[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Then why is Zell Miller not a registered Republican?

He refuses as he is still domestically pretty liberal and he does not feel he is doing his party a service by abandoning it to the far left. Its his goal to try and bring it back to the Democratic Party of old.

How so?

Kerry went to war...so that means what? How can you tell what he did in the past as reference to the future?

Bush didnt go to Vietnam, so how can you judge how he will act by what he did and didnt do?

People change, they grow up and get more mature and get different views on things.

I was referring to Kerry's voting record, not his war service, which I respect. You judge a politician by what he does, not by what he says he will do. And I will remind you of a direct quote from Senator Kerry.

"I voted for the war, until I voted against it."

All right then. Name all the slander campaigns that the democrats have put against Bush.

I havent seen one commercial about things saying how Bush didnt go to Vietnam, but i did see the one aimed at Kerry

I dont see democrats constantly slandering Bush's war record, and things like that, as the republicans do to Kerry.

That was not by the Republican party, but by a 527 called the Swift Boat Veteran's For Truth (who have come out in support of democrats in the past, by the way). Much like the Democratic party has 527's such as MoveOn.org that are "not associated" with the party, yet accused President Bush of poisoning pregnant women at one point.

If you are going to associate Swift Boat with the Republican Party, you have to associate MoveOn.org with the democrats.

Also, I don't believe anyone slandered Kerry's war record at the Republican convention once. In fact, I believe most of the speakers spoke very highly of his record.

And good on the Democrats for not using the chance to publicly slander the Republicans during the DNC.

Nor did the Republicans. The Republicans went after Kerry's VOTING RECORD, not war record, which is a completely valid campaign issue which most people were probably not aware of.

Did you ever stop to think that the Republicans get so much heat for saying **** about Kerry, because they did it during the RNC.

Did you ever think they got so much **** because of the liberal media defending their poster boy and reaching fro straws when all of the inconsistencies in Kerry's voting record were exposed? Its better to change the subject than actually discuss the issues that were brought up.

Arnt the conventions supposed to be about your issues, your points, what would make the country better if you were in office?

Voting record IS AN ISSUE, and is one of the biggest differences between Bush and Kerry. You might not like Bush, but at least you know what he stands for and what his plans are for the country. Kerry, on the other hand, has changed his stance on the war 3 times during his campaign alone.

I never knew it was about slander, lies, deciet, propoganda and name calling.

You call it slander, I call it pointing out the truth, which of course means that ITS NOT SLANDER, LIES OR DECEIT. Propoganda? Well, thats debatable depending on your definition.

Just because you don't like what was said, doesn't mean that its not true or a valid issue in the campaign for the Presidency.