Reply #18: As with any Presidential candidate... [View All]

[TreasonousBastard]

we don't have a crystal ball to see how he will actually do while in office. And policy positions are always subject to change due to to changing situations and the opposition in Congress. This is a democracy of sorts, and we can't always get everything we want. The other guys want stuff, too, and they're going to get some of it.

What we are voting for is someone who may not always do what we like, but has our interests and the best interests of the country at heart. The country as a whole may never agree on what those interests are, or how to best achieve them, but we want someone who will work to find a proper compromise that pissess off the fewest and makes the most happy.

During Kerry's years in public office he has been one of the good guys. One can always dig up a vote or speech that we don't like, but overall his opinions and actions have been on the proper side, and he has been clean as the proverbial whistle. Not a bad record for someone who's been around so long.

I'm confident that Kerry's years of friendships in Congress and history of rational compromise will make him the "uniter not divider" that the current resident has proven himself not to be. I'm also confident that his cabinet and staff will work to undo the terrible work the current staff is doing to wreck our environment and destroy our rights and standing in the world. I'm confident that he will not appoint rightwing judges-- his appointments will be sober and just, and that his appointments will have an easier time sailing through the Senate.

I'm confident that Kerry is just what we need right now. We have been torn with the rightwing trying to destroy Clinton, and now their lapdog is polarizing the country even more. Kerry is the one who can break down those partisan walls and get us back to the business of running the country properly.