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Maeve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 11:27 AM
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51. To induce YOU to select him? Ah, there's the issue
The key is in your post: "Kerry is a Democrat's Democrat." The party needs to pull in Independents and even some (sorry!) Republicans. The question is whether Kerry can do THAT better than Clark and I think the jury is still out on that. We'll have to see how the rest of the primary season goes.

Staying firmly on the fence, here; just trying to see it all pragmatically.
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  -Deleted message Name removed  Jan-20-04 10:25 AM   #0 
  - clark is from the south, kerry is from massachusettes  JI7   Jan-20-04 10:28 AM   #1 
  - That's certainly part of it...  returnable   Jan-20-04 10:36 AM   #7 
  - My sentiments exactly, it's a WIN WIN for me  familydoctor   Jan-20-04 11:56 AM   #57 
  - Conn Game  panzerfaust   Jan-20-04 10:47 AM   #21 
  - It's already been mentioned but I'll say it again - the south  wyldwolf   Jan-20-04 01:53 PM   #71 
  - As a life long Dem myself...  Democrats unite   Jan-20-04 10:30 AM   #2 
  - Because Clark is from the South  adamrsilva   Jan-20-04 10:32 AM   #3 
  - Bingo!  XanthaS   Jan-20-04 10:47 AM   #22 
  - An "elitist" who won the votes of working class folks in Mass and Iowa...  flpoljunkie   Jan-20-04 01:50 PM   #70 
     - Absolutely.  boloboffin   Jan-20-04 02:01 PM   #72 
  - It that enough reason to be President? Zell Miller is from the South.  Feanorcurufinwe   Jan-20-04 12:24 PM   #65 
     - But Zell doesn't match up with Kerry on democratic issues and ideals  wyldwolf   Jan-20-04 02:03 PM   #74 
        - Yes, he does!  IndianaGreen   Jan-20-04 03:23 PM   #91 
  - I suppose you could argue  Wetzelbill   Jan-20-04 10:33 AM   #4 
  - good points  mmonk   Jan-20-04 10:44 AM   #15 
  - Just possibly, some people can't forgive Kerry for IWR.  BurtWorm   Jan-20-04 10:34 AM   #5 
  - Forgiveness is only possible when there is repentance and penance  IndianaGreen   Jan-20-04 12:18 PM   #64 
  - Kerry's voting record  Freddie Stubbs   Jan-20-04 10:36 AM   #6 
  - And Kerry can take the TRUTH about their actions and make them look worse.  blm   Jan-20-04 10:41 AM   #13 
  - Problem is he isn't running against Ronald Reagan Ollie North  Freddie Stubbs   Jan-20-04 01:38 PM   #67 
     - Ha. BCCI snagged Shrub's Harken deal and deals with Bin Laden.  blm   Jan-20-04 01:45 PM   #69 
        - But what specificlly did Bush do?  Freddie Stubbs   Jan-20-04 02:03 PM   #73 
           - BCCI characters link to 9-11 and Iraq events.  blm   Jan-20-04 02:57 PM   #83 
              - But what exactly does this have to do with Bush?  Freddie Stubbs   Jan-20-04 03:36 PM   #94 
  - And we must be ready  cheryl27   Jan-20-04 03:21 PM   #89 
  - That is why Kerry/Clark has been my dream ticket for many moons.  Kerryfan   Jan-20-04 10:37 AM   #8 
  - Your dream ticket....  LeinesRed   Jan-20-04 11:57 AM   #58 
  - I love anything  cheryl27   Jan-20-04 03:20 PM   #88 
  - I've been thinking Clark/Kerry  dogman   Jan-20-04 12:12 PM   #62 
  - Here's one.  in_cog_ni_to   Jan-20-04 10:38 AM   #9 
  - Except Clark is wrong. He may have forgotten that  blm   Jan-20-04 10:46 AM   #17 
     - I don't challenge Kerry's credentials  Jerseycoa   Jan-20-04 02:05 PM   #75 
        - Good thing Kerry wrote that terrorism alert book in 1997, The New War.  blm   Jan-20-04 03:22 PM   #90 
  - As a Dean supporter, I agree with you  Don Claybrook   Jan-20-04 10:38 AM   #10 
  - Kerry was never fired by Clinton, Cohen & Shelton  EllieDem   Jan-20-04 10:41 AM   #14 
  - Nor was Clark.  in_cog_ni_to   Jan-20-04 10:45 AM   #16 
  - We'll be glad for all three  mmonk   Jan-20-04 10:47 AM   #20 
  - Clark was NOT fired by Clinton:  phiddle   Jan-20-04 10:53 AM   #27 
  - How nice for him. Neither was Clark  mikehiggins   Jan-20-04 11:44 AM   #54 
  - Enough said?  Jerseycoa   Jan-20-04 02:10 PM   #76 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-20-04 10:56 AM   #35 
  - Better experience internationally.  quaker bill   Jan-20-04 10:40 AM   #11 
  - Clarks Tax Plan...  thebgrkng   Jan-20-04 10:40 AM   #12 
  - Repubs will say  adamrsilva   Jan-20-04 10:51 AM   #25 
     - That's what they'll say...  returnable   Jan-20-04 10:54 AM   #30 
     - Then he hits them back harder...  thebgrkng   Jan-20-04 10:56 AM   #34 
     - They can't  Wife_of_a_Wes_Freak   Jan-20-04 10:57 AM   #36 
     - That would be suicide  thalerd   Jan-20-04 03:12 PM   #85 
