I've got 2 pages to read through, but here's a quick response to Kaz' jibbajabba on page 2.
Supported the war:
--he voted to go to war. Its quite a simple process really, you say yes if you are in favour, and no if you are not. Thats how voting works.
Supports sending more troops to Iraq, around 40,000 or so.:
--Haven't we learned by now, problems solved at the end of a gun do not stay solved. Troops can not "fix" Iraq, they can only deteriorate the situation further, since the Iraqis do not want them there. Only a political solution can bring lasting results. If you think that the longer troops stay, the better things will get, well, ...
-Supports the PATRIOT act:
--So, what you're saying is, he bascally gave in to peer pressure? Isn't that what all the commercial say that 12 years olds shouldn't do, when someone offers them a smoke? Thats a lousy excuse and you know it. "Going with the flow" is not a legitimate justification for passing something such as the PATRIOT act.
In favour of unconditional support for Israel:
-- "WHINE" Yes, I must say, thats a brilliant point. Your arguement is without flaw, your logic impecible.
-Supports neo-liberal economic policies world-wide:
--If you don't know what the term means, I don't see how you have a right to comment on it, much less dismiss it. Read a book, look it up, then come back with more than ignorance of the subject.
Supports the overthrow of sovereign governments if it suits US interests.:
--says he was a supporter of the coup in Venezuela.
Commited war crimes in Vietnam, and actualy brags about it.:
--He volunteered for the Army AFAIK. Which means, the choice was his, which means, the responsibility it his. If he was drafted, you might have had a point, but he volunteered.
-Little respect for freedom of speech and assembly, as seen above.
--He didn't object to them either. And I don't see why you would think that the person who is about to accept the Democratic nomination for presidential candiate has no say in how things are run.
Supports the illegal detentions in Gitmo
Its like 3am, later.
-Supports the policy of pre-emptive war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4322203,00.html"Am I prepared as president to go get them before they get us if we locate them and have the sufficient intelligence? You bet I am,'' he said at a news conference at his Washington headquarters."
"I will never allow any other country to veto what we need to do and I will never allow any other institution to veto what we need to do to protect our nation.''"
-In the pockets of the same multinational corporations as Bush
This ought to be easy enough. Bush and Kerry share many of the same campaign contributers.
-Cabinet made of all sorts of despicable characters, from Madeline Alright to Rand Beers (who asserts that FARC was training with Al Queda) to Welsley Clark.
FARC is a Columbian guerilla faction. Rand Beers is Kerry's foreign policy chief (worked for the previous 4 administrations, inclduing Bush). His claim that FARC was training with Al Queda was generally regarded as the laughing stock of the intel community. Not one shred of evidence was produced to support it. Sort of like John Bolton's (I think its John) claim that Cuba is cooking up WMD. This is the guy in charge of Kerry's foreign policy.
And yes, Welsley Clark is an asshole. And when somone put people like him on his cabinet, that reflects on what type opf person he is, and what type of policies he's likely to persue.
"It’s a hard choice, but I think, we, think, it’s worth it."
Madeline Albright's response to a '96 interview question about the death of 500,000 Iraqi children under sanctions. She later got it through her head that what she said was not good PR, so she tried to weasel her way out by saying that thats not what she meant, though if you read the transcript, its a very straightforward question with a straightforward answer..
also: “What’s the point of having this superb military you’re always talking about, if we can’t use it?”
-Has stiffled dissent from within the Democratic Party (Kucinich et al)
So, to summarize your arguement "you're an idiot, shut up". Yes, that should do it, I'm well and truly beaten now.
-Is not is favour of gay marriage
And here I am, in my naivete thinking that fence-sitting is a bad thing. That is shows lack of principals and a willingness to sell to whoever is buying. Silly me.
-Is not in favour of universal health-care
oh well, I'm fine just where I am. But next the hospital tells you to **** off because youi're not covered, remember who you voted for.
There's more, though I'm too lazy to look it up. This is just off the top of my head.
I have listed fully 16 things wrong with Kerry, covereing every major issue. Thats lazy?
Hardly worth replying to, but I'll bite. Don't throw around fancy terms like ultra-socialists, unless you know what they mean. No one who is in favour of private property, which I am, could be called socialist, much less an ultra-socialist. But I guess "social democrat" just doesn't have that same evil ring to it.
edit: for the one or two that I missed, they're the ones that need documentation and Im afraid that sleep is a priority right now, so you'll have to sit tight.
