My personal opinion of Vietnam is basically that, it was a just war, but was approached the wrong way.
Funny though, when you think about it; the Hippies were chanting: 'LBJ LBJ, How many kids did you kill today' - it just shows how the Demon Rats have changed, the Hippies would not shout that at WJC, the stupid lefties have taken over the DNC apparently - They have certiantly have taken over the show - f*** those EEJITS (Irish for IDIOTS) to hell, do they poccess such thing as SENSE.
Your point is why Kerry nailed himself so completely.
It's one thing for the Swifts to dispute whether he was in Cambodia in Christmas 1968.
It's another for Kerry to name the wrong president (he probably did this so he wouldn't offend fellow Dems, and was too stupid to realize the timeline error).
Even if they don't want to mess with the details, the average person can understand the obvious dishonesty of someone with a "seared" memory who names the wrong president at the time.