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

To: KLP who wrote (24703)	11/4/2004 9:11:56 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

thanks, KLP. I've said this before. I researched Kerry's background during the primaries. I didn't like what I saw one bit. I started with the 1971 senate testimony, winter soldier investigation, trip(s) to Paris, and the medal throwing event. I read the Boston Globe series. I saw that he wanted to be president since he was a teenager. I read about how he changed from war hero to war protestor as an image during his first attempts at public office. I saw the cover of his book The New Soldier." I read about his dad and the "internationalist" views they both shared, including the idea that our troops should not be dispersed except at the direction of the UN. I saw that he left his first wife when she was having essentially a nervous breakdown, and that between rich wives he relied on rich contributors for a place to live. I then saw an undistinguished senate career and a too close association with Ted Kennedy. Add in MA liberal, his nickname of "Live Shot" and his attitude which was simultaneously stiff and arrogant---well.... But the central thing that turned me off was the manner in which he protested Vietnam. He hung out with thugs and frauds and willingly participated. Then spent years spinning himself. After he became the nominee, he did nothing to instill any confidence in me. All that talk about "plans". As far as I was concerned he and his party dropped the rhetoric of the campaign to an unprecedented low. And that, during a time of war. Just more aid and comfort to the enemy. to such a low level