what if john kerry were president instead of bush... would things be worse or better? and why?
961164
in some ways they'd be better and in others worse.\n\nJohn Kerry's face is funnier looking so when he delivered bad news it would be easier to take because you'd be preoccupied with his really long face.  But then again when GW tells us bad news I picture his ears flapping back and forth and him taking off and that makes things easier to hear.  Also if Kerry was president the Brits would think we kidnapped him because he looks positively British.
417262
I was asking the same question near the end of Bush Sr's term... things are worse now, than they were then, but I have faith that a good leader can turn things around....\nthere could be problems if a good leader isn't elected...
140918
All presidents have their good points and bad points, their ups and downs. Is President Bush perfect? Absolutely not. But no other president before him has been perfect. Has he done the best he can with the information given? I believe so. Do I want to be at war in Iraq with soldiers being killed over there? No, but I guarantee if Kerry had been president and had the same information Bush did, he would have done the same thing. We're all so quick to judge, but he's doing the best he can. I'm so glad that we can have a moral man in the White House. Someone with scruples.
1044218
Bush is the worst President we have ever had and frankly probably the worst we WILL ever have. How could anyone possibly be worse?
477997
I think that John Kerry would be a good President.  That being said, he does not appeal to a large majority of the country and he has to really consider whether he can win for the Democratic Party.  He could not win against George Bush, a fairly unpopular President.  Could he win against John McCain, a very popular Senator (even with Democrats)?  Maybe not, and he has to consider that and let someone else take the reins if he does not believe he can change his image outside of the Northeast.
795135
John Kerry will apologize, and he won't apologize.  He really messed up the Democrats.  "YEAH!"  Just be thankful that he isn't our president!  WOW that would be scary.\n\nWe would be fighting a war in the United States.
178893
Hell if I know, but there's been worse presidents in history than Bush, as I'm sure we'll have more in the future that will make Bush look like an angel. \nI think people just like to focus on the hear and now rather than the bigger picture of things. \nPersonally, I'd perfer Bush over Clinton...but that's just me.
422852
Kerry would've gone "****" and then resigned.
892768
bush shouldve taken the troops out of iraq a long ass time ago...he isnt doing that good of a job at all...i hate having a morom as a danm president...we should've had kerry who wouldve done a much better job at handling this. Bush is the bigest idiot on earth and should die...he doesnt know what he is doing and for him to put those peole in a war for far to wrong is just mean, i wish he would go out to Iraq and be there 5 or so years and fight for our country...he is after all the president and they are soposed to fight for our country, y hasnt he gone over there and fought? what does he think he might break a nail?
382087
See...that's the problem.  Bush in both elections really was the lesser of two evils.  We didn't really "want" Bush but when it came to the idea of Gore or Kerry as Commander In Chief it was like....OHN!!!
633833
No. I did vote for him, but mostly because I was voting against Kerry. If there had been a better opponent, I would've voted against Bush. Kerry was too wishy washy for me and wouldnt take a stand on the issues.
239791
Because John Kerry was a really bad opponent. I don't know what the Democrats were thinking when they backed him to run for president. A lot of people who voted for Bush were actually just voting AGAINST Kerry. Maybe if the Dems could come up with a good candidate they might get back in office.
600008
lesser of two evils. It would help if better candiates actually ran for office. But unfortunately you have to be a compulsive liar to get the job.
902730
Not the best, but certainly not the worst.  Somewhere in the middle.  Better than your father.   Too bad you chose to surround yourself with so many from your father's presidency.  That cost you.  But you never would have been elected if you weren't George H.W. Bush's son.
642473
No. We had a choice between having a recovering economy with Kerry, or a worse economy and a moron for a President.
915257
We didn't want John Kerry to have to get in the middle of the mess that Bush started. I guess we THOUGHT he was the less of 2 evils.
251205
I don't see how Kerry could have handled the war better.  We were in it, an action which he supported.  Quite possibly, the change in leadership at that stage of the war could have sent the wrong message to the terrorists.  Regardless of who had been elected president, today he'd be unpopular, although the media and the left-wing extremists might not have made such an issue about it if it were Kerry.\n\nBut of course, it's all speculation.  Maybe Kerry would have been more aggressive and not poosie-footed around so long.  Otherwise, what could be done differently?\n\nInteresting to note that there are always those who can't restrain themselves from the partisan crap and insist on regurgitating their tired old propaganda.  It would sure be nice to be able to hear more individual ideas and thoughts and less vitriol.