I apologize in advance for posting politics again, but this is the first thing Kerry has said recently that actually made me more enthusiastic about voting for him (from CNN):
“The president stood right here where I’m standing and didn’t acknowledge that more than 1,000 men and women have lost their lives in Iraq,” Kerry said. “He didn’t tell you that with each passing day, we’re seeing more chaos, more violence, indiscriminate killings.”
“That is the truth, as hard as it is to bear.”
“I believe you deserve a president who isn’t going to gild that truth or gild our national security with politics, who is not going to ignore his own intelligence, who isn’t going to live in a different world of spin, who will give the American people the truth, not a fantasy world of spin … “
It would have been nice if that last bit was worded more positively rather than as an attack, but hopefully Kerry is beginning to push the message that he will be honest about the state of the world. He doesn’t need to attack the Bush administration, but simply say “they have not been completely truthful with you, but I will be”. If he can do that then I (and many others) may become enthusiastic about voting for him, rather than enthusiastic about voting against Bush.