Reply #29: I respect Kerry but I did not think he ran a good campaign. [View All]

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He also was suspicious of Bush from the beginning re Iraq and when interviewed over the vote to allow Bush into Adghanistan in 2001 he specifically said that it was limited power and would not allow Bush to go into Iraq. (He actually mentioned this early on, I believe it was because he knew the neocon intentions.

I took heart from that and figured Kerry would be a firewall to keep Bush from invading Iraq. However he later voted for IWR

If Kerry were more outspoken and had said upfront "I think Bush is planning to find a pretext to invade Iraq, this will take us off focus and create a disaster for us and the Iraqis" he might have seemed crazy at the time but he would have given gullible citizens forewarning.

Kerry knows a lot and has consistently worked on the good side--but he doesn't go in for the political kill. I think he did earlier in his career.