Reply #54: I'll let you in on a little secret

[Forkboy]

Kerry was my number one pick long ago before the primaries started.I was very excited by his running.I'm still voting for him.My opinion of him is based on numerous factors,not just that he "isn't Bush".

ABB is great for 2004.For 2008 it will kill us progressives because the Dems will think that pandering to the middle-right is the way to win.It's not.People are voting for Kerry because they hate Bush,not because Kerry is great.In 2008 the Bush boogeyman wont be there.

So for me,who to be honest doesn't really give a shit which letter is next to a candidate as long as they stand up for what's right,seeing the potential for progressive ideals to be further marginilized in the future is hardly a thing to cause excitement.I understand the need to lean to the center in an election.But if Kerry leans back left he'll get hit with the flip flopper bit.If he doesn't than he really isn't someone worth voting for again to me.Either way it spells trouble.I'd rather see him stay left,like his record for the last 20 years has indicated,than to see him pretending to be all things to all people.People aren't "sheeple" as so many like to put it,and they see through that shit more often than not.

The left is holding it's nose because of Bush.They wont do so again in 2008.The left has little option this time around.The next time it will be a different story and the dems will be weaker for the attitude they have adopted towards the left this time around UNLESS Kerry suprises us and leads more from the left than how he's running for President ( and I hope against hope that he does indeed suprise me).