[Pan_Yan]

I understand that everyone wants the truth to be told about Kerry's dubious military records (especially those of us that have worn a uniform) but wouldn't it be better to shift the public debate to what Kerry hasn't done for the thirty years he's been on the public dole since then?

[conshack]

but wouldn't it be better to shift the public debate to what Kerry hasn't done for the thirty years he's been on the public dole since then?


They're baking the cake now. The thirty years since, including his treasonous acts after Vietnam and a "so nothing" 20 years in Congress will be the icing for the cake. I love a well frosted cake.

[Nick Danger]

wouldn't it be better to shift the public debate to what Kerry hasn't done for the thirty years he's been on the public dole since then?

No. I don't think you appreciate what was just done to John Kerry. This was a draw play that will go down in history.

You have to remember that a large fraction of the voting population is too young to remember this stuff. As much as they might have thought this "Viet Nam war hero" stuff about Kerry was boring and so-what, they had no reason to doubt it. OK, here come some Swift Vets to say his medals were bogus, but 30 years later, who really cares. The guy probably did some heroic stuff, even if he exaggerated some of it.

But by poking at it, the Swift Vets made Kerry puff himself up and wave his medals even more. "I am so a hero, how dare you even question it!"

Now comes the second ad.

Now these people who didn't know John Kerry or Viet Nam from a parking lot are treated to a John Kerry they didn't know about. And this one is the antithesis of the war hero they thought he probably was. How can a guy who testified like that stand up now and act like Joe War Hero? This does not compute.

This ad campaign is a magnificently executed draw play. The whole defense came rushing in, yelling "War hero! War hero! He is so a war hero!"

And now people find out he was actually Jane Fonda.

People who do not remember the history of this are going to feel like they were tricked by John Kerry into giving him the benefit of the doubt about being some kind of hero. Maybe they didn't even care about him being a hero. But they will care that he tried to trick them. Nobody wants a guy in the White House who tries to trick people about who he is. Kerry is toast.

[sweetliberty]

"wouldn't it be better to shift the public debate to what Kerry hasn't done for the thirty years he's been on the public dole since then?"

The president has tried to do that. Seems Kerry doesn't want to discuss it. Bush even had an ad addressing Kerry's MIA in the Senate. Kerry called it Republican dirty tricks. Kerry doesn't do truth. It's as simple as that. It's just that he's desperately trying to hide that little fact and in the process he just keeps digging himself in deeper.

[Stentor]

wouldn't it be better to shift the public debate to what Kerry hasn't done for the thirty years he's been on the public dole since then?

"...with all deliberate speed".

[alydar]

No!No!No!Ask Bill Weld what happens when you employ that strategy. Kerry has taken so many sides on so many issues over the years you can't really pin him down on anything.Let the Swifties polish him off.