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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I think some of you are missing the obvious point.
Kerry HAS no policy. He has said so many contradictory things that if he states a policy someone will be able to pull a quote where he says just the opposite. The whole primary was about hating Bush but you can only campaign on hate for so long.
Thats why they came out with the 'Hope is on the way!' idea, the problem is the only people really miserable are democrats who hate Bush.
Kerry won out over Dean not because he has anything to say but because he was a 'War Hero (tm)' and seemed more electable. What people didn't realize is what they were really getting is a man who stands for nothing.
The Republicans have a very easy job, they have 30 years of Kerry in the public eye to focus on, and Kerry did a lot of stupid things over those 30 years. So even if Kerry can deflect that sort of criticism, which I don't think he can, the Republicans only just started, he still has nothing positive to say about himself or his vision of America.
Unless Kerry can put down his snow board, put his medals back on the wall, and pull some sort of verbal coupe in the debates its basically over for him.
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Surely there is more to you than the standard conservative talking points. Kerry has policy, he just doesn't get much of a chance to talk about it.
http://www.johnkerry.com/index.html
The side bar has a section entitled "Plan for America". Read it before you ever again claim the Kerry has no plan.
Kerry would probably do better to focus on that stuff more than irrelevant vietnam anecdotes from either side of the aisle. Bush doesn't have much of a platform either, aside from reminding people that he remembers 9/11 and that he cut taxes.
Unfortunately for america, our politicians have figured out that most americans are morons (statistical fact, don't shoot the messenger) who like shiny things and pretty words. That is why praising the president for his "conviction" can somehow pass for political commentary. Praising someone for his conviction is the same as praising someone for actually believing in what he or she is saying. "He may be wrong, but i'll be damned if he isn't sure of himself."
The politically aware can generally be counted on to make up their minds sans campaign rhetoric. They're harder to sway. The majority either doesn't vote or doesn't invest enough time to see beyond the factually questionable one liners that each candidate throws out.
In short, you can't pretend only one candidate lacks substance because by any estimate the majority of the process lacks substance.