Chill, George. It's Kerry's Turn (Barf

Business Week ^ | 10/29/04 | Ciro Scotti

[Kiss Me Hardy]

Four years ago in this space, a simple political rule-of-thumb was put forth in an attempt to slash through all the confusing polls and hot-air punditry surrounding the Presidential race. It's a simply theory: The cool guy wins (see BW Online, 8/4/00, "Cool Guys Finish First").

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The difference between Bush's tortured data-twisting and Kerry's self-serving hyperbole is that nobody has died because of the Democrat's alleged fabrications and prevarications.

The rabid Swift Boat Veterans for Truth can rant all they want about whether Kerry deserved three Purple Hearts, two Purple Hearts, or no Purple Hearts. Who cares? He went into combat for his country. And if he came back as an angry and impulsive young man and spoke out against the Vietnam War, he had every right to do so because he had paid his dues.

The subtext of the vicious attacks on Kerry isn't just that he denounced the war, but that he broke ranks with his elitist brother officers to denounce the war. It's telling that the enlisted men who served directly under Kerry almost all support him. A candidate who has been in firefights and retains the loyalty of his men -- that's cool.

[LowCountryJoe]

This article wouldn't have been written if Ohio and Pennsylvania would only acknowledge all the friggin jobs the the president saved for them - literally at the expense of everyone else - when he protected the steel industry for two years. Ungrateful unionized pigs! I guess it doesn't pay to politic unless you promise to give away the store (health care, minimum wage, etcetera)

[tarawa]

Good men did die, due to the actions of Kerry. The release of our POWs was delayed, and their toture was increased, due to the lies and slander Kerry said. Good men died because of that, and Kerry should be held responsible.