[Wild Irish Rogue]

"When you burn the candle at both ends,"

Huh ? Kerry is handed the nomination on a silver platter, his opposition consisted of Al Sharpton and Dennis Kuchinich, the partisan media was on their knees the whole campaign and poor John is so pooped, he popped ?

Kerry has the "old deer in the headlights " look. Becoming the nominee may have been Kerry's biggest flip flop, to date. He was running for the nomination, but, he didn't really want the nomination.
All the cliches apply to Kerry- Be careful what you wish for, Not ready for prime time, On the job training, This old dog won't hunt, etc.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the DNC HQ and also have a corner on the Maalox concessions in Georgetown.

[Betaille]

"He was running for the nomination, but, he didn't really want the nomination."
Do you get the creeping suspicion that Kerry may have taken this vacation in order to think over whether or not he really wants to run? It's not too late for him to drop out yet.

[republicangel]

"When you burn the candle at both ends,"

This drives me crazy whenever I hear someone make excuses for him, "oh he's sooo tired".
Excuse me, is Al Queda going to wait for you to come back from vacation and your needed rest to attack?

[EDINVA]

maybe the problem is he doesn't have "GRAVITAS"

where has gravitas gone? it was the only word the media knew in 00, and haven't heard it yet in 04.

[Utah Girl]

I was just sitting here thinking what President Bush has gone through in his years in office. The plane incident in China, economy hitting bottom, the debacle in Florida, 9/11, etc. He's had and Americans have had a rough 3 1/2 years.

John Kerry is not tempermentally suited for President if he can't take the rough and tumble of the campaign trail.