Originally posted by Holden McGroin
I still have yet to hear any concrete proposals from Kerry's side that would make me think he would be any better.
Maybe you haven't. But what difference does that really make?
Take for example, well, Bush...

In his campaign it was "Fuzzy Math", "No Nation Building", "Compassionate Conservative" and last but not least "Uniter and not Divider."
Okay?
Now, maybe these sounded like concrete proposals to you at the time, but I really don't see it. So I guess we have to look elswehere in evaluating a candidate.
All I hear are nebulous things like "We should work more with our allies" --- Work with them to do what? "I will create jobs" --- How? "I can speak French so I can talk to the Euros."--- His Iraq proposal is to stay the course. I really don't see the change for the better in any concrete way.Overall... how is this any different than what any other candidate in history has said? You expect these guys to suddenly whip out a peice of chalk and start drawing?
Did he really say "I can speak French so I can talk to the Euros"? No. "Stay the course in Iraq"? Sure, which is a good thing, right? It's also good that Bush comes closer and closer each day to approaching the Iraq situation in the way that Kerry has been calling for since day one. But nooo.... Bush aint a flipper floooper, and Kerry is being vague.
So it's just going to be a referendum on Bush. If Kerry wins he will have a clear mandate to not be Bush. -wow- Not necessarily the best foundation on which to build a great presidency. Yeppers, a referendum on Bush. As far as a mandate not to be Bush, cool. That is MASSIVE territory. You could get lost in it.