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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (62290)	8/21/2004 2:48:49 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793916

Somewhere along the line, Kerry wants us to believe he spoke because he was "young".... He wasn't that young. He was the same age that many of our soldiers were who were killed or made a POW by his words....He was old enough to have known better, as they say. Dec. 6, 1968, to March 17, 1969 kerry vietnam service born dec 1943 25 years old in his 4 1/2 monthis in Vietnam yale 1962-66 military 66-70 - His bio says antiwar 70-71 - he was 28 when giving the speechs to the US Senate...Hardly a youngsster....He knew exactly what he was doing. I have ALWAYS wondered who funded him, and those like him. He traveled all over the world, talking with people who we were at war with....On his bio, he says his family had no money really....his schooling was paid for by a wealthy maiden aunt.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (62290)	8/21/2004 11:20:40 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

This is NOT something John Kerry wants to talk about. We should not get so wound up that we forget that Kerry has been handed a golden opportunity by the swifites to clean his Vietnam slate in a way that could be politically masterful. Kerry could deliver a Checkers-like speech to the Nation in which he (1) might answer a lot of questions, (2) ask forgiveness for past errors, esp. the Winter Soldiers crap, (3) ask that votes look at his Vietnam experience in the spirit of the times, and (4) suggest to voters that he is not now the kind of man he was then. I think such a maneuver would right the tables for him and give him a substantial boost. Clinton did it with his Jennifer Flowers address. Kerry can do it, too. Will he? Would it be believable? I don't know. There is a sense of pride and egotism I get from him which suggests that he is incapable of reaching out to the public in the humble way that such a tactic would require. He might be perceived as hypocritical, thereby having the tactic backfire on him. Americans love cads who beg for forgiveness and who meet their failures and foibles head on. It was one of the secrets to Clinton's success. It seems that his campaign, by going to the FEC and suggesting that the book be banned, has decided to hunker down and fight. If so, Kerry will have lost a golden opportunity, IMO.