Since I knew what was coming, I jumped the gun on the pathetic thing. Kerry says later in the interview, “You know, there’s not much that scares me. So I’m not worried about things—certainly not dying, because too many of my friends did. And so I think it empowers you to go out and tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may. Bush and Cheney don’t understand that. That’s one of the things I think is most lacking in their stewardship of our country. So when I was, you know, when I heard about the cancer diagnosis, to me it was, just, okay, next challenge. Let’s get it done. What do we do.”

ME: Huh? Bush and Cheney are so unexperienced , have lived such cushy lives that all they can do is lie and cheat and steal (I’m reading as a member of the Democratic Underground)? (And, Senator Kerry, your opponents, not robotrons, have had their mortality issues too—Cheney’s heart attacks, Bush losing a sister at a young age, just to start with. They just don’t wear them on their sleeves. To his credit, your running mate doesn’t use the pain in his life as a crutch or election prop either) Thanks for articulating a clear vision, man. Over beers, you’d think he would get to the heart of what he really thinks. Many we have.