# Kerry out in 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 24, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281 "2007-01-24T18:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/1 "2007-01-24T18:24:28Z")
[Cite](http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/24/kerry.2008/index.html) Good Riddance. What effect will his absence have on the campaign? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/2 "2007-01-24T18:27:33Z")
The same impact his presence would have had: zero. I think more candidates and more diversity of opinion makes for a better field, but I don’t think Kerry had anything to contribute. Even forgetting the “stuck in Iraq” joke, it appears everyone agrees he ran a bad campaign, and he couldn’t explain his Iraq stance in 200_4_ - he would have had even more trouble doing that now. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/3 "2007-01-24T18:28:14Z")
Makes Hillary’s path easier. I don’t think Kerry would have taken primary voters out of any other candidate’s column. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/4 "2007-01-24T18:47:31Z")
What about Gore? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/5 "2007-01-24T18:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] What about Gore? [/QUOTE] What do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/6 "2007-01-24T18:53:58Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] What do you mean? [/QUOTE] Is he in or out of the race? Or is he still thinking about it? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/7 "2007-01-24T19:02:34Z")
I think he wants to pick up his Oscar before deciding. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/8 "2007-01-24T19:57:23Z")
He can still be drafted at the convention if by some quirk the winner of the primaries dies or gets arrested for DUI manslaughter. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/9 "2007-01-25T01:18:31Z")
Kerry out makes no difference. Nobody voted _for_ him in 2004 - he was last man standing after the primaries, and relied for election on the fact that he wasn’t Bush, with the results we see. If he couldn’t win against Bush, he has no chance against Hilary or Obama in the primaries. Nice hair, though. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/10 "2007-01-25T02:17:36Z")
All 5 of his current supporters must be devastated. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/11 "2007-01-25T02:18:52Z")
Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought, just for a microsecond, that it had something to do with gayness? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/12 "2007-01-25T12:26:24Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought, just for a microsecond, that it had something to do with gayness? [/QUOTE] Don’t betray a Heinz or you’ll end up the meat in the spaghetti sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/13 "2007-01-25T19:49:33Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] He can still be drafted at the convention if by some quirk the winner of the primaries dies or gets arrested for DUI manslaughter. [/QUOTE] And all the runners-up get abducted by aliens. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/14 "2007-01-25T20:33:41Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] He can still be drafted at the convention if by some quirk the winner of the primaries dies or gets arrested for DUI manslaughter. [/QUOTE] Who, Kerry or Gore? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/15 "2007-01-25T21:52:15Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought, just for a microsecond, that it had something to do with gayness? [/QUOTE] I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/16 "2007-01-25T21:55:24Z")
I would vote for Gore. The new one, not the one from 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-out-in-2008/389281/17 "2007-01-25T22:06:53Z")
Kerry was out regardless of any announcement. Can you imagine a single Democrat supporting him? When a man doesn’t know what to do with a golden platter the first time, you don’t ask him back for seconds.