Reply #29: Maybe that's my problem -- I've seen him a lot lately

[beachmom]

And the interview was so "talking pointish". Maybe you guys are right that the interview will work better in sound bites, but I hate talking points and sound bites, which is probably why I stay away from Sunday morning talk shows, since I find them hopelessly boring without furthering the conversation on important issues.

I like off the cuff remarks and thoughts, but of course those are risky. I guess that's what he was avoiding, but I'm interested in a broad view of how the war in Iraq has made us less safe by, for example, giving the jihadists a training ground to practice in their "trade". Since the place is so chaotic it's a lot easier to do terrorist attacks than in the West. I know Kerry knows that, and I wish he had talked about that front and center. The American people are very worried about the American casualties in Iraq but what makes them pause is a worry that pulling out from Iraq would embolden terrorists, and turn Iraq into a full blown Afghanistan -- a failed state where terrorists can run around freely. I want a full rebuttal from Kerry on that. It's not enough for him to be against *. I want an alternative view and reassurance that his Iraq plan will not just better the situation there, but lead to better national security. In the past he has done that, but he failed to do so in this interview.