"Kerry will be like a breath of fresh air after this 'eternity of mishaps' is over."

Will he now TTR. What is the basis for that rather definite statement?

Do you know who will make up John F. Kerry's administration?

Do you know who will be John F Kerry's Vice-President even?

Don't know why, but in your Presidential election circus, from outside your country the view seems to be totally centred on personality with the absolutute minimal attention being paid to policy and substance.

The ABB crowd appear to be totally prepared, without the slightest hesitation, to jump from the frying pan straight into the fire.

Nobody has a bloody clue, beyond the vaguest hints (see the John F Kerry quotation provided by Nerd above) what John F Kerry and his administration will do IF ELECTED - it's about time you started to find out and find out in detail.

It's got nothing whatsoever to do with debates, purely a matter of the prospective candidate laying out his stall and explaining fully what he is going to do and why he thinks that such policies will work better than those of his political adversary.

Have a close look at the five paragraph quotation of John F Kerry's, provided by Nerd - it tells you, precisely, sweet FA.

Paragraph 1 - pure electioneering sound-byte.
Paragraph 2 - pure waffle, totally devoid of detail and substance, meaningless
Paragraphs 3 & 4 - in which he prepares the ground for doing nothing about the Patriot Act, or of only making minor amendments.
Paragraph 5 - pure electioneering sound-byte, again totally devoid of detail or substance - meaningless

Hells teeth, this man could be holding the reins of government, of the most powerful country in the world, in just over eight months time. Does anyone not feel slightly apprehesive over the fact he cannot give detailed answers at this stage, has no-one on "his" team worked any of this out? The same can be said for every single aspect or issue connected with the running of your country come January 2005.