# Why Kerry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 29, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-kerry/226502 "2004-01-29T01:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-kerry/226502/21 "2004-01-30T02:53:12Z")
Wasn’t it just before Iowa that the Republicans wanted to face off against Dean, because HE was so unelectable? Is that the new wacky strategy, to play up the front-runner, implying that he must be bad if the Republican pundits like him? I don’t see why Democrats should pay any attention to the Republican opinion of the candidates. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-kerry/226502/22 "2004-01-30T07:28:18Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Wasn’t it just before Iowa that the Republicans wanted to face off against Dean, because HE was so unelectable? Is that the new wacky strategy, to play up the front-runner, implying that he must be bad if the Republican pundits like him? Or, at the very least, recycle the same arguments. Last week: “Dean is unelectable! He’s a radical liberal!” This week: “Kerry is unelectable! He’s a radical liberal!” But then, are you really surprised by this tactic? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-kerry/226502/23 "2004-01-30T07:34:14Z")
John Kerry was the Lt. Gov. under Dukakis, in case anyone didn’t know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-kerry/226502.md?page=1)