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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (7109)	9/3/2004 7:50:16 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 27181

JOHN IN 'WE' BIT OF TROUBLE WITH UNIMPRESSED VET GROUP BY STEVE DUNLEAVY nypost.com September 2, 2004 -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Amer ican Legionnaires are a po lite group — perhaps because they have had too much experience with the ultimate rudeness: war and death. There were no boos yesterday. A boo from a legionnaire is to sit on his hands, not applaud and say nothing. But there was no shortage of warm hands and long silences at the Opryland Resort Hotel, where 5,000 American Legionnaires sat stoically listening to Sen. John Kerry. "He was up there taking credit for everything the American Legion had achieved. He was talking about 'we' and 'I,' " said Ed Reiter of Long Island, who emphasized he was speaking for himself — not his delegation. Sen. Kerry was, in fact, a serial user of the royal we: "After returning from Vietnam, I saw vets who weren't getting the care they needed, so we fought hard and got additional funding for VA hospitals. "We founded the first medical-assistance programs in the country . . . We stood with veterans by getting the GI Bill extended." Added Reiter, "He talks like he was around 86 years ago when the Legion was founded. I can't remember him ever helping out veterans." Michael Martin, a Viet vet from Nashville, said, "Today would have been a great time for him to apologize to his comrades after his comments in 1971 and then release his war records. Maybe all could've been forgiven. And I'm a Democrat." Nicholas Kleszczewski, a Manhattan actuary and commander of New York County American Legion, said: "I am a Democrat, too. Now you can't be too harsh on Kerry. He said all the right things. He knew he was in the lion's den." And Andrew Wahl, of Cooperstown, N.Y., believes "Kerry told the truth." But Bob Voll, of Delaware, noted, "There he was talking up there about getting more money for body armor and Humvees for the troops in Iraq. "When more money was requested he voted against it." Eugene Holloway of Alabama is the kind of voter that President Bush and Sen. John Kerry vie for. "Right up until today I was undecided," he said. "Now I know who I'm going to vote for — Bush."