It all looks ABB to me. We are going to need Pro-Kerry votes too

[sampsonblk]

What are some good, concise arguments we can all use to use to get people to voter FOR Kerry instead of just ABB?

[dennis4868]

1. Kerry....

is decisive...he wont sit in a classroom for over 20 minutes after learning the country is under attack!

[Big Al from WI]

2. The environment

I don't have any specifics on this, but it sounds like Kerry has been very heavily pro-environment during his years in the Senate.

[EST]

7. Hook up with the league of conservation voters

They have pretty good numbers on him. This is, after all, the party of diversity. Whatever anyone's reason is not to vote for Bush, that's the best reason in the world for them. We just need more of them, not to modify the ones we have. They will do it on their own if they are asking questions at this point.

[seabeyond]

3. he reads.................

hey there is tons of things about kerry to vote for him. his military record. he was well respected and came up with strategy, to head into enemy, gutsy and brave

coming back he saw the loss of war and willing to stand up for his fellow soldiers to bring them home at a 300 a week loss of lives.

do a lot better with iraq. maybe do something about the crooked halliburtin over there that has probably been as much a contributor for the discontent of iraqi's as bush's poor decisions

his education program. seeing how the schools are being gutted and switching up and funding nclb.

going after business that are using loopholes sending jobs out

changing the tax breaks for the rich

middle class tax has gone up with bush, he is going to help a bit on that

help small business a bit

attempt (i dont have much faith, wink) to do something about healthcare

bit he will go after allowing canada pharmacutical over border

imagine he will better fund terrorist prevention on our soil

enviroment bush has screwed up

he would be hiring one maybe two in supreme court

wont be missing with constitution discriminating for first time against gays

he thinks
he reads
he listens

there are lots of reasons to be excited about kerry

oh and teresa hienz, wink

[yardwork]

4. Go to johnkerry.com and take a look at his voting record

It's excellent.

Personally, I am impressed that Kerry came home from Vietnam and testified to Congress about what was happening. That took courage.

Kerry has a consistent record of protecting the environment. He appears to be a thoughtful and intelligent person. And he has demonstrated ethical behavior. His priorities are to develop alternate energies, expand health care, and improve our foreign relations.

What's not to like? I used to be ABB, but now I'm pro-Kerry.

[Old and In the Way]

5. It's OK

Only Kerry.

[JI7]

6. helping more people go to college, environment, prochoice, stem cell funds

moving tax burden from the middle class to the wealthy.

[Placebo]

8. Lets Face It, If People Didn't Hate Bush So Much...

Kerry most likely WOULDN'T be the nominee.

Now I really like Kerry, always have, would have voted for him in the primaries no matter what, but I am the minority.

[Melodybe]

9. I AM voting for Kerry, his convention speech won me over.

Teresa is also a charmer. I really want to see them running this country.

Kerry isn't perfect, but knowing that he cares about the environment and our troops is enough for me.

I am a proud Kerry voter.

[pacalo]

10. Kerry is intelligent, articulate, & has the diplomatic skills to regain

the respect & working relationships with other countries.

He's seen the horrors of war & will do everything in his power to help our troops in Iraq, which I envision to be getting them out as soon as possible, as well as getting other countries to send manpower to stand beside our troops. And he won't start any unnecessary wars.

He won't have a front-door or back-door draft.

He'll rescind the tax cuts for the top 2% to help strengthen the middle class. He plans to provide health care for those who don't have it, offer incentives to prevent corporations/companies from outsourcing, & cut taxes for middle class. I think he'll even rescind Dubya's overtime disadvantages placed on the working class.

Too much to list.

[ContinentalOp]

11. Are you talking about people who are more left-leaning than Kerry or...

more right leaning? If you're talking to people who are more progressive, former Nader fans than I think it would help to point out that at this point we need to gain a foothold. Once we have someone in power, we can hopefully maintain the ABB momentum and reform the Democratic party. The repukes have veered pretty far to the right but it didn't happen overnight. The Democratic party needs to embrace progressives and use a Kerry administration to reshape the public debate and energize liberal thinking.

In my opinion, Dean would have been the exactly wrong approach at this point in time. An economic conservative, self-proclaimed moderate who appears to the media as a "wild-eyed" Bush-hating, anti-war activist, would have done nothing to help us regain the center and gradually move the debate toward the left.

So, if Kerry seems too conservative or if he's on the wrong side of a couple of issues, that may be just what we need right now. That may provide just enough of the swing vote with enough of the coattails to let our party build its strength again and gradually work toward the bigger issues.

[JohnKleeb]

13. I am pretty far to the left and I support Kerry more than simple ABB

Its funny that Kerry is regarded as a moderate because well I'll be honest, he has a great solid record, I dont like some of his votes but find me a candiate whose votes I do like all of them, every single one.

[AmericanErrorist]

12. Try this on for size

A Bush victory would give the ultra-right a green light to ramp up their project to drastically and unilaterally reshape the domestic and international landscape in the interests of U.S. imperialism.

On the other hand, a victory by Kerry and the broad democratic movement that supports him would be a body blow to the extreme right, bring some relief on bread and butter issues, and lift the siege on our nation's constitution.

It also would create a much more favorable political terrain on which the people's movement could struggle for its agenda, beginning with an end to the occupation of Iraq.

Thus the stakes are high, and what adds to the drama is that the electorate is so divided that the outcome will depend on which campaign is able to turn out the biggest vote.

Given these circumstances, what should be the role of left and progressive people?

It is not to parse every word, vet every speech, and scrutinize every statement of Kerry. Nor is it to damn Kerry with faint praise. Rather its main task, as I see it, is to bring into sharper focus the differences in the two lines of policy represented by Kerry and Bush, to delineate the vastly improved political playing field that a Kerry victory would bring, and, above all, to become involved in the grassroots efforts to mobilize the vote.

In so doing, the left will help voters gain an understanding of the bigger picture, extend the practical efforts to reach the electorate, and enhance its connections to the main democratic organizations - connections which are critical to post-election struggles.

Across the country there is a growing anti-Bush feeling, but that alone is not enough. To win requires that millions be convinced that the differences between Bush and Kerry are real, substantial and consequential to their lives on the whole range of issues: Social Security, Medicare, health care, overtime, minimum wage, public education, affirmative action, civil rights, reproductive rights, immigrant rights, gay rights, civil liberties, tax policy, environmental protection, Cuba, preemptive war, and nuclear weapons testing and use.

Even on Iraq, there are differences between the two. But more importantly, the defeat of Bush would be a repudiation of his policies of war and occupation, and that could not be ignored by a Kerry administration.

http://www.cpusa.org/article/view/590

From the communists, no less!