[Reagan Man]

For most voters and for that matter, for most Americans, the minutia of Vietnam is lost. People want to move on. I remember seeing John O'Neil debating John Kerry on the Dick Cavett Show some 30+ years ago. Today, it means very little to most Americans. Call it character assassination, call it whatever you like. This is hardball politics and if the Bush-Cheney campaign can't take the heat, then they don't deserve to be relected.

I happen to believe in the end, Bush-Cheney will come out on top. But lets not try and demean the political process. After all, if it was good enough for the Founding Fathers, its still good enough for todays politicians.

[Steven W.]

You of all - with the name REAGAN MAN - should understand the significance of this.

If you were active during the 80's then you recall John Kerry as one of the most vitriolic enemies of Ronald Reagan, particularly when it came to his (Kerry's) support of Daniel Ortega. This speech was during the height of the debate on the floor of the Senate. It's not just Vietnam that's at issue here - IT IS THE ESSENTIAL BEING OF JOHN KERRY that is being called into question here ... if the reason he supports the Butcher of Managua or calls the POTUS a liar and promises people in this election that he'll tell the truth because of his EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM WHEN HE WAS SENT TO CAMBODIA BY A POTUS WHO LIED - that is the crux of everything Kerry has ever stood for and has been proven demonstrably & obviously FALSE & CONCOCTED - Nixon didn't become president until 1969. Thus the whole basis of Kerry's being is VOID and NULL. The rationale for his very existence is completely undermined, no matter what the debate of this day might be.