Kerry Vs. the Chickenhawks

[mindfulNJ]

I feel much better about John Kerry and his chances against Bush after reading this article in Salon:


Kerry vs. the Chickenhawks



It was an unscripted scene, nothing like the polished photo ops the Bush team, plundering the resources of the government, liked to put together. Near the end of the Iowa caucus campaign, former Green Beret Jim Rassmann stood on a Des Moines stage and quietly described how John Kerry had saved his life in Vietnam. By the time he was finished, something remarkable had happened: a presidential challenger had, as the world watched, grown larger than the incumbent president.

But something even more important happened as well: In that moment, Vietnam veterans, with characteristic modesty, claimed their long-overdue seat at the head table of American politics. And that brought an unexpected threat to the Bush team's reelection plans, which relied on beating up liberals who didn't know how to fight back. Standing beside Kerry at campaign stops, working the phones, or simply filling the front rows, the veterans, powerless but for the witness they bore, took aim to blow those plans away.


http://salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/19/bush/index.html

Its Salon so you'll need a subscription or do the day pass thing...well worth it!

[Native]

1. Illuminating Article

Thanks for the post. I have a subscription, but I don't log on often enough. I'm glad people like you are keeping up with the best Salon has to offer.