I'm not voting for Bush but I find Kerry uninspiring......

[Postman]

I wish Kerry could inspire me the way Wes Clark does when I hear him speak on the issues.

I guess the choice this November is between neo-fascism or a conservative Democrat. A no-brainer.

[One Taste]

1. "conservative democrat"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1595214

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Thanks for your vote for Kerry but maybe whomever Kerry

picks as his running mate, that person will inspire you, hopefully.

[bluestateguy]

3. Lieberman, Breaux, Bayh and Ben Nelson are conservative Democrats

Kerry is in the mainstream of the party.

[Postman]

5. Did Kerry vote for NAFTA?

n/t

[bluestateguy]

7. Yes he did

and so did Ted Kennedy. Some conservatives voted no due to issues pertaining to immigration, national sovereignty and their preference for isolationism and protectionism. NAFTA didn't really break down along liberal/conservative lines.

[Walt Starr]

4. Keep thinking "MUST VOTE FOR THE NOT-BUSH"

That's how I deal with it.

Hell, even if the Democratic Party was stupid enough to nominate an actual stinking pile of dog shit, I'd have to go with the poo over Bush or any other choice that stands no chance this year.

[freetobegay]

6. But Bush says Kerry is the most Liberal Democrat there is!

[lojasmo]

17. But Bush* is a freaking liar.

N/T

[KAZ]

8. Clark was my guy also, but now it's ABB baby.

The General is on board, and so am I.

[mike1963]

9. As much as I hate to, I agree with you. He has a lot of the so-called

'negative qualities' as Al Gore. But the horrible fact is that a huge number of people aren't interested in intellect, ability or statesmanship; they want idiots to be their leaders. A manifestation of one form of projection I can only presume.

Clinton was the first president to be younger than myself - as he ran and was elected, that fact was a somewhat ongoing shock to me and subsequently I began to grasp another trusim: there are people who're actually fearful or suspicious of someone smarter then themselves. Af it were some kind of contest. I'm no psychologist, but I think I can get some handle on the mindset.

[Selwynn]

10. Who cares. He's all there is.

I don't mean to be as insensitve as it sounds. But your choices are Bush or Kerry.

Given the choices, I think Kerry is the right one. Yes, my vote will be more a vote against Bush that for Kerry, but its still the right thing to do.

[PCIntern]

11. I for one, am taking no prisoners

You absolutely cannot play the game of being fair-minded at this time. We are basically in a general election campaign and you're either for the forces of goodness and light, that is Kerry, or you're for the forces of evil and darkness, Bush. I'm all thru being 'fair' when a prick like Racicot (pronounces 'roscoe' which is about right) says anything he likes, no matter how fallacious, well the hell with fair. I grew up in a household where the tacit assumption was that "it could happen here" and it has.

As Eliot Ness said, "No deals." No Repubs, no matter how 'reasonable' or 'progressive', or 'voting for israel', or anything. No way no how.

[MercutioATC]

12. Agreed, it's Dean for me, but I'll vote for Kerry.

...after all, he's not Bush.

[alcuno]

13. I'm inspired by competence.

Kerry was my number three pick. * is my 250 millionth. I had to limit it to US citizens. GO #3!

[Nlighten1]

14. I agree.

Kerry is traveling the vanilla Gore road.

[IHaveADream]

21. Watch

I know Kerry - I live in Massachusetts. This guy is NO Al Gore!

[AlCzervik]

15. I am voting for

Kerry for the obvious but it pisses me off to vote for anyone that gave monkey boy the ok for this war.

[Andy_Stephenson]

16. Then why vote for him?

Because he is "electable"?

[wyldwolf]

18. conservative democrat? bwahahahahahaha

Kerry's voting record is generally liberal, similar to that of his more senior colleague, Edward Kennedy. Americans for Democratic Action, a liberal political group, gave Kerry an 85 percent rating in 2002 and a 95 percent rating in 2001. Kennedy, by comparison, got 100 percent in both years.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/candidates/kerry.ht...

The same group gave Kerry a 93% lifetime rating, Ted Kennedy got 88%.

For more than 30 years, the standard method for gauging ideology has been to use the annual ratings of lawmakers' votes by various interest groups, notably the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)...

The ADA, which describes itself as "the nation's oldest independent liberal organization," was founded in 1947 by a group of distinguished postwar liberals -- including Eleanor Roosevelt, labor leader Walter Reuther and historian Arthur Schlesinger -- to rally support for progressive causes...

Kerry's voting record is a very liberal one, according to both rating systems. The ADA's Web site notes that "those Members of Congress considered to be Moderates generally score between 40% and 60%." By that criterion, Kerry's record falls well outside the "moderate" range....

In recent weeks, a number of commentators have asserted that Kerry's voting history is complicated to classify. The evidence doesn't bear this out. If you were to take the numbers shown here, cover up Kerry's name and then ask a sample of American political scientists, "I have here a senator who in the past 10 years has had an average ADA score of 92 and an average ACU score of 6. Is he a liberal, a moderate or a conservative?" they would have no difficulty in classifying the 2004 Democratic candidate as, for better or worse, a liberal.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A28761-2004Mar27?language=printer

[IHaveADream]

19. You should have had the courage to turn on Faux news

Kerry was great!!! He will Heal the country!!!

[Paragon]

20. Funny, I never found Clark that inspiring.

Perception is reality?

[HuskerDem]

22. I'm pretty much with you. Kerry should be all over this and instead he's

like a really tall invisible man. Disappointing. Hard for me to get fired up about him. I really want to be more involved but it doesn't even seem like he's trying very hard. I hope he picks up Wes for Veep so I can be inspired and enthused again.

[Oddman]

23. This the the exact way it should be played

stay above the fray.