They're pretty unlikely to pick up a seat in MA. Scott Brown was a fluke. And the Democrats know not to field soft candidates anymore.

“Sen. Kerry has a long history of liberal positions that are not consistent with a majority of Texans,” said Cornyn spokesman Drew Brandewie."

Probably because the "majority of Texans" like to go war with Oil Rich countries, like Iraq.

I wish him luck

The Democrats know not to field a candidate who can't tell the Red Sox from the Yankees!

So, I now name the three Repubs who voted against as "The Three Amigos". Why does it not surprise me that those three would be the three to vote Nay? Especially Ted Cruz. The man is a tool and a poser.

Now, onto getting a Democrat to fill up John Kerry's vacant seat! Say NO to Republican centerfold Scott Brown! The wrong choice for MA!

Did someone pack Kerry's toothbrush? I hear that the Egyptian hotels don't have any complementary ones.

It's nice that some things never change, like Wacky Jim Inhofe, if you look in the dictionary for the definition of "right wing nut job" you will find his picture.

I was a "Kerry-Okie" during his presidential bid and I am glad to see him confirmed as the Secretary of State. He'll do a good job.

AlaskaGirl.

Not the Three Amigos more like the Three Stooges.

cgtrav: Much better!

Three Republicans –

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas,

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. –

would NEVER have been considered for Secretary of State...by their own party.

Just to let y'all know...Senator Kerry was one of the many Democrats that urged Congress to invade Iraq to get those WMD. I, too, hope he is good but have some serious doubts because the guy can't give a straight answer to simple, straightforward questions...he likes to dance around questions just like any annoying, crooked politician. Kerry's been in politics a long, long time so it's obvious how he will be. I don't think it will matter because he'll just be following instructions for the most part...instructions like send more F-16s, tanks, and money to the Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Islamists, and terrorists...or bomb thousands of innocent women and children with drones.

hmphh - yep. so quickly we all forget that. That's why he didn't beat Bush a few elections ago and it's why there was probably a better candidate than him for secretary of state now.

So, they didn't listen to Gov. Jindal's "Stupid party" speech? These esteemed senators are voting against Kerry because they don't believe in climate change.

I don't think that they can fix their brand of stupid.

Congratulations to Secretary Kerry.

Don't do anything with Syria. We're broke as it is!

Pragmatic

Unless Barney Frank runs for Senate, the odds are in favor of Brown.

"majority of Texans" like to go war with Oil Rich countries, like Iraq.

So true American Girl.....they would never go to war with low-oil North Korea

RI mom

Nobody asked them to be secretary of state and they aren't asking to be it. Silly point other than to flame republicans just to flame them.

The Texas Senators don't like Kerry because He graduated High school. Most Texans only believe in traditions and tales remembered from their parents teachings and taught by the Baptist Church.

Why is it sooooo hard for some people to say ANYTHING positive, ANYTHING good, ANYTHING that isn't demeaning, belittling, or mean spirited? C'mon people, there's a ray of hope that it is possible for some of our leadership to work together. I mean, aren't some of you moving toward irrelevance fast enough?

Wasn't it Conryn that funneled the hush money to Ensign's concubine's husband, or am I getting my Republican criminals mixed up?

Next time everyone's favorite psycho, John McCain, wants to talk about shameful moments in American History, he needs to remember Sarah Palin, sit down and shut up. Good Lord. The man is like a spoiled rotten brat at someone else's birthday party.

Congadulations, also, to Secretary Kerry. I hope he does well and he has some very large shoes to fill.

"Climate Change" is a crooked political scheme pushed by the worst organization on the planet: the UN. The insistance that man is causing global warming is the the biggest hoax of all time propelled by UN funded scientists, called a crisis by them and liberals, and pushed in the liberal media...all connected at the hip. I really don't care that 3 guys voted for or against Kerry...yes congrats to him. If he's pushing some agenda on Climate Change to stop our CO2, then he's just another idiot liberal puppet. CO2 makes up .04% of the atmosphere...that is .0004 which is, in fact, ZERO for anyone that understands .0004.

“Sen. Kerry has a long history of liberal positions that are not consistent with a majority of Texans,” said Cornyn spokesman Drew Brandewie.

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Ain't mentioned a one of them, let alone what any of them have to do with being SoS. 94-3...ridiculous! These people who think their s**t don't stink..tired of them.

