Reply #43: John Kerry is the first politician in my Gen X life who I really connected with.

[beachmom]

Sure, Bill was quite charismatic and I was excited when he won the presidency. But John Kerry, for me, was a once in a lifetime presidential candidate. Thinking back, the moment I connected with him was in the first debate with Bush, when he related a story of when he was a kid and rode his bike to East Berlin -- and got in BIG TROUBLE afterward. I also was touched by his concession speech, and unlike a lot of people, admired him that day for his grace and classiness. Two weeks after the election, he went right back to work in the Senate. God the pundits were nasty to him that day -- I thought, man does this guy have heart! So, I guess I don't understand the elitist stuff -- who you really are is when life is the toughest and you show your real mettle. Not what car you drive or the size of your bank account. Kerry showed that, and I will always be a Kerry supporter first and foremost.