What Gary said

In today's Salon War Room Gary Kamiya writes:

I just don't get the Bush as beer-drinking buddy thing (even if he still drank beer). It isn't like John Kerry is Mr. Personality. He's a bit of a stiff. But you sense that behind his wonky, methodical exterior that he cares and that he's actually engaged with issues -- which, after all, is what we hire our politicians to do, not be incoherent cheerleaders for anti-government zealotry. Bush, presiding over a deeply divided country, mired in a disastrous war that he misled us into, offers only a bad Reagan imitation. Which could, in fact, describe his entire presidency.

Pretty good analysis, except for the fact that I like John Kerry very much. I wouldn't call him "Mr. Personality" either, but then I associate that term with partygoing lampshade-wearing types. Kerry is earnest, and I for one find that quality immensely appealing.