I could care less what a candidate has to hide about anything except who is paying for his campaign. FDR was a haughty adulterer, JFK was an insatiable adulterer, Clinton was a tasteless adulterer.
They were also, among the most progressive presidents we have had. You think that Dean went on a rage? You should have seen Truman take on a music critic who panned Margaret's singing. It was the saltiest language from the oval office until the Nixon tapes were released. Any politician who has the guts to stand up to the AMA/Insurance/Drug complex has my respect and my support. Any politician who is willing to risk the charge of weakness and lack of patriotism to end an unwinnable war has my support. I dont care if he wears his underwear on the outside.
The real reason that a third party candidate can't win is that so many people who might support a third party are convinced that their votes would be wasted. Who, do you think, is doing the convincing?
Aren't you all sick and tired of throwing away your votes on candidates who do not stand for what you stand for? Little Hawk has it right. If Kerry had won the election, we would be seeing the same threads and the same complaints. Then, who could we blame?

                         Mike