Reply #72: It may not be as much as "who said", but it is the implication.

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If you simply do not prefer Kerry based upon experience of the last presidential campaign, as I do, you are lumped in with all of the Kerry bashers and labeled as being "anti-Kerry". I do not care for Senator Clinton either, but I will vote for either of them if they are our nominee for president. If there is any candidate who has already run for president and lost and will do better the next time I would prefer Gore to Kerry and I voted for each of them. I have seen each of them campaign and lose, but Gore did get 500,000 more popular votes than Bush and lost by a very razor thin margin. Kerry had a distinct advantage over Gore running against Bush because he should have learned from Gore's experience and it didn't seem like he did. Kerry will have to earn the nomination and should not be looked upon as the heir apparent because he was the nominee last time.