Comments on: John Kerry Endorses Barack Obama

By: Half_Past_Midnight

Half_Past_Midnight — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:54:13 +0000

"With an endorsement from Kerry, it's like Obama getting a case of poison ivy, the harder you scratch, the worse it gets."

Kerry just wants to get his face in the media again.

By: elrod

elrod — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:54:51 +0000

First of all, this is about Democratic primary voter support, not general election support. A Kerry nomination would do nothing – even hurt Obama – in the middle of the fall. But at this stage, a Kerry endorsement suggests some Democratic establishment support for Obama's candidacy. Obama needs core Democrats to vote for him at this point – not Independents. Obama lost considerably among registered Democratic voters in New Hampshire, and didn't fare all that well among them in Iowa. While only about 7 states still have closed primaries these days, it is essential for Obama to prove to Democratic primary voters that he can walk the walk and deliver on what he represents to core party voters. It was McCain's failure to do this that sunk him in South Carolina in 2000, and it will hurt Obama this year as well.

By: ChrisHahin

ChrisHahin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:49:05 +0000

As a man who previously voted in the Illinois primary for Edwards, but subsequently supported Kerry for president, I cringed during Kerry's campaign for president when he made his famous "flip-flops"; and then many years afterwards he still didn't learn his lesson when he botched a "joke" supposedly about Bush which came off as anti-military. He didn't want to defend his war record since he was afraid of disclosing his poor performance in college, which would reflect on his supposedly superior intellect. I find his endorsement of Obama as another patented Kerry "flip-flop". He didn't endorse John Edwards, his Vice-Presidential candidate. Apparently Kerry wasn't pleased that Edwards didn't act as an "attack dog" running mate on his behalf, and this is Kerry's payback. If we had an Edwards-Kerry ticket in 2004, things in this country would have been favorably different, I'm sure. If Kerry hadn't shot off his mouth during Congressional hearings right after his Vietnam tour, he wouldn't have been "Swift-boated" during his campaign. If you own a Silver Star, you don't savage your country, right or wrong.

With an endorsement from Kerry, it's like Obama getting a case of poison ivy, the harder you scratch, the worse it gets.

Christopher Hahin
Professional Engineer
Former AF Officer
1/10/08

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:33:58 +0000

Maybe Kerry's hoping for an invite to be Obama's VP! (Obama should pick someone like Richardson instead, who can balance the ticket geographically).

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:24:36 +0000

The S.S. Edwards just got hit by a torpedo — or was that Swift Boat gunfire?

By: Argus

Argus — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:31:12 +0000

“…the unsubstantiated allegations of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth”?

More likely the unsubstantiated allegations that Kerry HAD an answer to those allegations. T'wasTRUTH that torpedoed Kerry's lifteime ambition…and how SWEET it was.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:12:07 +0000

I don't see Kerry's endorsement as meaning much any more. At least as much as HE thinks it does.

By: John Edwards » Blog Archive » John Kerry Endorses Barack Obama

John Edwards » Blog Archive » John Kerry Endorses Barack Obama — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:55:17 +0000

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By: Barack Obama » Blog Archive » John Kerry Endorses Barack Obama

Barack Obama » Blog Archive » John Kerry Endorses Barack Obama — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:49:22 +0000

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By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:36:27 +0000

C'mon Joe, Edwards was not mean-spirited about Hillary's cynical pandering and tears as she went into her talking points. He just gave as good as Hillary gave.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:20:36 +0000

The only bit that stands out is the Whizbang comment about Dems eating their own. Honestly, what a load of nonsense. Lieberman was fairly defeated in the Democratic primary because he's not (and hasn't been for a while) a true Dem. The whole point of a primary is to pick the guy who best represents your party. Lieberman stopped being that guy for Connecticut, so the Dems picked someone else. Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing in elections?

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Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:09:09 +0000

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