The problem with people who think like you, Thomas the Rhymer, is that you view critical thinking and legitimate criticism as 'negative'. The problem with people who think like you, is that you haven't got the the guts, the courage, the chutzpah, the integrity, to call a spade a spade and speak truth to power. The problem with people who think like you, is it is just that sort of 'middle class nice' that got the country into the shit hole it is in now.

No one benefits from artifice and phony sincerety more than politicians, regardless of their party affiliation.

And BTW, this isn't chess or wrestling. It is politics as usual in an election year. Some of us just refuse to attempt to cover the stench of it with nice platitudes like the people who think like you are trying to do with the Kerry/Democratic Party "lose the election" strategy.