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To: LindyBill who wrote (60648)	8/16/2004 6:48:55 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 793801

Thanks for the heads up on that. I hope C-Span runs it again and again. Hard to believe Kerry was smarmier then than he is now. O'Neill won just about every debating point and carried himself in a classier manner. Kerry looked like quite the mod. Remember mods? <g> Hats off to Dick Cavett too, he was the perfect moderator. He didn't interject himself at all, he just sat there and let the two have at it. I used to like that guy, his show was always pretty good, if a little quirky... I thought it was interesting that O'Neill brought up the fact that Kerry had declined to debate O'Neill on some of the more 'serious' talk shows. He listed at least 5 or 6 shows that Kerry had declined to appear with him on. Too bad this is the only tape we have of them from that era.

To: LindyBill who wrote (60648)	8/16/2004 12:27:56 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

A couple of more things about the Dick Cavett show. It was almost quaint the way the show was ran - genteel moderator and two guys who obviously didn't like each other, but still allowed the other to finish saying his piece before speaking. Very little interrupting and no talking over the other guy. It became evident that what animated O'Neill the most was Kerry's 'war criminal' testimony before the US Senate. He also made an excellent case for the Vietnamization process that was then underway. Such a pity we didn't follow through. Brought back memories of how we pulled the rug out from under those people...