributes of each of the top three.

[Egnever]

9. Wow very nice statement

Thanks John! Both for your introduction to this fine man and your wonderfully worded support!

[Adelante]

10. Beautiful

:loveya:

[debatepro]

12. Very Nice

Could see a big influx of donations... if you are a supporter of Obama... now could be a really good time to give a little more to help boost the numbers... We might be able to get another "news" cycle out of a big fund raising day.

[YankeyMCC]

14. Endorsements typically mean little to me...

but this one will cause me to yet again go over Obama's positions and record in perhaps a slightly different (more positive/benefit of the doubt) light.

[MH1]

17. Excellent. I will make my first donation to Obama today. :)

[ClayZ]

20. K and R

[cmaff05]

21. I love the jab at Karl Rove

"With Barack, we can build a new majority of Americans from all regions who can turn the page on the politics of Karl Rove and begin a new politics, one worthy of our nation's history and promise. "

Perfectly said, Senator Kerry.

[DemReadingDU]

25. It is a nice statement, thank you for posting it

[BringBigDogBack]

26. kick