Hurrah for Kerry! what's your favorite thing about him?

[theivoryqueen]

I like his nose.

[bryant69]

1. I like his stance on Debating

"In 1996, I ran for reelection against Bill Weld, the very popular Republican governor of Massachusetts. Everyone expected it would be a knock-down, drag-out mud bath. And we did have our share of rough-and-tumble politics.

But we did something else too. From April to October, we took part in a series of eight debates all across the state. I have to admit, when I first decided to do it, I wondered if voters could actually take the cruel and unusual punishment of having to listen to two politicians for that long.

But something happened along the way. From the start, polls showed that almost half the viewers in Massachusetts watched the debates. By the time voters went to the polls, everyone knew where we stood and what we would do. And after the election was over, Bill Weld and I were still able to get together for a beer at a local bar, pull up a stool together, and shake hands as friends.

I believe America is ready for that kind of democracy in 2004. I believe America needs and deserves it now more than ever.

From a speech on March 13, 2004. http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0313.html

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[phillybri]

3. Wow, that's impressive...

I'd rather him toss the beer in Bush's face...

[theivoryqueen]

4. similarly impressive

strong nose AND character. What's not to love?

[hippiegranny]

31. wow, a pres candidate you'd like to have a beer with...

...who can actually drink one with you! what a concept!

[radwriter0555]

34. He seems like a 'regular' guy. He doesn't seem like he places himself

"above' the crowd.

He just seems real personable and genuine to me.

[djeseru]

2. Wonderfully articulate. n/t

[Sagan]

5. that he's not *

I'm the GOP's worst nightmare. I'm a moderate, Protestant, Southern white male who believes in fiscal conservatism, a strong defense and individual liberties.

And I absolutely positively despise the faux-Texan "President". I'll vote for Fidel Castro before I vote for a Republican as long as neo-cons are running the GOP.

And I have voted Republican MANY times in my life. Never again.

[Wetzelbill]

20. I like the way you think :)

[On the Road]

6. I Like His Background Opposing the Vietnam War

He accomplished an amazing amount for his age, and did the time before going public to have the credibility to make the charges stick.

[theivoryqueen]

9. me, too me, too

and Yo Tambien

[radwriter0555]

35. Yeah, me too. He went, he saw, he learned and he SPOKE UP for what

he believed in.

I appreciate those who speak out about injustices, like he did.

[MrBenchley]

7. His persistence...

Remember, everybody said his campaign was dead last October...but he kept plugging.

Everybody said the gun lobby's disgraceful "immunity from liability" bill couldn't be stopped...but he derailed it.

Iran/Contra was buried deep by a popular president...but he helped uncover it.

[leyton]

8. I like his aura.

It says, I'm a statesman. You can respect me. I won't talk down to you, I'll elevate you.

[Poiuyt]

22. He is very statesman-like

That's why I feel confident that he would be able to reach out to our allies and heal whatever damage has been done. I feel that he could go to the UN or NATO and get them to take over the Iraq mess. While he's not young and fresh like John Edwards, I do feel that we would be able to have a fresh start in the world.

[emulatorloo]

10. I like his investigation of Iran-Contra

one of the many things I like about him.

[theivoryqueen]

15. sadly, in the '80's I was very involved

in late night partying, lots of exhausting dancing, learning the ropes as a future bar patron and chasing boys. I missed out on most of the Iran-Contra testimony/inquiry/hearings.

[prole_for_peace]

11. what sagan said...

i like a lot of things about Kerry but #1 is he's not *.

[blm]

12. That he has exposed more government corruption than any lawmaker

in modern history.

That he links strong environmental policies to our national security.

That he has a DOABLE healthcare policy that will lower all our insurance by $1000 a person in his first year.

[Gildor Inglorion]

13. He's like me!

A Vietnam veteran who came to oppose that war. "God bless him," I say.

[Claire Beth]

14. he ain't Bush* n/t

[kentuck]

16. He's got balls !

:)

[kaitykaity]

17. The hockey picture.

I like the athleticism. It's very "alpha."

[seabeyond]

18. that he enlisted at the hottest time in the war

after the second tour and in the jungles he came back and had the courage at a young 25 to tell the country why the war was wrong

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

19. I like that he appears to have an understanding of what

we're up against and will hopefully be prepared to deal with whatever is thrown at him. We need somebody tough. And we all have to be prepared to do our small parts too.

[Wetzelbill]

21. I like how he signed my hat and let my brother hang out with him....

after his speech in Tucson last February. He stood out in the sun and shook hands, signed autographs much longer than he needed to do so. He literally was the last man standing and made contact with everybody who waited long enough for him. This BS about him not being personable is just that. He's a pretty charming and intelligent man.

[theoceansnerves]

23. his environmental record

i wish he would really push this, and how bush has the worst environmental record of any president ever.

[Neecy]

24. his stance on the death penalty

It takes a lot of courage these days for a national figure to have moral objections to the death penalty, and for that I give Kerry a huge amount of credit (even though he modified his view to support the death penalty for terrorists) for not pandering on this issue.

[Lisa]

25. not a bully

Strong guys who don't have some kind of "attitude" are frequently good leaders ... at least based on the people I know. And I think that this quiet type of strength is a lot more representative of the true America than Bush's overblown posturing. I really, really hope that George W.'s personality doesn't become accepted as "normal" because we don't need leadership that's based on his particular model!

