I tell ya kayak, I've been paying attention to these elections for a long time and I have never seen a candidate as flawed as John Kerry. I never even gave him a chance in this primary because I have always known what he stood for. I remember his anti-war stand in 1971 and beyond, I remember his speeches on the Senate floor trashing President Reagan for using excessive force against Qaddafi, and his reckless Arms Race. I remember my father cursing John Kerry as a Traitor, I remember my Cousin, (who was labeled by Kerry as a "War Criminal" for his service as a Marine in Vietnam) saying that John Kerry better never visit a Military Base if he enjoyed breathing.
Howard Dean worried me a bit, but John Kerry has a past that is "Target Rich", even his recent voting record resembles a Ship a drift without a Compass. IMHO, the simple fact is that John Kerry doesn't possess the things one needs to be a serious candidate for the Office of the POTUS
I have never seen a candidate as flawed as John Kerry.
All through these primaries, it seemed to me that Bill and Hitlary never laid much of a hand on Kerry. But if anyone else threatened, then jumped on them.
This tells me Hitlary is sleeping comfortably tonight (well, as well as it is possible for someone of her moral stature to sleep). No risk that there will be an incumbent 'Rat president in 2008 to oppose her.
I still can't tell whether she will make a move for first or second chair this time around - but Kerry's going nowhere fast.