Reply #74: He's often frustrating

[fujiyama]

and I get irritated by his slobbering over certain folks like Bush, McCain, etc...

But to his credit, he never did support this war (and has been pretty consistantly against it from the begining) - and has always questioned the fairness of allowing thousands to die for a cause he was never convinced of. He has also been relatively critical of neoconservatives and their power in this administration. I think he raised his son well also - considering he was a Dean supporter.

Now, I'm not wishing him a speedy recovery just because I agree with him on some politics, because I very often do not - but because he had the sense not to want to see the sort of needless bloodshed going on. For that I believe he deserves compassion.

That and diabetes is a destructive disease. I've seen it cause grief before.