Kerry is supposedly quite good in the kitchen. It's sad to think that even in these times, there are people who think that a guy who can bake is "unmanly" (or "too French"). I think that eclectic hobbies like that are quite a good sign, of an active mind and someone who is unafraid to learn new things.

He also hired a Canadian as one of his closest aides. Someone like Kerry would actually do well in Canadian politics, because we tend to ignore accusations that a candidate is "boring" -- first, because it tends to be from pundits anyway, and second, because s/he works hard and isn't a huge egotist.

[jayavarman]

26. His Women

Anyone who can marry into so much cash, not once but twice, while hooking up with Morgan Fairchild in between has got some kinda mojo that most of us don't.

[joe1991]

38. All the above, and I love his family

Teresa is warm and intelligent, his kids all smart and balanced.
Not sure why that impresses me so much, maybe it's that it shows he has a sense of more important things than politics.
Maybe because Gore's kids and Clinton's daughter were smart and normal. Then you look at Reagans and All the Bush kids.

[mitchum]

27. His sense of duty

He is the complete opposite of the avaricious Bush family

[Jacobin]

28. My favorite thing is that he is not George Bush.

If he'll get us out of Iraq I will sing his praises. Until then, I'm voting for him and will try to get bushbots either not to vote or to vote for Kerry, but I'm not celebrating.

[ACK]

29. Voting on women's issues, environmental issues and 90% rating AFL-CIO

So hard to pick just one.

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[Mayberry Machiavelli]

30. He's a fighter. Proven that in his personal life ('Nam), and in a

lengthy career in politics with multiple Senate campaigns under the belt. Very impressed with his early performance coming out of the primaries. The current relatively quiet period has me very nervous, I'll admit, and I guess I have no choice but to trust to the wisdom of JK and his campaign staff.

[hippiegranny]

32. he's a "closer"

he is allowing junior's train wreck to happen, while amassing campaign funds and making well placed statements. he's going to "close the deal" in late october and he's gonna surge way ahead.

[HamdenRice]

33. What the next 8 years could be like ...

The one thing I like most about the prospect of a Kerry presidency is the feeling that this could be it -- a time when American finally grows up and becomes a moderns country -- yup a France-like, German-like, sophisticated country.

I think that the Clinton presidency proved that the Democrats have policy -- both domestic and international -- incontrovertibly right. Peace, prosperity, international respect.

His presidency was so dangerous to right wingers because it basically made a lot of policy debates between right and left moot. That's why they hated him and attacked him on personal issues. $60 million worth of investigations only proved that he got a blow job.

He was dangerous because if Clinton's successor Gore had paid off most of the national debt, there would be fiscal scope for a dramatically different and more developed society. I have hope that despite the staggering costs of 4 years of Bush, Kerry can get us back on Clinton's economic auto-pilot and in 8 years we will be where we would be today if Gore had been elected.

Bush is the last gasp of right wing conservatism, and empirical results prove that the entire ideology and policy is a disaster. If Americans learn the lesson of what works and what doesn't, and elect Kerry, then Kerry will have clear sailing to implementing the full liberal agenda -- no more needless war for empire; fiscal responsibility; job creation; a robust social safety net; drastic increases in education and infrastructure once the debt has been paid down and military expenditures reduced.

Oh yeah -- one more thing I like about Kerry: His wife manages to combine being (1) an African, (2) a latina, (3) an independent outspoken and strong woman and (4) totally hot for her age.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

36. He can speak English

and actually has LOGICAL THOUGHTS.

[Oddman]

He are smart!

I vote, does you?

[robbedvoter]

37. He is not Bush.

[Generator]

43. Hey you stole my line

well it came from the husband but I mentioned it here,and no one else liked it.

Vote for Kerry, he's not Stalin. (Hitler is so trite, besides I think they are much more Stalinesk, like they wake up and ask themselves, "Hey what would Stalin do?")
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I like Kerry cause he married a woman five years older than him when he could have had a young chippy. Marry a women older than you when your in your fifties means it's love. Imagine.

[Lorien]

44. that's about it n/t

[guitar man]

39. He rides a Harley! <nt>

[charlie]

40. We're past the 20-year mark

for a president with magnificent hair.

Truman: Hair
Eisenhower: Bald
Kennedy: Magnificent hair
Johnson: Thin
Nixon: Weird hair
Ford: Bald
Carter: Good hair
Reagan: Magnificent hair
Bush: Thin
Clinton: Good hair
Bush: Thin
Kerry: Magnificent hair

[Old and In the Way]

41. All of the above.......

and he likes the Grateful Dead.

[eridani]

42. He's always been good on the environment.

And he's pro-choice.

[kodi]

45. .

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[Snoggera]

46. He's not a flip-flopper

And I mean that. He evaluates his positions based on gathered knowledge, and adjusts as needed. It's called maturing, or "growing up" in most people's worlds, but in the world of politics, apparently, if one never changes their position on a subject from the age of 10 on, that is a sign of stability.

President Chimpy, Where do dreams come from?

Well, er, from the dream factory of course. That's where the dream fairy lives. She talks to me a lot.