Reply #15: Yeah, I Took The Election Results Pretty Hard [View All]

[DrFunkenstein]

I decided to take some time off from the political scene. I'm still only tentatively returning. I mostly just read other people's stuff these days.

I have to admit that the national campaign was fairly disappointing. I thought Kerry would make a great leader, but I thought his staff was clumsy and Kerry needed to sharpen his message much earlier.

I know that he is strongly averse to anyone tampering with his speaking style, but if he doesn't figure out how to speak more effectively, I can't see him being the one giving the thumbs up at the National Convention.

At this point, I haven't given my allegiance to anyone. I would like to see Kerry become a better candidate, because I think he is a great man, but he's got to make some fundamental decisions about his message.