Finally! We've got Cankles Clinton out of her self-aggrandising tax-payer funded photo-ops and ineffective world tours.

Unless Barney Frank runs for Senate, the odds are in favor of Brown.

I certainly hope you are right, Akron (my hometown), because I am 100% behind Barney's candidacy. I believe, however, that the Mass governor is going to name a temporary replacement until Kerry's term expires. I understand that Barney will be the caretaker -- and Oh! What a caretaker he will be!

It amazes me how a lot of posters/trolls/non-trolls whoever think their opinion has any value here. It doesn't, this is just a place for hens to cackle. Myself included. :))

@dksouthern

Well, judging by some of the hateful, bitter, childish comments on here about Conservatives and Repubs, it doesn't seem like you good clean liberals want to work with anyone else. Of course I guess if I didn't have to compromise I wouldn't either. Although Clinton had her faults, she at the very least was "fit" for the job. Not too sure if Kerry is going to do anything other than be a puppet. Which unfortunately Clinton ended up being forced into a position to take resp for what happened in Libya, when it wasn't all her fault - Although I think we deserved to know what REALLY went down and she should have told us.

Either way, I don't think you will see a significant change with Kerry as the SoS.

Can't we force Texas and Oklahoma to secede from the Union! They are not part of America in the first place. What God forsaken states they live in!

God help us all! Because Kerry sure won't!

big mistake!!

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." -- From a letter signed by Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Milulski, Tom Daschle, & John Kerry among others on October 9, 1998

1998 People....1998!!!

FedupwithFed, yes, 1998, 15 years ago. Get over it. I really hate Ted Cruz and his idiotic positions, but what I hate more is the fact that I live in the state that has Ted Cruz as one of its Senators.

oh, so you have gotten over blaming Bush in 2001?

And his first order of business...

UN head appeals for $1.5 billion to aid fleeing Syrians
http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-head-appeals-for-1-5-billion-to-aid-fleeing-syrians/

Another dirty 1%er who cheats on his taxes getting rewarded. No wonder this country is messed up.

Liberals should be outraged.

Paws,

No, just at the millions of millionaires and billionaire rich republicans gloating over their 14% average tax rates. Just talk to my neighbor. He's one of the gloaters! He also hires illegals to add to his greedy nest egg! Yes, He's also a very conservative republican!

No, Fedup! I will always be blaming bush. All the way to the grave. I will never vote for a member of my former political party again! Republicans are scum!

Clwyd

Sounds like a childish and immature response. Blame all for the actions of the few. So to you, the average people across America who do not happen to agree with your political views and are not liberal and/or Democrat are scum? Are you referring to just Republican politicians or Republicans in general? If you are referring to Republicans in general, as I said above, pretty childish and pathetic as well!

No I used to be a republican who voted for Nixon, Goldwater and Reagan. Now I talk to members of my former party that call these people moderates and liberal. The republican party is now a bunch of extremist right wing nuts and to me scum for the extreme right wing move they have made. I left the party and will never vote for another republican in my short remaining years. Glad to see that the rest of my family has done likewise and with 70% of Latinos voting non-republican the future is bleak as more and more voters find there is no place in the party for them!

Ednavdoc,

How the heck can you say that about Kerry when he hasn't even started int he job yet. Too much FOX brainwashing I fear! The right is made up of sicko illogical scum!

I have heard a lot from the republican apologists about how democrats supported going to war with Iraq. What they neglect to point out is that the inteligence being fed to congress was doctored by the Bush-Cheney administration, they voted for a lie. If WMD's had truly been there, the dems would have looked like idiots, so the administration knew they had them over the barrel and took advantage of the situation. John Kerry, Hillary Clinton and other democrats shouldn't be held responsible for the Bush lies that took us into that illegal war.

I can say that about Kerry very easily. I am a retired U.S. Navy Vietnam combat vet who has many friends that were in in the riverine warfare forces that remember him. I also watched his fumbling attempts during his presidential attempt. The man flip flopped so many times on the issues that he had nothing on a hooked trout pulled out of a mountain stream! I personally do not think he can be trusted to do the job properly. It makes no difference to me whether he is Republican or Democrat. I just do not trust the man, not his party affiliation. The funny thing is that the charming way you describe anybody, apparently politician or just party member, on the right is exactly the way I feel about the liberal leftist politicians so I guess we agree on one thing. Btw, I am Hispanic and live on the border in AZ. I did not vote for President Obama either time. Please state where you received your 70% statistic. How many of those you say voted non Republican were in fact non citizens. Hispanic voters left the Obama camp in droves during his first term because he and his minions dragged their feet on decent immigration reform and because he left them feeling disenfranchised as a whole!

