Of course he's a politician. What's wrong with that? FDR was. Reagan was. What do you expect from someone running for office?

All of those who are so   critical of politics, what would they put in place of that?, Preachy moralizing and stubborn ideology? Politics is the art of getting elected for office. If anyone has a better way of doing this, I'd like to know about it.

Kerry is a politician but he's n honest one. He crafted a fine speech and he knows that he has to play the military hero card to get elected. Mainly because Bush has cornered him on that. But it makes Bush look foolish to suggest that he is a strong commander-in chief without any military experience himself.

I don't like the military rhetoric but every president has used it to claim victory particularly in a wartime situation.

Are we really at war or is this a manifestation of hysteria and paranoia? Does Al Quaeda really want to destroy the US or do they just want to make a point about American troops on Islamic soil?
Just who is Al Quaeda anyhow? A loose bunch of vicious thugs which are not connected in any military way? How much does bin Laden control it? Is it as much as Arafat controls the Palestinians?

There are a lot of unanswered questions that are given simplistic answers by so-called military pundits. We need someone with sophistication and intelligence to sort this all out.

Anyhow, Kerry has proved that he is sophisticated in foreign policy and is willing to be flexible.

Bush OTOH is a genuine flip-flopper. All his criticism of Kerry is the pot calling the kettle black. I could enumerate furthur, but I think it's stating the obvious just how he has flip-flopped on almost every policy that he advocated since he was not elected.

For an enterating book, Justin Frank's "Bush On the Couch" will give some perspective.

I'm glad that Kerry is a good politican as was Clinton who will emerge in history as a great talented president regardless of his
sickness in social matters. He shot himself in the foot with Monica giving that pornographer Ken Starr amunition to bring down a great presidency. But being president is not being a rock star. It's not being a "personality" or a paragon of morality.These so-called Christians would do well to understand that. Some may not like the analogy but being the leader not unlike a CEO is in a sucessful business.   It's a better way to go than dictatorship. Castro may have performed some good things for his country but he's still a dictator.

If anybody has a better way of electing a president I'd like to know about it. Even many socialist governments have elections.



Frank