Given the shiftiness of Kerry's position (he has one? which one?), and Bush's inclination to war, oil, and disinclination toward the environment, and Nader's just overall weirdness, I want good ol' Dean back. He was different. He was out there, loud, new, fresh; not the old school, toeing the party line like Kerry and Bush, saying what people want to hear.
I miss that scream. That was the one moment where I thought, Hey, the guy's got character.
Bush's character: Defensive on terms of the economy, Iraq, education, and everything else; sort of redneck, doesn't care if he steps on toes, etc. A little less likely to know the "right" thing to say at the right time, but when he reads off a teleprompter, he's got the "right" words...
Kerry's character: (which one?) Actually his wife's a character... Kerry, he's just as slimy as the other lawyers, prosecutors being among my least favorites, saying what the jury needs to hear in order to convict. For whatever reason, I can't figure out who the Kerry underneath that lawerly facade is. Maybe I'm not looking?
Nader: Uh, who?
Dean: Honest, not just his heart on his sleeve but his mind on his sleeve. That was refreshing. I want it back again. Plus a wife uninterested in politics? Eeeeeeeeeeeexcellent.