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Posted by WildEyedLiberal in John Kerry Group
Sun Oct 22nd 2006, 06:05 PM
So I went home this weekend, partly because I needed to do laundry and partly because I wanted to see my family. I am from a small (pop. 4500) town in the middle of rural corn belt Illinois where the biggest nearby city is my college town, which is an hour away. Political viewpoints are obtained from family members, TV ads, and to a smaller extent newspapers and cable news. So you could hardly accuse anyone from my hometown of being a political hardball insider - which makes their perspective particularly valuable in terms of how politics and candidates are perceived in the "real world" of the average American voting public.

My mom has always been a stalwart Democrat, but my dad remains a stubborn independent. I don't think he's actually voted for a presidential Republican candidate since the 1970s, but he's not exactly a bleeding heart liberal, either. He was for Edwards in the 2004 primary because he liked his populist message, and liked Kerry, but was hardly wild about him in 2004. He loathes Bush and the current crop of fake Christian fascist Republicans with every fiber of his being.

When I came home Dad mentioned that he had seen John Kerry's interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News. To put it mildly: he was impressed. He said Kerry "made Wallace look like an ass" and spoke plainly and forcefully.

He then said something along the lines of: "If Kerry talks like that in Iowa and just tells the average Joe what in the hell is going on, Hillary and the rest of them might as well go home. That's all the average guy wants - someone who won't pull any wishy-washy bullshit and just gets up there and tells the truth."

He said as long as Kerry pulls no punches, he's the one to beat for 2008, and he has yet to see anyone who comes close. He thinks a Kerry/Obama ticket would be unstoppable (I'm inclined to agree). He also said that the latest attacks on Kerry are coming because "people don't want him to be the candidate because he speaks too much truth."

My dad is a 60 year old union man who grew up on a farm and he has a lot more in common with the average American than "top Democratic officials" or Markos Moulitkas or Charlie Cook or whatever other talking heads are tsk-tsking at Kerry this week.

Just thought that you guys would appreciate a dose of reality after this week's blog world/beltway insider tantrum. Out here in real America, Kerry has a lot of respect and support.
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Why I support John Kerry
Kerry's Ten Point Plan for America in his own words:

1): Obey the law, and protect civil rights in this country.

2): Tell the truth, and tell it to Americans all the time.

3): Fire the incompetents.

4): Chase the money lenders and changers from the temple of democracy and reclaim it for the grassroots of this nation.

5): Bring our troops home from a stable Iraq - which we can do – as fast as possible.

6): Find Osama Bin Laden and protect the ports and other facilities of the United States of America.

7): Stop stabilizing big oil, and stop blaming the American people for being addicted to oil when it’s this administration that is addicted to oil. And we need to commit ourselves to alternative and renewable fuels.

8): Make access to healthcare affordable for all Americans, not as a matter of privilege and ability to pay, but as a matter of right for being an American citizen.

9): Reduce the deficit, which is, after all, a conservative thing to do, and rather the difference from this radical group that are doubling it, tripling it, adding to the deficit in trade and adding to our children’s debt while they make irresponsible choices about the future and we must define and respect work over wealth. That’s an important principle for this country.

10): And finally, fight for American jobs, jobs here in America that are high value-added jobs that will open up the doors to the future.



Also...


- Kerry led the filibuster of dangerous right-wing extremist SC nominee Samuel Alito.



- John Kerry has exposed more government corruption than any man alive, blew the lid off the Iran-Contra and BCCI terrorist money-laundering scandals, and earned himself lifelong enemies on both sides of the aisle for his relentless courage in fighting the Bush family crime syndicate. All you have to do is Follow the Money.



- Kerry lights into the incompetent, callous, dishonest, lawbreaking, warmongering "Katrina Administration"



- And if all that weren't enough, he's found time to do a few other things besides!


So who are you waiting for? There is no bigger advocate for the American people than John Kerry.

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