[Betaille]

"Nice way to treat someone who is there to take a bullet for you if called upon."
THIS is the stuff that destroys candidates. You can win an election on policy differences... but far more voters are swayed by simply not liking/trusting a candidate. This is especially bad for a challenger, since they are more unknown than incumbents.
Cursing out some poor guy who is putting his life on the line for you is exactly the kind of snobbery that will bring Kerry down.

[goldstategop]

Its about character. Its about treating someone how you would like to be treated yourself when no one is looking. Showing a bodyguard some appreciation would have made people take another look at Kerry. What they saw is someone who doesn't treat lessers with the consideration they deserved and who was never properly socialized by his parents. Kerry is a guy who has everything going for him but class. And that is exactly why he will never be President - he looks down on every one else and thinks cause he's upper class, he's entitled. That's his fatal flaw and his undoing.