I can't help but notice Lockhart's "attachments". He's a Clintonista, through and through.
And, if Lockhart and his "bimbo erpution" crew think that they can treat these vets the way they treated Klintoon's bimbos, they are sadly mistaken. They can attack these vets as much as they want, but it will only strenthen their resolve.
Some of these vets spent time being beaten to a pulp, being taken to a level of pain that most humans (and no liberal) can even imagine. (And, for those that still don't understand what happened to the vets while John Kerry was trapsing in front of the Senate, fueling the enemy on, read this account. Grab a tissue or two and be ready to see what John Kerry is doing in a whole new light).
And, Joe Lockhart and his sycophant lackies are going to scare these guys?
Yeah. Ok.
I think that the Kerry camp is woefully misjudging what they are doing in the veteran community. Almost everyone of the older male influences in my life (my dad, my uncles, my dad's friends, my uncle's friends, etc. about 10 in total) served in the military during Vietnam. Some in combat (many), some not. There isn't 1 of them supporting Kerry. Not only are they not supporting Kerry, every one of these fine men are furious at Kerry. There isn't any tepid response from any of these men, most of which are now well-studied, scholarly, thoughtful types, where you might (rightly) expect to find at least 1 who might see it the other way. Bob, being a man of few words about his service (like most guys who are just trying to move on with life) changed his entire tone. I have seen/heard him mad a few times; I have seen/heard him upset a few times. I have even seen him talk through tears once. However, last night, I had never heard the tone of voice from that man. I have known him for almost my entire life.
The tone was that of fury. I am/was about 500 miles away from Bob, but I could feel the heat through the phone. He didn't say much, he ended that part of our conversation with "We were betrayed by him. That's it. Betrayed."
I don't have to know the Swift Boat Vets. I know my family. I believe my family. My family isn't a "Republican-funded attack machine". My family isn't a tool or front for George W Bush. Simply put, the men that I look up to in my life aren't liars.
So, Kerry and his freshly-minted, sleazy PR crew can try to make these men liars. In the meantime, they are only going to tear 35-year old scars back open. And, why? So they can get back in power, no more.
So, while I celebrate the political stupidity of this tactic, I am sorrowful to the vets that will, once agaiin, be reminded of the suffering and the dishonor brought to them by the likes of John Kerry.
Good point, these veterans will fight back--hard!
This is anecdotal information. The vets that vote Democrat, the vets that became liberal after WWII and Korea because they tired of war and death, and the vets that were always apathetic to politics (choosing not to vote) have come to conclusions foreign to the DNC:
o The War on Terror and 9-11 is a non-issue with the Dems. It rekindled a patriotism in themselves. They now must choose to stand by their party and ignore the DNC anti-American stand, or fess up and see the DNC as Zell Miller saw DNC (IMO, Miller's keynote will swing DNC vets, and the older generation DNC die-hards that still gives a crap for this nation).
o They see Kerry attacking the espirit d' corps (or as cops call it the blue line). Kerry is going after one of their own for no good reason but for his own vanity.
IMO, Kerry never learned spit about loyalty, friendship, and self-sacrifice in the military or life. If I were Teresa, I'd tell him to find another bed too. In fact, I bet this idea was hatched around the time she told him to pound sand.