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Mondak · 01-29-2004, 05:40 PM

Thanks to the link to the issues from mml and Superbelt. I read them over and it is pretty clear to me that his ideas are not what I have in mind for our country, but I do get it. It definitly helped me to understand where he is coming from and what his agenda is and that is a good thing.

I also enjoyed the CNN thing that contrasted the different candidates on the same issues. That was somewhat helpful so thanks mystmarimatt.

Finally - lurkette, you helped change the tone of this thread with some gentle prodding. Thanks a lot - I was not being effective at communicating what I hoped to gain from this thread.

The one thing that I still don't grasp quite yet is why Kerry over the other Democratic hopefulls? Is it that his policies are speaking most to the needs of the voters? Does he just have an intangible presence that others like? Is it as simple as he is a more charasmatic speaker than the others and somewhat similar in their plans to change the country? In a lot of respects when I use the CNN tool and also use what little I know, Dennis Kucinich, Edwards, Gephard (out) and Kerry are somewhat on the same page.

What do you all think?

01-29-2004, 05:40 PM	#35 (permalink)
Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	Thanks to the link to the issues from mml and Superbelt. I read them over and it is pretty clear to me that his ideas are not what I have in mind for our country, but I do get it. It definitly helped me to understand where he is coming from and what his agenda is and that is a good thing. I also enjoyed the CNN thing that contrasted the different candidates on the same issues. That was somewhat helpful so thanks mystmarimatt. Finally - lurkette, you helped change the tone of this thread with some gentle prodding. Thanks a lot - I was not being effective at communicating what I hoped to gain from this thread. The one thing that I still don't grasp quite yet is why Kerry over the other Democratic hopefulls? Is it that his policies are speaking most to the needs of the voters? Does he just have an intangible presence that others like? Is it as simple as he is a more charasmatic speaker than the others and somewhat similar in their plans to change the country? In a lot of respects when I use the CNN tool and also use what little I know, Dennis Kucinich, Edwards, Gephard (out) and Kerry are somewhat on the same page. What do you all think? __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)