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Jai4WKC08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 11:24 AM
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32. You don't know any of that
Edited on Mon Jun-20-05 11:25 AM by Jai4WKC08
Why do some people state as fact what they only wish were true?
:eyes:

None of us knows for sure what was going on in Kerry's head as far as his "short list" but there is every indication Clark was in the running. And it's pretty obvious that Kerry didn't think Clark's "performance" was "horrible" or else he wouldn't have put him up on the stump so many times to such large audiences.

As for whom Democrats preferred... we really didn't need to win over any Democrats, did we? Wish I had a nickle for every indie and Repub who asked me, why on earth did Kerry pick a light-weight like Edwards?

All that said, I'm not sure it really mattered in the long run. With election fraud, and failing to slam down the swiftboaters, or to answer all the other lies, not to mention how little the VP usually means to the ticket... altho winning one more state might have done the trick... well, it's just hard to say, and probably pretty pointless to argue about.
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  -Was John Edwards the right choice for VP in 2004? cestpaspossible  Jun-20-05 03:46 AM   #0 
  - Before I answer that.......are you operating on the premise that the  Dover   Jun-20-05 04:21 AM   #1 
  - Not at all  tritsofme   Jun-20-05 04:52 AM   #2 
  - Sorry, You're Assuming The Election Was Fair...  ChiciB1   Jun-20-05 05:18 AM   #3 
  - A more interesting question: If not Edwards, then who?  wyldwolf   Jun-20-05 05:24 AM   #4 
  - I would say Clark or Dean.... But because Dean was also from New England  ihelpu2see   Jun-20-05 09:06 AM   #14 
  - Well didn't the Kerry/Edwards ticket really win in 2004...  wakeme2008   Jun-20-05 05:40 AM   #5 
  - Sure  tavalon   Jun-20-05 06:03 AM   #6 
  - I say yes for the classic reason  demnan   Jun-20-05 06:28 AM   #7 
  - Was Diebold the right choice for voting machines in 2004?  OneTwentyoNine   Jun-20-05 06:44 AM   #8 
  - Machines can't be blamed for Edwards's disappearance or Kerry's  mtnsnake   Jun-20-05 08:32 AM   #11 
  - I voted "no", but only with 20/20 hindsight.  Township75   Jun-20-05 07:09 AM   #9 
  - Same here Township  Yupster   Jun-20-05 09:19 AM   #16 
  - How many trips to the South did the campaign have Edwards take?  spooky3   Jun-20-05 09:22 AM   #17 
  - Do you believe...  Township75   Jun-20-05 12:17 PM   #37 
  - Clark would have done equally well in the South  GreenArrow   Jun-20-05 09:51 AM   #21 
  - And he was awful in the debate w/ Cheney and he did not even attempt to  smartvoter   Jun-20-05 11:08 AM   #28 
     - yeah, Cheney just skinned him alive in that debate;  GreenArrow   Jun-20-05 11:11 AM   #30 
  - I'm not a big Edwards fan- but he was the right choice  depakid   Jun-20-05 07:28 AM   #10 
  - There is another thing, though  WesDem   Jun-20-05 12:08 PM   #36 
  - A better poll would be was Kerry the right candidate for P in 2004?  Snivi Yllom   Jun-20-05 08:43 AM   #12 
  - Yes.  Catchawave   Jun-20-05 08:49 AM   #13 
  - I always thought Bob Graham would have been a better choice  WesDem   Jun-20-05 09:07 AM   #15 
  - I reall like John  burythehatchet   Jun-20-05 09:31 AM   #18 
  - If we was trying to steal a Southern State JE was a weak choice  Fluffdaddy   Jun-20-05 09:41 AM   #19 
  - NO. Clark would have been better.  GreenArrow   Jun-20-05 09:48 AM   #20 
  - clark wasn't even in the running  cobaindrain   Jun-20-05 11:03 AM   #27 
     - Clark would have been more effective where it counted  GreenArrow   Jun-20-05 11:08 AM   #29 
     - You don't know any of that  Jai4WKC08   Jun-20-05 11:24 AM   #32 
     - Do you have proof?  WesDem   Jun-20-05 11:54 AM   #35 
  - Yes he was the right choice and the best choice...  Darkamber   Jun-20-05 09:59 AM   #22 
  - Bob Graham or Dick Gephardt.  nickshepDEM   Jun-20-05 10:20 AM   #23 
  - No  quinnox   Jun-20-05 10:22 AM   #24 
  - In hindsight, Gephardt would have been best.  JHBowden   Jun-20-05 10:22 AM   #25 
  - I still don't think Gephardt could have delivered MO  Jai4WKC08   Jun-20-05 11:53 AM   #34 
  - No. He couldn't carry his own state. That is a basic requirement  vickie   Jun-20-05 10:42 AM   #26 
  - The real mistake was Kerry  wallwriter   Jun-20-05 11:12 AM   #31 
  - I'd have to agree, esp. with  renaissanceguy   Jun-20-05 11:34 AM   #33 
  - the veep candidate doesn't choose his/her role  pdxmike   Jun-20-05 12:22 PM   #38 
  - Edwards as VP would have been better on a Dean/Edwards ticket.  AntiCoup2K4   Jun-20-05 12:36 PM   #39 
  - I voted no. We would have been better served with Gephardt.  chieftain   Jun-20-05 12:56 PM   #40 
  - I think he was poorly used  tishaLA   Jun-20-05 01:02 PM   #41 
  - I would have to have seen Edwards at the top of the ticket...  KrazyKat   Jun-20-05 01:40 PM   #42 
  - Lock  Moderator   Jun-20-05 01:51 PM   #43 
 

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