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Paramiteabe, its obvious you get your "info" from radio. Radio is dominated by Republicans, in fact, over 95% of the political broadcasting done on radio is conservative. Some of these guys are somewhat tolerable and make a good point once in a while. Most of them are raving lunatics like Hannity and Limbaugh.
Volsung, I agree with you that Kerry is not all that different from Bush, but I disagree with you that it would damage Kerry to be different. This is in fact one of the biggest knocks that I have against Kerry. He is complacent and votes for Republican bills but then bitches when the bills prove to be the disasters that every dissenter said they would be. The War in Iraq, No Child Left Behind, the Medicare bill, the Patriot Act. He supports what Bush does in the beginning but then he realizes what a mistake hes made and protests them. This hurts him more than any other because dedicated Democrats see him as an opportunist and someone who is less than sincere and dedicated. On the other hand, Republicans can raise the very valid point that Kerry seems to want the cake and eat it too, that he votes for bills and then opposes them at politically opportune times. He also backs down, like saying that his charges that officers and soldiers commited war crimes during Vietnam. There is nothing to back down from here, it is obvious that detestable things DID occur during Vietnam. Yet he pussies out as usual. He also doesn't attack Bush on his weaknesses as strongly as he should. Bush repeatedly ****s up so supremely yet Kerry doesn't give Bush the savage tongue-lashing that he so rightfully deserves.