Dear Editors:There was one more thing I wanted to add but I didn't think the Post would print it. Kerry and Edwards' ploy had to include the calculation that the mainstream press would NOT call them on it. They relied on the double standard against Republicans. In a fair world, that would cause some soul searching in MSM newsrooms.Senator Kerry hit a low point when he gratuitously referred to the private life of V.P. Cheney's daughter. His campaign says she is "fair game". But, she campaigns for her father as a loving daughter, nothing more. She does not campaign as a member of an interest group. Given the fact that the senator's running mate also raised the issue leads me to conclude this was no passing reference. It was apparently an ugly pre-planned strategy.
Elsewhere in the debate, Senator Kerry decried how divided the country has become. But he was the one who crossed the line into unprovoked divisiveness by invoking a private family matter. Apparently, there is no line he won't cross for political gain.
Apparently, there is no line he won't cross for political gain.
Congrats on your letter to WP, unfortunately they left off those two sentences above.
But Mr. Marx is allowed to get his jab in at President Bush:
Mr. Kerry understands these issues, and the president showed Wednesday that he clearly does not.