Again, you just proved above you are more than willing to tar all with the same brush those that do not agree with your particular views. Any credibility you have is significantly fading fast. You should probably just quit while you are behind. Very sad.

Clwyd

I forgot to mention above that I never watch FOX news as I consider them totally worthless as a non biased news source. As I am neither Republican nor Democrat your views and negative comments on Republicans are meaningless to me. I am a registered Independent with Libertarian leanings who votes for the person I feel is best qualified for the job, not the party. The Republican and Democratic party's are both just pale shadows of what they once were. Politicians from both parties will lie, cheat, steal, and do whatever they can to get into office in DC and stay there. All the while lining their pockets with our hard earned tax dollars. There are still some good and honest people on both sides of the aisle, but they are far too few in number to make any real difference in the grand scheme of things. Have a good day.

clwyd - No...Be consistent. If a Democrat is a dirty 1%er who cheats on his taxes and doesn't pay his fair share, you must call him out. Otherwise, you are nothing more than a hypocrit with no credibility. Watch, this is how you do it....

For your republican neighbor, I have no issue with his taxes as long as he is in the law. If you don't like his tax rate, then have the IRS/govt change the tax code. However, for hiring illegals, he should be thrown in prison and all of his possessions confiscated for his treasonous act on the country. His illegals should be round up and immediately deported.

See....If you have true values, then it doesn't matter what party the criminal is a member of. I suggest you re-examine yours.

Paws

Well said. Notice that clwyd said zip about Nancy Pelosi, one of said Democrat 1%ers? Her and her rich husband's money manages to keep her in office and I consider her one of the biggest crooks in DC!

So much so, you make an asine comment about it on here. McCain is well respected for his stance on numerous international issues. You may take heed.

Excuse me for saying, but John McCain should have retired long ago. Him and others like Him " Republicans " are the problem in this country. I will celebrate when he is retired and no longer running his mouth. Nuff Said !

Then, George Anne, I suggest you try looking at it this way:

1)John Kerry is no longer a U.S. Senator

2) Hillary Clinton is no longer Secretary of State

There -- feel any better?

TO: no more filbert who wrote:

"... McCain is well respected for his stance on numerous international issues..."

Right, and McCain has numerous stances on most every issue.

John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his VP running mate. That was a very questionable choice(I am being extremely kind) which has only proved and continues to prove that the man just doesn't "have it" anymore.

John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his VP running mate.

That was a bad move. She is dumb as dirt.

And Fox News just cut her. Thank heavens her 15 minutes of fame is FINALLY over!

"Thank heavens her 15 minutes of fame is FINALLY over!

I said 3 years ago that the Palin had a limited shelf, that she wouldn't run for president in 2012 and by 2016 she would be just as forgotten as Dan Quayle. She's on track.

"... McCain is well respected for his stance on numerous international issues..."

That "is" should be changed to WAS. Today I think most Americans view John McCain as a nasty, bitter old man who will nerve get over the fact that he lost the 2008 presidential election.

Vegas

Think what you like, but . . . .

Actual story Fox was more interested in Palin, than Palin was in remaining at Fox. Palin was wanting turn more attention to other matters, one has to think that may be signaling a run for the White House by being very active in 2014 races.

I read both sides of the story and the left version shows extreme bias and half truths.

Charlie

I think most Americans view John McCain as a nasty, bitter old man

Anything after stating the words "I think" indicates a desperate view that one wants to promote. BTW, there are no polls to support what you think.

So much so, you make an asine comment about it on here. McCain is well respected for his stance on numerous international issues. You may take heed.

McCain may have been relevant at one time but picking Palin as his running mate was pretty much the "canary in the coal mine" for him. He needs to retire to a rocking chair on his front porch.

McCain USED TO BE RELEVANT....now hes just a boitter old man loser whose going to bitch and moan about everything. Hes decided his retirement job is 'contrarian in cheif', the only office he can still win...(chuickle)

McCain has WAY better things to say than any Liberal. Liberals just choose not to listen to him because he's a Republican. If they listened to him, we could have avoided the brunt of the housing crisis. But Liberal ignorance won and it took the country down hard in 2007/2008. Everybody seems to judge him because of Palin, which to me wasn't a good choice either, but they can't get past that one single thing. Actually listen to McCain sometime with an open mind instead of blinding your eyes with your Liberal veils of ignorance and you might actually realize he's right on almost every single thing. Too bad Liberal idiots rule.

