[djmcmath]

I'm trying to figure out, in all honesty, what Kerry's platform is. So far, and this is totally serious, the only thing I'm sure of is:
1 - War hero (3 purple hearts!)
2 - Not Bush.

Where does he stand on abortion? It depends on who you ask. He's said several different things to several different groups. I'm interpolating from the batch to suspect that he's not going to make any changes in that area.

Military size, benefits, etc.? Rumors of 70,000 more troops? Does he really believe that? Does anyone else? Does anyone have an honest summary (not the stupid chain e-mail) of his voting record on military spending?

Health care? Education? Foreign policy? Homosexual marriages? Policy towards Israel, Palestine, Africa, Russia, China, etc.? I'm drawing complete blanks on all of these things, because so far the campaign has been about his war record, and when he's not bragging about his combat service, he's saying how he's not Bush. Even his speech at the DNC was like that. I just read a Reader's Digest interview last night that read the same way. "I'm JFK, the war hero, and I'm not Bush."

So can anyone clarify?

TIA,
Dan