1) Americans don't KNOW who Daniel Ortega was, nor do they understand the complexities about Central American policy. We didn't fight a war there, and it DOES NOT RESONATE.
2) Rush, however, well understood that despite the fact that it was 30 years ago, Vietnam---as he points out repeatedly---still is an utter obsession of the Left. They finally got us to lose a war, and they hate the military. (Don't forget that with Ortega, we lost the "battle" but won the war, and people forget minor skirmishes).
No, keeping the focus on Vietnam was BRILLIANT, especially since Kerry made that the proxy for how he would fight the "War on Terror." That's all people needed to know. Many people today simply don't even remember the deadly struggle with communism itself, but almost everyone knows someone who fought in Vietnam. The Swifties put the focus on Kerry in Vietnam, and Rush kept it there.
I think that the Ortega meetings AND the Vietnam/Paris meetings are the most important issues and will definatly resonate because they go to the core character of Kerry and demonstrate most clearly that he is a naive and gullible negotiator. Negotiating ability and how a president deals with other leaders is the most important aspect of the job. Enough with chattering gossip and hand wringing. I would rather see more concise inidictments like this which will ultimatly carry the day.
No, Heinz Kerry did that himself with his ridiculous salute and "reporting for duty" comment. The SBVs put the focus on the truth about Vietnam and the 13 whole weeks Heinz Kerry spent there.
I agree. Even those of us who do remember Daniel Ortega were fed a daily diet of BS by the MSM back then -- fueled by the lies and deception of Kerry. That was in the pre-internet/conservative talk radio days, when the MSM was the only source of news, and the mere mention of "Iran/Contra" left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.
What is germaine, though is the same Kerry pattern of suborning perjury, grabbing headlines, and supporting Communism -- an image directly contradictory to the picture portrayed by the MSM (and even conservatives, to some degree) of Kerry as an out-of-touch, self-promoting elitist snob. That image, while justified, is not the main problem with Kerry -- his anti-American activities, both in Vietnam and Nicaragua, are where the spotlight should shine -- especially in this election, where the future of the free world hangs in the balance.
The fact that people buy water tells you that you can sell anything. Discussing the details of Central American policy isn't the way to sell this: ask 1) why was Kerry censured by the Senate? 2) Did Kerry commit crimes in Central America in addition to the crimes he admitted to in 1971? 3) Seal Kerry's reputation as someone who negotiates with America's enemies. He did it in Paris. But he didn't just do it thirty years ago. He did it again as soon as he became a Senator.
Then ask: what American enemy will John Kerry negotiate with when he becomes President? Bin Laden? The Ayatollahs? North Korea?