If Kerry was not your first choice in 2004 - did you vote dem. for Bush or not vote?

[stray cat]

I liked Clark, then Dean, then Edwards and campaigned hard for Kerry because I dreaded four more years of Bush.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Dean--->Kerry--->Voted for Kerry

[panhead1961]

4. Voted for Kerry

So did everyone I knew. Ohio 2004 was the Florida of 2000.

I liked Dean - then Edwards - Then settled for the NOM.

Will do the same this time.

Like Edwards - Now backing Obama - Will vote for the NOM.

[mikelgb]

2. Kucinich-->Voted for Kerry/Edwards

[TahitiNut]

31. Ditto.

[TeamsterDem]

3. Dean first, voted for Kerry.

No way I'd ever vote for that lying little bastard.

[bunnies]

5. Dean then (reluctantly) Kerry. nt

[Crazy Dave]

6. Dean, Edwards, Clark, couldn't stand Kerry, still can't

But never was "voting republican", "staying home", or "voting 3rd party" ever an option. I would have gotten out of a hospital bed to vote democrat if I had to.

Even if Hillary steals the nomination I'll still vote for her. What the fuck is wrong with people?

[Norwood]

7. Dean > Edwards > Kerry then I voted for Kerry

[Monty__]

8. Clark, Edwards, Kerry

I was for Clark initially, slowly switched to Edwards and remain an Edwards man today. That said, I worked my a$$ off in Tallahassee to get Kerry elected.

[book_worm]

9. Dean--voted for Kerry

[EmeraldCityGrl]

Dean>Edwards> busted my ass for Kerry.

[Connie_Corleone]

10. Clark was my first choice. I had no problem voting for Kerry.

But, Kerry didn't act like a whacko during the primaries.

[LiberalAndProud]

11. Kerry was my only choice in 2004.

Dean was my first choice, but Kerry was handed to me as the most electable candidate. By the time Novemeber came around, I was in love. That is to say I was thrilled to blacken the dot by his name.

[CTLawGuy]

12. Dean supporter, then I voted for kerry in the GE

very unhappily, but I did, it was too important to beat Bush.

[Fleshdancer]

13. Dean to Kerry

Voting for Bush was never an option.

[Egnever]

14. Dean ----> Kerry

I wasn't pleased about it. I fought wars here then like there are here now against kerry. I did not like him. I have since met him and it completely changed my perspective of him.

I was not pleased when I pulled that lever but the nightmare of bush was way too much to do anything else. In retrospect now I would vote for him enthusiastically.

[msallied]

15. Edwards was my first choice, but I ended up siding with the Kerry camp at my caucus

when it became clear that I was going to be the hold-out in winning the most delegates our precinct (we're a small precinct). After that, I became a big supporter of Kerry's not because I thought he was a fantastic candidate, but because like most people I dreaded George W. winning.

[union_maid]

16. Clark first, voted Kerry

If either of them, or Dean or Edwards or any one of them except Lieberman had won, the world would be a better place right now.

[Milo_Bloom]

17. Dean then Green.

Kerry voted for the war.

[stray cat]

46. True - but so did Bush and he got elected. I'd of preferred Kerry.

[Milo_Bloom]

50. If Kerry got in, we probably wouldn't have gained...

The house and senate in 2006 and been in such a strong position for gains today.

[Mabus]

18. Gore-->Kucinich/Dean-->Kerry

I wanted Gore to run. When he bowed out I was torn between Kucinich and Dean. I worked for both of them and I was elected a Dean delegate to the DNC.

When Kerry become the nominee I did everything I could to get Kerry elected. I registered voters. I signed people up for absentee ballots and then followed up with them to make sure they voted and got them in to the county clerk's office. I worked at my local Dem HQ, held fundraisers, helped others do fundraisers, made phone calls and drove people to the polling places on election day. I was ABBA (Anybody But Bush Again) all the way. Now I am ABRA, Anybody But Republicans Again.

[ruby slippers]

19. Kerry was my only choice, too, and....

I got this picture of him up close when he was campaigning in Florida. Sorry it is so blurry, but....I was excited!

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Dean---- Clark------Kerry

hell, I woke uo very early and went and cast my vote as soon as the polls opened

Not sure I will wake up early this year, but I will vote

Not enthused at all

[Kittycat]

21. Dean --> Kerry

[WeDidIt]

22. I really didn;'t want to vote for KErry

But I held my nose and did it any way.

[Gold Metal Flake]

23. Dean-> Edwards-> Kerry-- Voted Kerry because I am not a goddamn fool.

[stray cat]

24. Love your explanation!

[tpsbmam]

25. Dean---->Kerry

And I'm REALLY not a John Kerry fan! But once he was our nominee, I not only voted for him, I did rapid response media stuff for him.

[democrattotheend]

26. Dean was my first choice, voted for Kerry in the GE

I had considered writing in Dean but as soon as it looked like NJ might be in play I fell in line.

[DU9598]

27. Clark, then Edwards ---> Voted Kerry

[SOS]

28. Wanted Dean, voted Kerry

nt

[FredScuttle]

29. Dean ---------> Clark -----------> Kerry

n/t

[flvegan]

30. Kucinich.

Then I supported Kerry.

