[NCLaw441]

The REAL John Kerry? There IS no real John Kerry. Kerry is, at any point in time, whatever he thinks his audience wants him to be. He has no center, no guiding principle or influence, only an easily changeable veneer. Kerry is all things to all people at any time--- that is, he is nothing.

[goldstategop]

Makes you wonder what happened to that young man. He seemed very clear and direct and over the years he's become reserved and rambling. Something happened to Kerry between 1971 and 2004.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

....Kerry is all things to all people at any time--- that is, he is nothing.

Everyone can see he'll take no stand against terrorists.

Kerry supporters can see, that instead of anybody but Bush, they're getting a big ZERO. They know Bush is better than that.

[kaylar]

I agree wholeheartedly with you. JFK thought that the "youth movement" would last forever, and he thought his antiwar vet routine would enable him to harness that movement for his own empowerment. (I once had a college textbook circa 1976 on American history. The author, a professor with multiple degrees, was certain that communes were about to become the norm in the USA-that marriage, pairbonding, and individualism were about to become extinct among people under 40.)But the whole youth movement/hippie craze died, and JFK turned to more usual routes of empowerment. With patriotism and the military back 'in style' (at least as compared to 30 years ago) JFK thought he could finesse his status as a decorated war vet into power without anyone raising the isssue of his words and actions (Paris) so many decades ago. He thought this because he doesn't know how normal people think : His antiwar activities were never more than a means to an end , just as his war veteran routine is today. Not being sincere himself or capable of it, he doesn't understand that other people are more than a series of masks and poses to be discarded as needed.He thought everyone is like he is , and therefore they'd "understand" why he means what he says today and not what he said then (or is it the other way around?)