November 03, 2004

Why didn't Kerry fight for Ohio?

Kevin Drum's Legion of Commenters wants to know why Kerry didn't fight for Ohio. Lisa asks " Can we please find some backbone for the Democratic party?" Nikki wants to know "Why would he concede so soon? We were prepared to wait and fight if necessary. Why did he give up?"

I will tell you why.

It's because of this:

Tell me, can you even look at a picture of Gore without thinking about the Florida election fiasco? Kerry doesn't want to tarnish his name the way Gore did.

Kerry did something commendable by not dragging the country through weeks of recounts and lawsuits. Good game, see you next election.

Posted by Blog Jones at November 3, 2004 02:30 PM | Category: Politics

Comments

As one for voted for Kerry, I entirely agree. The folks crying the loudest over at Drum's site were just a vocal minority, I think. Few of my liberals friends have bought in conspiracy theories about Bush's win and few thought Kerry should've waited any longer to concede Ohio either. Bush clearly won, anyway and some of us are just in denial. Doesn't mean I'm happy with the results either, but there you are. Better to face reality.

Thanks for giving the K man his props in trying to remain dignified about his loss.

Posted by: Bob at November 6, 2004 01:45 PM

Thank goodness. Hopefully the vocal minority will quiet down after a while. :-)

Posted by: Blog Jones at November 6, 2004 11:07 PM
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