[TexanDem]

32. Dean > Clark > came to be happy with Kerry, support him - voted for him.

[lojasmo]

33. Dean---->Kerry.

[mod mom]

34. Dean->Kerry not only voted but volunteered full time for Kerry.

I will say that even now, and I am from Ohio and have worked on the election investigations, as well as reform, that I still respect Sen Kerry, especially for his investigation into BCCI:

Follow the Money

How John Kerry busted the terrorists' favorite bank.

By David Sirota and Jonathan Baskin
Two decades ago, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was a highly respected financial titan. In 1987, when its subsidiary helped finance a deal involving Texas oilman George W. Bush, the bank appeared to be a reputable institution, with attractive branch offices, a traveler's check business, and a solid reputation for financing international trade. It had high-powered allies in Washington and boasted relationships with respected figures around the world.
All that changed in early 1988, when John Kerry, then a young senator from Massachusetts, decided to probe the finances of Latin American drug cartels. Over the next three years, Kerry fought against intense opposition from vested interests at home and abroad, from senior members of his own party; and from the Reagan and Bush administrations, none of whom were eager to see him succeed.

By the end, Kerry had helped dismantle a massive criminal enterprise and exposed the infrastructure of BCCI and its affiliated institutions, a web that law enforcement officials today acknowledge would become a model for international terrorist financing. As Kerry's investigation revealed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, BCCI was interested in more than just enriching its clients--it had a fundamentally anti-Western mission. Among the stated goals of its Pakistani founder were to "fight the evil influence of the West," and finance Muslim terrorist organizations. In retrospect, Kerry's investigation had uncovered an institution at the fulcrum of America's first great post-Cold War security challenge.



More than a decade later, Kerry is his party's nominee for president, and terrorist financing is anything but a back-burner issue. The Bush campaign has settled on a new strategy for attacking Kerry: Portray him as a do-nothing senator who's weak on fighting terrorism. "After 19 years in the Senate, he's had thousands of votes, but few signature achievements," President Bush charged recently at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh; spin that's been echoed by Bush's surrogates, conservative pundits, and mainstream reporters alike, and by a steady barrage of campaign ads suggesting that the one thing Kerry did do in Congress was prove he knew nothing about terrorism. Ridiculing the senator for not mentioning al Qaeda in his 1997 book on terrorism, one ad asks: "How can John Kerry win a war if he doesn't know the enemy?"

-snip

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0409.sirota.html



I don't feel the same way about Hillary Clinton, especially with the Clinton's link to Jackson Stephens (financier to Bush, Clinton, Wal-Mart & BCCI) I will not support the Clintons-either one. Research these connections-follow the money.

[Crunchy Frog]

35. I really really REALLY wanted Clark.

So when Clark didn't get the nomination, I screamed and insulted and threw temper tantrums until I got thrown off the board, and then went and massaged my victimhood until the GE, where I voted for W got behind Kerry and supported and voted for him, and was civil and respectful on this board, even though I continued to feel regretful and wistful about Clark.

[stray cat]

44. Crunchy Frog - you are always good for a laugh - Thanks!

[DevonRex]

36. Dean/Kucinich then Edwards then Kerry.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

37. Dean-Kucinich were my choices

but you can bet your bottom dollar I voted for Kerry. Even raised money for local ads, etc, when the local Democratic Committee refused to endorse the Democratic candidate.

[demokatgurrl]

38. I was for Dean, then Edwards, then Kerry

and I also worked my butt off for Kerry. Same reason. And I'll probably do the same again.
This time it was Kucinich, then Edwards, then Clinton then Obama then clinton then Obama then Clinton, now Obama.

[CitizenLeft]

39. Enthusiastic for Dean first. Then Kerry. Enthusiasm for Kerry...

...came later.

I will never ever vote for a Republican, and I'll never ever NOT vote.

[Loki]

40. Wes Clark first

but I voted for Kerry in the general election.

[Az_lefty]

41. Clark --> Edwards --> Kerry...

did everything I could to support the eventual nominee.

[graywarrior]

42. Dean...Edwards...Kerry. Voted for Kerry.

Because I despised Bush as much as I now despise McCain. AND because I am a democrat.

[Ysabel]

43. kucinich > kerry...

[BklynChick]

45. Kerry was not my first choice but I voted for him.

[Fox Mulder]

47. Kucinich was my first choice...

then Dean, then Edwards, and then Kerry.

I voted for Kerry.

[purji]

48. He was my 4th choice but I voted for him anyway.n/t

[4_Legs_Good]

49. Kucinich -> Anybody-But-Bush -> Kerry

I was pro-Dennis all the way until the end, and was only voting Kerry to vote against Bush until about one month before the election when I saw "Going Upriver" and decided that I could actually support Kerry himself, rather than just voting ABB.

Had plegded to replace GWB's photo on my dart board with Kerry/Edwards if they lost, but I never did.

David

[slinkerwink]

51. I voted for Kerry even though I didn't like him, and I missed Howard Dean.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. Of course I voted Dem.

Kerry wasn't my first choice, and I never quite warmed up to him, but I voted for him and wouldn't have even considered doing anything else.

Same this year. I don't like Hillary much at all, but I REALLY don't like McCain. I will absolutely vote for the Dem nominee, whoever it is. (Fortunately that will be Obama.)