A little perspective
I am getting old and cranky.
I am reading through the Kerry-bashing comments on the Kos, and the first thing that keeps popping into my head is “silly kids”. It’s really starting to annoy me.
I know Kerry isn’t being real exciting right now, but he certainly knows the politics. It would be silly for him to be constantly throwing red-meat at the left now that we are in the general election. I think some people forget that not even half the people in this country are liberal. Kerry needs to win some of the more centrist people over, and it’s going to take a while to do it. A lot of people are still in a haze over everything this country has been through in the last 3 years. Not everyone has been paying as close attention as the average left-wing blogger. Kerry needs to be careful not to alienate people by appearing in any way extreme.
That’s not to say that Kerry is above criticism, but we Dems who have been choking on our outrage for the last three years should give him a bit of slack while he tries to fine-tune his message and bring the rest of the country up to speed. We still have a long way to go until November 2. A lot can and will happen.
Anyway, how anyone could be upset that an incumbent wartime President who was polling in the high 60’s and 70’s less than a year ago is now polling even with a challenger that hardly anyone in middle-America knows anything about is beyond me. Back on April 20, 2003, I would never have dreamed we Democrats would have been in as good of shape as we are now.
Look at how much has changed in the political landscape just since the beginning of just this year. It’s unreal.
You know what? I’m not cranky, I’m pretty darn happy.
BTW, for another heaping helping of perspective, check out this other Kos post