If you haven't noticed, all VPs or VP nominees are dumb.

DB Akron...

Sorry, I do read all sides. Palin lost her luster when she decided not to run in 2012. Once she was no longer the 'it' girl, Fox was no longer interested. Fox made it out that it was a mutual decision as to not make themselves look bad. She is far from intelligent, and any further political activity by her will be met with negative outcomes.

Vegas

Then you are to married to one way of thinking. Again, the issue was her not really wanting to be available. She left TV once before for greener pasture, that is here history, now isn't it?

There are only two things she really wasn't successful doing, that was the Alaska Oil and Gas commission and running as the VP Candidate.

The Commission was the Governor Murtkoski giving her a seamingly good political appointment that would silence her especially to cover his giving his daughter the Senate seat appointment over Palin.

The VP Candidate was more about what McCain did wrong by choising Palin, who his staff did not want, and suspending his compaign over the Finance crisis. His campaign did not care to do things appropriately in putting her on the national scene. People saw him as erratic and rash instead of Presidential. Obama looked cool, collected and more presidential and even stated, if the really need me they can call me.

The last time anything that dumb was done was by Ross Perot back in 1992. A rift in his campaign staff over policy and direction getting into the media started costing him support. Then he suspended his campaign causing him even more support. He dropped from a aparent June lead over Clinton and Bush to third place in just a month. Once he suspended his campaign, people like me said, this guy is not a president and he never regained but 5 points of everything he lost.

Whole picture minus the bias is what counts.

Hi,

Kerry is just like most lying democrats today, remember when he was a gunboat officer in NAM, always wondered how a ensign could have a TV camera crew attached to him whenever he went into combat, used to laugh my butt off watching him act like McArthur getting off his gunboat and going ashore, felt sorry for the poor crew that had to put up with his BS, now I feel sorry for the country for having to put up with his BS.

Never forget the day when he told about the Viet Nam war at a congressional hearing, he squealed loud about how the troops where killing innocent Viet Nam people, but how the heck would he know, every time gun shots went off he was ducking his chicken little head, and of course the film crew that he had following him didn't film that. Yeah his rich old daddy set him up with a whole bunch of BS so that the Democrats would get him to run for office.

Ask any gun boat crew about Kerry, they liked him just about as much as a snake in the grass, and in Nam you didn't want to meet any of them.

@alaska girl,

Right and you would rather have Osama Obama a man who never wore the uniform running the country and slowly destroying it, at least McCain served honorably wore the uniform and suffered as a POW trying to protect the country and your smart butt. I served with this guy and I know the media helped tear down this man and Palin, but you were probably to ignorant to notice. I would have said stupid or an idiot, but that isn't nice.

Tell me what do you really know about obama, except that he is black.

Are you black?

Did you vote for him a man that never wore the uniform just because he was black, or because you liked his policies?

Harsh questions, but I served under this man (McCain), he was my Commanding officer, and I don't like know nothings mouthing off about him and a Media that instead of reporting the truth broadcasted false things making fun of people who were trying to help this country.

Without the Media helping Obama, he would be nothing. I think the first ammendment should be ammended instead of the second, because words can be worse then a gun. I have looked for stuff on Obama and you know what his trail is untraceable, just like a snake in the grass.

"BTW, there are no polls to support what you think."

But we do have the 2008 presidential election and Senator McNasty LOST.

Yes, and Sarah Palin still doesn't know anything! She will never ever be elected to National office. Period!!!

Smerf-

Bullsh!t There, I called it! You served under McCain...fine. You have all the skinny on Kerry, and can't find any on Obama. Kerry served honorably and put in 28 years in the Senate, and now overwhelming confirmed as SOS. Obama, elected President twice, by sizeable margins each time.

Your head must hurt, being so much smarter than the voters that put these two gentlemen in office. Everytime you speak, you remind all of how petty and insignificant you are.

You know, the last time the house put together legislation through the floor, the senate voted it down (well, all the democrats did except 1). Now, that is obstruction if I've ever seen it.

You're refering to legislation from the House, which can no longer be taken seriously, considering who's in charge there. The House Republicans are the obstructionists. I don't know which legislation you're refering to, but it's safe to say that if it was Repub-backed, it was a waste of time and probably written entirely by lobbyists/Norquist.

