Reply #101: Many people , thankfully don't thing of Kerry that way. Only those

[wisteria]

who seem to want to discredit him to promote their candidates dismiss him in this way. Your opinion is your opinion only. Senator Kerry has been actively and forcefully taking on the President and has been very outspoken on the Iraq war. The SBV have been denounced and most people now believe he was right about the Iraq War.Contrary to your opinion, I think he has taken the necessary steps to begin erasing some of the negatives of the last campaign and will succeed in doing so.
Now, IMO, Gen. Clark doesn't comes across any tougher than Kerry if this is what you are trying to imply. Both share a military background. Of course,Gen. Clark certainly knows military strategy to a greater degree than Kerry since this is his expertise,but that doesn't necessarily come across as representing strength.