Posted on 10/27/2004 11:25:31 PM PDT by Old_School_Federalist
A few items mentioned by John Kerry during the debates so concerned me that I felt compelled to write papers regarding them. This related his statements regarding Afghanistan and the construction of our military. These statements alarmed me as a veteran because they demonstrated an obvious misconstruction on the part of Senator Kerry regarding military operations and the organization of our forces - a dangerous factor in a candidate for our nations Commander-in-Chief. During the debates, when these statements were mentioned, I felt they received very little clarification from the main stream media. For anyone to make such statements, as both the Senators did, demonstrates to me that that individual either lacks a knowledge regarding the subject matter or is preying on the naivety of the constituency for mere political gain. I was very pleased to see that the President recently began to address one of these issues. However, I respect that the people of this country need to receive the facts regarding these issues from as many different sources as possible.
Please see my post regarding this subject at the following URL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1259647/posts, and if you agree with the position of these documents please forward them to as many individuals as possible.
Would suggest you spell it "naiveté." The accent is optional but the last 'e' is not.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Main Entry: na·ive·ty
Variant(s): also na·ïve·ty /nä-'E-v&-tE, -'Ev-tE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
chiefly British : NAïveté
Point made. But I have never seen your spelling in print.
What can I say, my reading material is mostly British, so I go with what I see most but you are correct that the other spelling is more traditional. I was in a hurry and that spelling is the one that popped out. You may also notice some errors in my documents, they were quickly constructed and even more quickly proofed. I apologize in advance for any spelling / grammatical errors – I was more concerned with content then construction when authoring the documents (checking my facts more than my spelling). Again, please the documents in the GOP forum listed at the URL above.
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