He'll need all his luck, and all his skill. And no decent American can root against him -- if he loses, it's not John Kerry or the Democratic Party that loses -- America does.

And no decent American can root against him

Limbaugh, Beck, the clowns at Fox WILL root against him. But then -- they're not decent about much of anything.

Brown probably is going to have a tough fight. Tougher than his election against Elizabeth Warren. He won in 2010 on his nice guy plain-spoken image. That image was damaged in the last election, and it hasn't been long enough for people to forget that.

Rumor has it that Scott Brown plans to run for governor in 2014. Should he run for the Senate seat and lose again, what will that say about his cred? We've elected many Republican governors here, and I would vote for him. Senate, not so much.

Ask the question "What can Brown do for you"

Nerino

Rumor is coming from the left and Brown is doing nothing to aswage it. His stated intent is to run for Senate and expect to win per early flash polls. The analysis is that a run for governor is "feared" by the left. More likely the left "fears" losing that Senate seat so they are trying to goad him into running for governor instead.

Pragmatic,

I'm no fan of Scott Brown, but what a tough fight really means is that the left is going to play harder ball, which means they really don't have a strong candidate.

I can't help notice that the whisper campaign has already begun.

TO: slodon who wrote:

"I wonder if he can fix Hillary's fiascoes."

Such as?

Egypt,Libya,Iran,Syria,Russia and Eastern Europe. How is that for a start?

Nice Fantasy world you live in Slodan.

(I'll give you Benghazi though).

Detail those supposed fiascoes, slodan.

What fantasy is Egypt? The Muslim Brotherhood is in control. Or Iran? Iran is still building their A Bomb. Or Eastern Europe? Didn't we pull out our Anti Missile System from Poland and Czech Republic. Or Russia? Remember the famous Reset Button?

Rick

Now you tell me how she did a good job in each of those 'FANTASIES'.

Slodan,

We as a country had NOTHING to do with Egypt or Syria. Nada, Zip.

We encouraged democracy over dictatorship, what they do with it is not ours to control. There will be turmoil for years as they find their own way. Not caused by Clinton.

I guess your idea is bring back the dictators. Right?

Russia is Russia and they will always do their own thing. These are sovereign countries not ours to control and sometimes when you stand up for American Ideals like Secretary Clinton has done you get push back (see Russia).

cgtrav

I suggest you Google the phrase 'US role in Egyptian revolution'.

If our Reset with Russia is such a success,why do they still supply material help and scientific help to Iran for their Atomic program? Why is Russia supplying arms to Assad?

slo, it you have to ask why Russia is courting and supporting it's allies, no amount of explaining will help. We didn't "pull" anything from Poland or the Czech Republic, we dropped the Bush in-your-face policy.

egtraw...What? Had nothing to do with Egypt or Syria???? We officially backed the rebels in Syria. We are helping them coordinate things there against Assad. Obama wants Assad out. Egypt: we give tens of billions of dollars in military aid to Egypt over the last decades. We provide them F-16s, tanks, missiles, engines and more. Obama and the Islamic Brotherhood and Morsi are buddies.

TO: Maobama Critic who wrote:

"... Secretary ... actually cooperate with BHO's cover ups?"

What cover up?

Why don't you actually give the man a chance before you automatically @!$%# all over him? This is just another reason why the Republican party is going down the toilet.

Oh, yeah, and to echo American Girl: what cover up? I haven't seen or heard anything about any cover up. Are you sure you aren't talking about another president and something about WMD's? Hmmm.

John Kerry is a big loser.

He could not even beat GWB in 2004.

I can't believe the Democrats would get behind this rich fat cat. He is so out of touch with his offshore accounts.

And by BHO cover ups I mean Benghazi.

I get behind him for the sake of America, not for the sake of party or wealth.

Coverup of what, Mao?

So, apparently Maoboma Critic has intel that the committee has not been made privy to. It sounds like you should have come forward with your proof of a cover up. You do not sound like a very good American.

So, if you were to choose the SOS, who would be your choice?

Plenty of people think Bush lost to Kerry but that certain fraudulent activity rigged the election, which is more believable than fantasy-based delusions of cover-ups in Benghazi. Tell us, what was to be gained by a cover-up? And were there no other uprisings at the time that WERE related to the video (which was apparently produced by another "patriot" from the right...want to talk about cover-ups?). And what is with the "Maobama" crap? Can't you folks on the right come up with anything better than juvenile name calling?

