Why should a liberal Deomocrat support Evan Bayh?

[J.R. Brown]

Anyways, does anyone know Bayh's position on the Iraq war? He voted for it.

So did Kerry. The entire Democratic Senate flip-flopped.

George W. Bush:

Opposed Homeland Security Department
Then he was for it

flip-flop

Opposed an independent 9/11 Commission
Then he was for it

Flippity-flop

Opposed McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Bill
Then he was for it

Flippity-floppity

[J.R. Brown]

OMG, lighten up. I could give you a reason why I thought you were tight ass redneck fascist pig. But I'm not going to do that, because I'm a civilized human being.

I'm not 12, but I am an immature college freshman, and I like to lighten things up a bit.

[J.R. Brown]

John Kerry did change his mind on principle. The intelligence community told him one thing before the vote. So, he voted for it. Then when he found out they lied, he came out against the war. It's a war built up with lies and deception.

[J.R. Brown]

Bayh has always supported the war.

He has proposed a bill to end the "Patriot Penalty" so that soliders won't have their pay cut once they come back from the war.

Pro-war is a definite negative when it comes to the primary. And if they don't admit it's a mistake, it will hurt them in the general election too. Kerry did ok since he admitted it was a mistake, but it would have been better if he hadn't voted for the war in the first place.

     






Had Kerry voted against the war, he would have lost in a landslide.   The GOP would have had far more success linking him to his antiwar past had he not voted for the Iraq War.  He played it as well as he could.  He votes for it, then says that it was handled badly, thus making it a mistake. 

By the way, the candidate that didn't claim that it was a mistake won the election.

That doesn't mean it was handled well. Bush just sold his position better.