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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (5316)	3/14/2004 9:26:49 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 90947

Kerry knows war first hand so he will only go to war as a last result. The conclusion doesn't follow. It's just as likely that Kerry suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome or something similar, which might cloud his judgment and make him unable to make logical and rational decisions in the matter. A Washington Post interview done last year with him and the Ketchup Queen alluded to his nightmares and flashbacks. She specifically referred to his middle-of-the-night episodes and the fact that he's been in therapy. theatlantic.com Several paragraphs later, Kerry is claiming he's no longer haunted by bad dreams about his Vietnam War experiences: "I don't think I've had a nightmare in a long time," he tells the reporter. Your standard-issue political spouse would nod empathetically and let that statement lie. "But then," writes Leibovich, "Heinz begins to mimic Kerry having a Vietnam nightmare. 'Down! Down, down!' she yells, patting her hands down on her auburn hair. 'I haven't gotten slapped yet,' she says. 'But there were times when I thought I might get throttled.' " When Kerry tries to avoid a question about whether he's been in therapy, Heinz reveals that he has. Can we really risk having a president with that baggage in time of war?