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Their choice of Kerry is a good thing for us. It makes the choice between the Republicans and the Rats crystal clear. Had they anointed Lieberman instead--a man capable of honesty about the threat of terrorism, if nothing else--then moderate voters would have a harder choice to make.

Imagine being a liberal right now. Nader? Kerry? What to do, what to do!? It's all so confuuuuuuuuuusing! Hahaha. Really, Bush can stand back and let them fight it out. He can actually do his job for the next eight months, and do spot-campaigning. He'd be smart to encourage some donors to spend on Nader instead. ;-)

I am glad the Dems are running the most liberal possible candidate. Yes, he's more liberal than Hillary and Teddy--his voting record proves it. This is black and white. We are not required to parse shades of gray here to try to figure out who is most conservative and strongest on the defense of our country. We don't have a Lieberman spoiling things by promising more fiscal restraint, pork-cutting, and no abortion-rights litmus test for judges. I bet Lieberman could have sucked off a number of FReeper votes with those campaign promises (easily broken!)

Those voters who are not firmly on one side of the fence (mostly one-issue voters) have six months to weigh the respective characters of the candidates and the relative risks each presents to us. Kerry's record will be out there.

Voters will decide which candidate will form the Supreme Court of their choice, and which will take the War on Terror the direction they think wisest. How stupid are Americans? We'll find out. I heard someone claiming that he'll be voting for Kerry because Kerry will make sure stem cells are available to fix his damaged knee. Now THAT'S STUPID!

So pray for President Bush to stay healthy.

Kerry Meets Dean, Slams 'Crooked' Republicans
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic White House candidate John Kerry slammed his Republican critics as "crooked" liars on Wednesday and met former rival Howard Dean to discuss working together to beat President Bush in November.
Kerry and Dean, bitter rivals in the Democratic primaries, met for an hour in Washington after Kerry returned from Illinois, where he criticized Bush's economic record and renewed his promise to repeal tax cuts for the wealthy and boost tax relief for the middle class.
Kerry told a worker in Chicago that he was ready to fight back against his Republican foes, adding in an exchange picked up by television and radio microphones that "these guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen."
Spokesman David Wade said Kerry was referring to "the Republican attack machine" and not specifically to Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney, although he said Bush had "a pattern of standing by while other people ... do his dirty work for him."