I get such a kick out of folks that say that Obama can do nothing right, but then come up, time and time again, with all these whacky ideas about conspiracies that would take such a huge amount of work to come up with, not to mention to keep hidden from everybody. Nobody in Washington could cover up half of this crap. Give it a rest.

Alasks, you speak of giving him a chance before anyone can criticize him, yet you and many like you openly denounced Romney before even he had a chance, saying it would be the destruction of this very country if he was elected.

nomorefilbert - Non-sequitor!!!!! Some of us watch congressional/senate hearings and read the newspaper and were well aware of what Romney was all about even before he ran for president. I didn't need to wait to watch him flop at the debates to know I wasn't voting for him.

no more, the Secretary of State does the President's bidding. Romney's bidding would have been disastrous.

Ah, excuse me, no more filbert, I gave Romney quite the chance as he debated in the primaries, and while he was out on the campaign trail, and as he was interviewed. I did my homework on Romney and came to the same conclusion that 51% of us came to and that was he's no good, and we voted accordingly. By the way, there is a big difference between the president of the United States and a Secretary of State, but I'm sure you know that.

Mao - Did you vote for Romney? You seem to have a problem with "rich fat cats" so you must dislike Romney as much as you dislike Kerry, right? In case your interested, Kerry's wife has all the money. Her 1st husband was a Heintz and she and her foundations are some of the most prolific contributors to charities.

Alaska girl -- I guess if you haven't read or heard about anything bad the "coverup" worked.

You are not still pushing the debunked swift boat crap are you? If you don't like the guy for his position, just say so. No need to go back to made up propaganda used by the GOP to win an election using character assassination.

What lying history. In the swift boat incidents, it wasn't Kerry who lied!

Being informed and knowing what one is talking about is not a strong point of many of these folks. The swift boat crap was proven false years ago and if there were anything to make of it there would have been more than the three losers that voted against Kerry.

"noladude". Thank you for reminding us that Republican scum will stoop to any level and tell any lie they can make up to screw the American people.

Does it empower you to have to become lying scum to support your party, or were you lying scum that found it's way to the appropriate party?

Nola, I take it you are a Republcian? Why are you being disrespectful of someone who has put his life on the line? Question, did you serve in the Military? If so, did you receive a Purple Heart?

Or a Silver Star?

So what? It's perfectly legal and a option practiced by corporation, the rich, the middle class and the poor on a daily basis in this country. I've bought many an item from neighboring states and countys to avoid pay higher taxes and fees. Who doesn't????

Oh ye of so little knowledge (jblast). Boats are like cars, you don't pay the sales tax where you buy it, or where you live, but where you keep it. Thousands upon thousands of Massachusetts residents keep their boats in other states and pay the respective sales tax. Thousands more from other states keep their boats in Massachusetts and pay that tax. And for the record, Kerry did pay the Massachusetts sales tax, although he was not in any way obligated to.

And Romney and his cronies hide their money in the Caymans. We could go at this all day long, but tell me, why do you think it is that middle of the road Republicans/Conservatives get such a hard on in defending the likes of multi millionaires such as Romney and billionaires such as Adelson and the Koch Brothers? That has always flummoxed me that during the election ordinary "joes" would bare their teeth defending those people as if those people were going to rub off on them and they too would somehow become instantly wealthy. I just never got it. Just because someone is wealthy does not necessarily mean they are smart. The two are not mutually exclusive. And, the way that Romney went about amassing his fortune only told me that he was a master at lies and deception, and a very ruthless person. These are not attributes that lead one to the White House.

For the record, I think that John Kerry will do as fine a job as Hillary did in representing our country.

Well, "jblast", I guess this completely disproves the right-wing lie that Democrats are waging war on the rich...

...woops...

...I guess you didn't go that far into the thought process, did you. Hope I didn't shatter your narrow little universe.

It was just fine for Romney to be rich but Kerry is a Democrat and Democrats, according to the Right Wing Nuts on this vine, aren't allowed to be rich. It doesn't compute that someone could be wealthy, liberal, Democrat and progressive.

The left misses the point once again. Kerry is an ULTRA LIBERAL who loves taxing everybody else but not himself. He's a HYPOCRITE...

