Reply #33: You apparently do not understand that this money could not

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be used after the convention. Kerry warned about that as early as Spring 2004 and proposed to find a way to use this money, either by not accepting public financing or by not accepting the nomination at Boston.

If you do not remember the screams good Democrats pushed when he said that, you were not paying attention.

We can say Kerry listened to his staff and the Democratic strategists too much. This is a very warranted reproach IMO, but who else would have not done the same?

What we need is to be sure that our next candidate is somebody who will not use the DC strategists because they are too careful and not ready to act quickly. (It is obvious these days with the Democratic plan for 06).