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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (44216)	8/22/2004 12:24:19 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

The anti-war movement was strong in '71 and Kerry was just another person (but each person counts). Obviously Nixon thought he was an important spokesman since he talked about Kerry. April 23, 1971, the day after Kerry’s Senate testimony: Nixon: Apparently, this fellow, uh, that they put in the front row, is that what you say, the front [unintelligible] the real stars — Kerry. Haldeman: Kerry. He is, he did a hell of a great job on the, uh -- Nixon: He was extremely effective. And Haldeman concluded: “I think you’ll find Kerry running for political office.” For your second point, logically it never made any sense for some veterans to take general comments and assume they were specific to them. In fact, Kerry was speaking in defense of the men fighting in Vietnam. That was Kerry's intent and I've never understood any other interpretation. At that time, many of our returning soldiers were treated as criminals. This poor treatment started long before Kerry spoke, so it is hard to blame it on him. I guess Kerry was just the lightning rod for some understandable anger: first our leaders betrayed our soldiers, and second the American public unconscionably treated them as criminals. Finally, if you are not repeating SmearVet lies, then I apologize. All who do spread the lies should feel shame.