[bellas_sister]

In my quest to be "up" on things I read and listen to both sides.... and on Friday I happened to switch from Sean Hannity on the radio to Pacifica KPFK to see what annoying nonsense they were spewing on the airwaves and they were playing the audio of John F-ing Kerry speaking before the Senate in 1971...

He did say everything that is in this article. How does he think his actual words from then are going to hold up to the Clinton philosophy of "just don't admit to anything and it will go away"

I was also struck at how eloquent he was at only 27 years old...

[cyncooper]

Well, I would expect a 27 year old to be capable of eloquence. However, he read his testimony, and according this post, he did not write his statement himself:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1082421/posts?page=61#61

[MamaLucci]

What do you mean "only" 27 years old. He was a grown man,
probably trying to emulate his idol, Jack Kennedy.
If eloquence means couching BS to make it sound like the truth, then I guess you're correct.
Bill Clinton was good at that, too.

[thesummerwind]

I was also struck at how eloquent he was at only 27 years old...

Yes he was. Those expensive private school educations do work well sometimes.

He even seemed to have a soft, gentle heart apparently back then too. He once had a pet bird in a cage in his dormroom at Yale, it got out the window, and he climbed a tree to retreive the bird. Nice.

Now that's the good part. Aparently his "softness" could not take what he saw in Vietnam, and he reacted very destructively when he got home. He grandstanded. He lied and exaggerated and defamed. There were other ways to get out his feelings of disillusionment for the war without doing what he did to all Vietnam era vets (of which I am one).

His words darkened the reputations of most who served. Most of us were treated as "pigs" and "baby killers" because of his actions. I will never forget coming back home, in the airport in Pittsburgh. The looks on the faces of the people (mostly the young, as a matter of fact) told me I was not liked. That behavior went on for a very long time.

Kerry eats s**t!

p.s. Here's wondering if America will find out about his phantom bandaid wounds too!