Kim,

I just can't bring myself to believe all the right wingers on here are nut jobs. Now, if you had called them one-dimensional, delusional, blindly stupid 'wingers, then we'd be in agreement!

jblast - Democrats, generally agreed by the left and the right, favor progressive taxes that hit the rich more. Since we are talking about taxes on yachts, I think we can all agree that this tax falls heavily on the rich. John Kerry, married into the Heinz fortune, and a Senator definately falls into the top tier of our country and thus would pay a higher tax. The fact that he uses legal means to avoid paying a higher tax does not mean he doesn't support a higher tax on the rich. I would bet that if the Senate proposed a law that said, "If you are an American citizen who owns a yacht you will pay x in taxes, regarless of where it is docked or country of origin", he would vote for it and pay the tax. Republicans would never pay it or if the bill passed they would pay up to 2x the tax to avoid paying the tax (never understood that logic).

thoughtfulbear----You have to be kidding, right??? You better check what he did when he got home from Vietnam. This guy's only reason to join the military was to have in his resume for a governmentjob. Get wise to the scheme. You can be thoughtful, I call it like I see it. I don't know why the people in the State of Massachusettskept sending him back to Washington but we are guilty of making that mistake.

Smokie --- I have a hunch John Kerry has done more for this nation in one day of his life than yu have in your entire life.

Not kidding, Smokie452, not in the least. Viet Nam was my generation's war; and it took guts to go before Congress in that time, as he did. Believe there was still a draft on, too.

Being thoughtful helps to inform a greater wisdom, all the better to call things as I see them.

So, let's give him the benefit of the doubt for now and see how he does in the new gig, shall we?

JCC@FL----I don't know but you have to remember that Kerry fought it out with Obama too. Just like Hillary. Maybe he has a deal like she had. Clinton was $20 Million Dollars in the hole after her run for President and Obama was to support a fund so that she could pay off that debt. IN Hllary's case she owed herself that money.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has finally retired the debt from her 2008 presidential campaign, paying off some $12 million owed to nearly 500 creditors.

According to a report Wednesday by CNN Politics, Clinton had amassed a debt of more than $25 million by the time she was defeated by Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries. About $13.2 million of that amount was money she borrowed from own personal accounts, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Clinton's campaign organization finally broke free of the debt on New Year's Eve by making three final payments totaling $73,000 to the Democratic polling firm of Penn and Schoen, according to FEC documents. At one point, the campaign had owed the firm $5.4 million.

Now you can see why everyone wants to be in politics!!!

You betcha! I'd rather look at a hot chick than a wrinkly bulldog like you guys.

No wonder you guys keep losing elections, "hmphh". By the time you find that part of your body that you vote with, the election is long passed!

We have another one coming up in a little less than two years...you'd better start searching now!

Yeah, sure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/us/politics/tom-donilon-a-manager-of-overseas-crises.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Nice that you posted an opinion piece, now I suggest you actually read it and try to comprehend its content.

I'd rather you tell me since you clearly have all the answers. And while you are at, kindly list all of Clinton's accomplishments as SOS, starting with the re-set button with Russia.

Oh, I have all the answers, but it's YOU that makes inane posts based on an opinion piece that states clearly that the guy you say is "directing" foreign policy is managing what Obama wants done. Be as snarky as you want, but I suggest you take a class in reading comprehension. You folks are a hoot. Enjoy your delusions.

Let Texas secede? We should sell it Mexico. That will teach both of them!

Mexico doesn't have the $$$...but Saudi Arabia does. Or how about China? I think we should sell California to China. CA debt is pulling the country down with it. We could sell it for 16T and pay off our national debt! Shwang.

Don't worry about it...Texas is apparently turning blue as we speak; votes like these will pretty much guarantee that the two clowns from Texas will soon be known as "former Senator" when you see their names. Since they decided to show their butts with this vote, they will pay the consequences. Oklahoma? Well, they have issues of their own. Was the other Senator from Oklahoma one of the folks that did not vote, or did they actually show some common sense? By the way, these three need to remember that they are not in the House, they are Senators...there is a difference.

Sell to Isreal as the lone star new land of milk and honey? Import Jews to Texas, then let that stuff over there implode on itself? Hmmm.

Maxpain,

I'm not at all sure what your point is, and based on your quackers comment, even if you will be watching, I doubt if you will be listening or comprehending.

The politicians and generals who committed our troops to Nam were the real bad guys...,.

He also wears women's clothing and microwaves cats.