  - General Clark talks TO people...  GainesT1958   Jan-20-04 10:46 AM   #18 
  - Here's one. Clark didn't vote for the War.  bandera   Jan-20-04 10:46 AM   #19 
  - A New Face...  thebgrkng   Jan-20-04 10:47 AM   #23 
  - REMOVED (nt)  thebgrkng   Jan-20-04 10:54 AM   #28 
  - Here's one.  hilzoy   Jan-20-04 10:49 AM   #24 
  - Hugh Shelton is supporting Kerry over a  EllieDem   Jan-20-04 10:54 AM   #29 
     - And Harkin supported Dean...  returnable   Jan-20-04 10:55 AM   #32 
     - exactly  mmonk   Jan-20-04 10:56 AM   #33 
     - Yes, enought said.  dralston   Jan-20-04 11:02 AM   #39 
     - LOL!  in_cog_ni_to   Jan-20-04 11:04 AM   #42 
     - I thought Shelton was supporting Edwards  mikehiggins   Jan-20-04 11:49 AM   #56 
     - Oh, don't be so mean  Jerseycoa   Jan-20-04 02:19 PM   #81 
     - That's not "enough said" at all...  familydoctor   Jan-20-04 12:02 PM   #60 
     - I didn't know that  Jerseycoa   Jan-20-04 02:16 PM   #79 
        - Isn't Shelton a hired adviser for Edwards?  in_cog_ni_to   Jan-20-04 03:43 PM   #96 
  - Electoral math is another reason  adamrsilva   Jan-20-04 10:52 AM   #26 
  - I fear that some Gore states may slip away this time  Ridley Park 704   Jan-20-04 10:59 AM   #38 
  - me neither  goodhue   Jan-20-04 10:54 AM   #31 
  - I disagree  dralston   Jan-20-04 11:04 AM   #43 
     - well  goodhue   Jan-20-04 11:11 AM   #46 
  - A mixed background  thebgrkng   Jan-20-04 10:57 AM   #37 
  - Clark's personality will play better with indy voters  BeyondGeography   Jan-20-04 11:02 AM   #40 
  - Well, you don't have to...  TreasonousBastard   Jan-20-04 11:03 AM   #41 
  - The Hispanic Vote  thebgrkng   Jan-20-04 11:07 AM   #44 
  - Great point  incapsulated   Jan-20-04 11:10 AM   #45 
  - i dont know  KLA2004   Jan-20-04 11:12 AM   #47 
  - Clark has the Gravitas w/o the pompusness  John_H   Jan-20-04 11:19 AM   #48 
  - front page picture Kerry with Ted Kennedy in background  bobbieinok   Jan-20-04 11:21 AM   #49 
  - For me?  copithorne   Jan-20-04 11:31 AM   #52 
  - Kerry has ten times the poltical record of Clark...  edzontar   Jan-20-04 11:27 AM   #50 
  - To induce YOU to select him? Ah, there's the issue  Maeve   Jan-20-04 11:27 AM   #51 
  - Dropping back to Kissinger  mikehiggins   Jan-20-04 11:34 AM   #53 
  - Lots of good reasons here... to which I'd add  bain_sidhe   Jan-20-04 11:46 AM   #55 
  - The "Washington outsider" has broad appeal, and Clark brings this...  rezmutt   Jan-20-04 12:02 PM   #59 
  - Outsider appeal  Jerseycoa   Jan-20-04 02:29 PM   #82 
  - That"insider" exposed more govt, corruption than any other lawmaker  blm   Jan-20-04 03:00 PM   #84 
  - Here's what I can think of off the top of my head  familydoctor   Jan-20-04 12:06 PM   #61 
  - Clark did not vote for IWR or for PATRIOT Act, and he is not a Bonesman  IndianaGreen   Jan-20-04 12:14 PM   #63 
  - Clark is less polarizing  windansea   Jan-20-04 12:35 PM   #66 
  - Across the board appeal?  Jim4Wes   Jan-20-04 01:41 PM   #68 
  - So Kerry won with 9.5% of the vote of all Iowa Democrats?  IndianaGreen   Jan-20-04 02:14 PM   #78 
     - And Dean didn't even get half as much  sangha   Jan-20-04 02:16 PM   #80 
        - Which proves that Iowa caucus is not representative of Democrats  IndianaGreen   Jan-20-04 03:26 PM   #92 
  - Neither can I -nt-  Hoppin_Mad   Jan-20-04 02:13 PM   #77 
  - A lot of people don't want a Washington insider. Also - he cannot get the  gore-is-my-president   Jan-20-04 03:19 PM   #86 
  - Me, too. Clark doesn't have  cheryl27   Jan-20-04 03:19 PM   #87 
  - He does have experience  thalerd   Jan-20-04 03:34 PM   #93 
  - Kerry's domestic experience gave us the PATRIOT Act  IndianaGreen   Jan-20-04 03:40 PM   #95 
  - The "Elitist" thing will be a major hurdle  XanthaS   Jan-20-04 03:45 PM   #97 
  - You have a liberal co - worker who repeats wing - nut name calling ?  Kerryfan   Jan-20-04 09:28 PM   #98 
     - Yes, I've pointed out to her many times that the whole Kerry...  XanthaS   Jan-20-04 10:42 PM   #105 
  - Did anyone mention the gun issue?  Leilani   Jan-20-04 10:05 PM   #99 
  - Because Kerry is 2004's Mondale  DrBB   Jan-20-04 10:09 PM   #100 
  - I would take Clark over Kerry for a number of reasons, but...  HuckleB   Jan-20-04 10:15 PM   #103 
  - I personally consider Clark a better speaker, for starters.  SadEagle   Jan-20-04 10:09 PM   #101 
  - I like Clark's tax proposal over Kerry's plan. And...  HuckleB   Jan-20-04 10:12 PM   #102 
  - Hey PeteCA, Brokaw read a letter to Kerry that stated it well  Loren645   Jan-20-04 10:39 PM   #104 
 

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