Reply #59: Leaning towards saying stuffed shirt.

[JayS]

I knew little about Kerry before he became the de facto nominee. After some research I found that I like most of his policies and found that he was highly rated by various groups that monitor his voting record. Where he loses me is on the issue of crime. In my opinion he is soft on it, Charmin soft, and it makes me wonder how strong he would be on national defense.

On his phony support of gun owners and the Second Amendment, a few staged photos of Kerry with a shotgun is not going to convince gun owners that Kerry is their buddy. The 100% support he gets from the Brady Bunch is not exactly a help either, nor is his use of their information on his webpage. Going on tirades against the NRA does not help him win over their members nor does referring to an "assault weapon" as a "machine gun like those used in Afghanistan" show much military knowledge. Not knowing that the Assault Weapons Ban only outlawed some cosmetic features, that have since been removed and the guns are in the stores again, show much of a grasp of this red herring gun law. His work to kill the Lawful Commerce in Arms bill shows that he is perfectly willing to let ideology trump the truth. Kind of makes me wonder what else he is not being truthful on.

And this photo of the Fab Four does not help matters much:

http://feinstein.senate.gov/photogallery/special-events/photo-gallery-special-events-040302-df-kennedy-schumer-kerry-awb-vote.htm