Tophat665

I have got to agree with that. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans feel more strongly about vengance than they do about justice. I'm OK with that (though not pleased), right up to the point where we can't correct ourselves if it turns out to be a mistake. Hence, the death penalty should be given only in cases of absolutely no doubt reasonable or otherwise. Any looser standard and innocent people get killed. Not a lot, but one is too many. I think Kerry would go with something like that, except having a nuanced conception of policy almost let Dean run away with the primaries (right up till Gephardt took one for the team and stopped him. Sad day, that, but I digress even more than usual.) So, he's standing in the boogieman du jour for "When you absolutely positively know for an iron clad fact that the world would not only be a better place without this person, but this person has and, if left alive, would continue to present a lethal threat to all around them, then I am in favor of the death penalty." That's a sound byte that would never have made the news. "Against it except for terrorists," that will make he news.

How were you mistaken? Where is the compassion? Indeed, where is the conservatism with a $500 Billion Dollar deficit? Are you sad that he is conservative and compassionate, or do you wish that he were one or the other or either? Honestly, I'm curious. What you said there doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and sometimes you surprise me with a really interesting insight.

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