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Originally Posted by Locobot
yeah I heard he voted like ten million times to raise taxes  , dude the campaign is over stop being a sore winner. The fact is that he was he had one of the most conservative platforms and records of all the primary candidates besides Lieberman. The choice at that time was down to Dean, Kerry, and Gephardt. Kerry was the definitely the moderate alternative to Dean. |
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On the night of February 17, after finishing a surprisingly close second to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., in the Wisconsin primary, Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., made the rounds of television interviews and repeated what has become a familiar theme. Asked on CNN about his campaign strategy, Edwards replied that he planned to emphasize the contrasts between him and the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
"I think it's important for people to know the differences between us," Edwards said. "I like and respect John Kerry very much. And I think he feels the same way about me. But we have differences." Edwards added a few moments later: "There are clear differences between us. Now those differences will become more apparent to Democratic voters."
Judging by National Journal's congressional vote ratings, however, Kerry and Edwards aren't all that different, at least not when it comes to how they voted on key issues before the Senate last year. The results of the vote ratings show that Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2003, with a composite liberal score of 96.5. But Edwards wasn't far behind: He had a 2003 composite liberal score of 94.5, making him the fourth-most-liberal senator.
National Journal's vote ratings rank members of Congress on how they vote relative ....
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Calling Kerry the most liberal member of the senate isn't just a political smear, its the TRUTH, and when you have a liberal saying he will be moderate, do you trust what he says or do you trust 20 years of liberal voting?
Kerry wasn't the moderate to Dean, Kerry was the 'electable' one, Dean at least could take a stand.