  It's finally here! The day we have all been waiting for--Friday! The urlLink Democratic National Convention closed with a bang last night with urlLink John Kerry's speech which promised big things. The speech was well delivered and definitely worked the convention crowd into a frenzy. I think that the Democratic Ticket is extremely smart for not campaigning on core liberal ideologies but to instead campaign on the mainstream thought. What I mean by this is that urlLink Kerry took the approach of being a patriot, rather than a political dissenter. His message, "Stronger at home. Respected in the world. " is an awesome political statement that George W. Bush will have to put down quickly if he wishes to make any kind of progress on the campaign trail in the near future. The one thing that Kerry's speech lacked was personal accountability for his past actions. urlLink His campaign promises sounded great; however, the ideas put forward are the polar opposite of what his past actions show. For example, John Kerry voted for the authorization on the use of force in Iraq , and in the first senate debate John Kerry strongly supported President Bush's actions there.
He has been quoted as saying, “George, I said at the time I would have preferred if we had given diplomacy a greater opportunity, but I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the President made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.” Now Kerry is running as the "Anti-war" candidate. The Republican Party is right to refer to him as a "Flip-flopper. " urlLink Here is another excellent link that summarizes in a table the issues that Kerry has done a 180 on.
John Kerry is a politician--there is no doubt about that. What I would like to see though is a candidate who campaigns on issues that he/she truly believes in. Not on what might, or might now, get them elected. I was perusing one of my daily reads (www.wired.com) and came across an article that linked me to one of the urlLink funniest political cartoons I have ever seen . Make sure you check it out. It targets both sides of the aisle perfectly. -lol. Well, I am going to cut this posting off for now but I will write more to my fellow internet bloggers out there in the ether when I get a chance! URL: urlLink http://www.dems2004.org URL: urlLink http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0729.html URL: urlLink http://www.johnkerry.com/index.html URL: urlLink http://www.georgewbush.com/kerrymediacenter/read.aspx?ID=2439 URL: urlLink http://slate.msn.com/id/2096540/ URL: urlLink http://www.jibjab.com 
