About Time Kerry Dropped Mr. Nice Guy Act

[RedEarth]

Finally. At long last, Sen. John Kerry has found his voice on the campaign trail.

Kerry, previously cautious to the point of silence about President George W. Bush's Iraq war, used the climax of the Republican National Convention to question Bush's fitness for office for "misleading our nation into war" with Iraq.

And it's about time.

Stung by the personal relentless targeted attacks by a raft of Republicans -- and Sen. Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat -- Kerry has had it with the turn-the-other-cheek approach to this campaign. When he turned the other one, his opponents slapped it, too.

Kerry now must regret the obvious orders that went out to all the speakers at the Democratic National Convention in Boston a month ago to be nice and not criticize Bush.

http://www.thekcrachannel.com/helenthomas/3705561/detail.html

[MsUnderstood]

1. They've always said he was a strong closer

[BillZBubb]

2. ...in Massachusetts

It's probably not surprising a Democrat closed strong in Mass. or in Democratic primaries. This is a whole new ballgame, and I wouldn't bet the ranch on a similar thing happening in a nationwide general election.

I hope it's true, I'm just not convinced.

[progressivebydesign]

3. I wish I was related to Helen Thomas..

..what fun we all would have around the dinner table. She's a gem! A straight-shooter, in a sea of pea-shooters. I wish her work wasn't relegated to the Editorial area of DU.

[RedEarth]

4. I wish there were more journalist like her.....

All of the current batch of white house reporters just seem to report the Bush spin....what happened to actually being a journalist.