Reply #8: I was saying

[TabulaRasa]

that he was so afraid of saying anything controversial, that he didn't say ANYTHING. It was a campaign without a message, or reason for existence, other than Kerry's desire to be president. I wasn't suggesting that he say something that would be impolitic. It's called running a common-sense campaign. Virtually everything Kerry did, he did terribly ... from his ski vacation, taken right when the Republicans were launching their first wave of attacks, up until that cringe-worthy moment when he mentioned Cheney's daughter. It was a disaster of a campaign. If we don't say it bluntly, we'll keep coddling the Shrums and Cahills of the world. They'll continue to think they're political geniuses, who happen to be running against insurmountable odds ... when the truth is, they suck, and easily could have won.