Reply #5: Isn't it nice... [View All]

[RoyGBiv]

Isn't it nice to have someone smart and eloquent to lead us? :-)

Not everyone can pull off a Lincoln quote. I've seen many try and almost as many fail. Often, they fail because they don't get it, don't understand exactly what Lincoln was trying to say. At other times, they may get it, but their tongue and their brain don't communicate very well.

I hope I'm not being too melodramatic here in saying that I've seen something Lincoln-esque in Kerry since he first surged onto the national scene. Part of it is simply how he looks. Another part, the bigger part, is who he is: a cagey politician who knows how to work a crowd better than his opponents give him credit, an extremely intelligent individual who comes off as sort of folksy when he wants to, and someone who pleases neither radicals nor conservatives completely but can draw some level of support from both.

Last night, I felt more confident in this perception. Those words flowed out of his mouth with ease, and it was obvious he understood precisely what those words meant. This will be a tight campaign in which the country will be sharply divided, but I am confident we have chosen the right man to appeal to the better angels of our nature.