what the fuck did they do to John Kerry??

[CatWoman]

that guy is killing me!!!

[nmbluesky]

1. Did dem build him???

[CatWoman]

5. he fired off some of the best one liners

[mecherosegarden]

2. He is fired up! LOL N/T

[avebury]

3. If he gave speeches like that when he ran for President.

Bush Jr. would have been out of a job!

[Baitball Blogger]

7. He speaks like someone who has been through the process and is very focused.

[Brother Buzz]

28. He did, and the right-wing echo machine attacked him for it

Knuckle dragging mouth breathers were told they couldn't trust him because he used to many highfalutin words.

[politicasista]

33. +1 n/t

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[bagimin]

4. Meth

[nmbluesky]

10. I bet

Walter white send it to him

[bagimin]

27. Heisenberg.

Hat & shades.

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Someone jammed a sense of humor

up his bum!

[karynnj]

21. He's always had a great since of humor - you can see it

in some of the 1971 videos.

He was just as good in his speech in 2008 - and many others that he gave in 2006 when he put together an excellent set of speeches in case he ran again.

Many of his 2004 speeches were very good and well thought out, but were mostly not shown on TV - except on CSPAN. He is a powerful speaker and the first time he became known was when he spoke out so eloquently in 1971 - leading Morie Safer to ask the 27 year old if he wanted to be President.

[kestrel91316]

8. Well, he didn't make it to the White House, but as an elder statesman he's fantastic!!!!!

[6000eliot]

9. Where was this guy in 2004?

[jillan]

11. I just want to cry when I see him - the man that should have been President!

[Bluerthanblue]

20. I agree-

[Tom Ripley]

25. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

[YvonneCa]

26. Yes. And considering the circumstances...

...in 2004, where he could have just walked away, he has amazingly continued towork for and push for what this country needs to succeed. The country should thank John Kerry. We owe him a lot.

[Inuca]

31. You are not alone n/t

[PA Democrat]

12. Seriously. Is there something in the water in Charlotte?

Jennifer Granholm was fired up like I've never seen her and THAT was the best speech of Kerry's political career.

[nmbluesky]

16. Don't worry

The weather storm on the way

[nolabear]

13. They swiftboated him. He is now at the helm.

And I'm loving it.

[CatWoman]

14. Romney's trip overseas wasn't a goodwill tour

IT WAS A BLOOPER REEL!!!

[YvonneCa]

29. EXACTLY...

...I'm loving it, too.

[UTUSN]

15. *Sigh.* This was who I sensed was inside John KERRY in '04. Wish he had let himself be it then. n/t

[BarackTheVote]

17. Sarah Palin can see Russia from Alaska

Mitt Romney acts like he's only seen Russia in Rocky IV!

[Faygo Kid]

18. MSNBC: "Best speech Kerry has ever given." I know why.

I think he must have gotten into the tonic.

[karynnj]

24. Nice compliment, but the media seems to always say that - then forget

Here is a link to reviews of his 2008 convention speech. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/the-kerry-surprise/

The NYT called it the best non-acceptance speech at a Democratic convention in 2 decades - http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/kerry-hits-it-home/

Last convention, MSNBC and CNN had pundits speaking of the earlier Clinton speech and did not show Kerry's speech.

[liberal N proud]

19. I think it is personal.

He sees similarities between hat they are doing to Obama and his campaign, and say not again.

And maybe he wants to flip off the turtle.

[ananda]

22. Before Romney debates with Barack Obama..

.. he needs to finish the debate with himself.

ROFL

Greatest laughline of the night!

[Ron Obvious]

23. Just like Al Gore...

My wife was a delegate for Kerry at our state convention in 2004 and got to meet Al Gore. She said he was really charming, loose and funny. Nothing like his public image at all.

I suspect the same thing may have happened to Kerry. There's something about our political process that forces these people into a straight-jacket that they don't emerge from until the campaign's over, when we can see what they're really like again.

Shame.

[politicasista]

34. And we blame only them and praise incompetence

of the media, handlers, inept DNC Chairs, Dems that stood on the sidelines, and GOP SOS.

[meow2u3]

30. Ask Osama bin Laden if HE'S better off now than 4 years ago!

WIN!

[politicasista]

32. He did great, yet we criticize him for it?

IDU. Really don't.

Of course, people criticize Obama daily, you can't please everyone.

[Johonny]

35. People forget how bad he made Bush look in that first debate

they had to turn him into box on the back Bush to stay even with Kerry in the 2nd and 3rd one. Kerry was a good candidate the media had their thumb in their ass fighting a war that had been over 30 years. Bush had the bully pulpit, the media and he still need Ohio to beat Kerry. I think Kerry did alright, a more sane electorate would have killed Bush in a landslide. But even this election is still relatively close and the GOP is total meh right now. It is just insane.

[politicasista]

36. Yep. Them were cool n/t

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