A Personal Endorsement of Sen. John Kerry

[cenacle]

http://nytimes.com/2004/03/01/opinion/01KERR.html?pagewanted=print&position=

i am not issue for issue simpatico with sen. kerry, but this short essay did a lot toward convincing me he can stand up to the evil in DC and beat it...he neither denies his military service nor does he wimp out about his eventual anti-war stance...

i am not comfortable with the anybody-but-bush sentiment sweeping the country...it seems too diffuse, dangerously so...for bush to be beaten, one person must be agreed upon by many persons with many values & interests...dr. dean interested me awhile, but his own lack of experience on the national stage & the propagandistic media swallowed him whole...sen. edwards is also too new to national politics to gain my support...kerry looks like an old warrior of many campaigns...as one who lived in mass. for ten years, i can tell you that his being elected there again and again bespeaks a man who can handle the shitty trenches of politics...

i personally endorse sen. john kerry for the democratic presidential nomination, and will do what i can to encourage people to vote for him now & in the national campaign in november...

[Not Me]

1. Very well put

Cenacle wrote:

"he neither denies his military service nor does he wimp out about his eventual anti-war stance..."

I am not sure whether I am more proud of the man for his service, or for his coming home and saying what needed to be said rather than quietly slipping into a comfortable corporate life.

[glarius]

2. As a non-American I think he would be a great replacement for Bush

I'm not American, but watching all this from Canada, I must say, the more I see and hear Kerry, the better I like him...He grows on you...I sense something indomitable about him....I particularly like what he says about restoring good relations with your former friends, that Bush has trashed....Clark had that as a priority too...Here in Canada so much of our trade is at the whim of Bush and company and I'm hoping to see the end of Bush in November.....

And welcome to DU!!!

[blm]

3. This was a great essay that defines Kerry before the RNC does.

Good counter to the Hanoi John image they are promoting.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Welcome to DU, and the Kerry campaign, cenacle.

Thank you for your post. We are going to need all hands on deck to beat these Bush bastards, as they have shown in the past there is nothing they will not do to win elections, i.e., McCain in South Carolina.

Kerry is a fighter, but he cannot do it alone. He needs all of us Democrats on his side to win in November.

[oasis]

5. Welcome to DU cenacle. Enjoy the ride.