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07/29/2004: "The Grand Finale"

I have a confession to make, given the choice between driving home and watching the grand finale of the most boring convention I have ever suffered through or meeting a friend for a drink that I haven’t seen since the Christmas Holiday, I chose happy hour with a friend.

Driving home, I thought maybe I could catch John Kerry’s acceptance speech on the radio but heard that the fire marshal had closed down the Fleet Center and he hadn’t started the speech yet. I made it home to hear the “Band of Brothers” introduction of Lurch and suffered through his speech. What an insult to the 101st Airborne.

I find it incredible that this man who trashed all Vietnam Veterans in Congressional Hearings and that aided and abetted the enemy has the balls to highlight his short tour of duty in Vietnam as his credentials to be the Commander in Chief and brush under the carpet his treasonous behavior that followed by saying it was a little over the top.

I listened to his criticisms of the current Administration about the Iraq war and thought if I were in the military I would be absolutely demoralized hearing this man’s words and more importantly if I were their enemies I would be gleeful and encouraged. A Commander in Chief should never say anything, under any circumstances that endangers the troops or demoralized them. This is a man who has voted against the military, their weapons, their funding and now we are suppose to believe he will fully support them in the future.

John Moore, who writes the wonderful blog Useful Fools has posted a list of Vietnam Vet websites as a comment to one of the articles I wrote that don’t support John Kerry. I encourage you to visit them and hear what they have to say. Here are the links:

Vietnam Vets for Truth

Wintersoldier.com

Swift Vets

If this despicable man’s military service from thirty years ago is still of importance, then so is his behavior that followed. Go to these sites and get both sides of the story.

Perhaps his voting record for all the years he has been in the Senate is the most important barometer we have to predict the future and other than bringing home the bacon for special interest in Massachusetts, his track record is a frightening reality for a man with aspirations for the highest office in the land.

I listened to his paragraph to explain his position on his economic policy, his security plan, his stimulations for the economy and health care. Hold onto your wallets and sell your stocks if he is elected, Jimmy Carter’s inflation and recession are about to be repeated.

It’s over. Thank God. The most partisans of partisans attend these conventions and there were very few moments to pump up those that don’t need pumping up because they are so fueled by their hatred of the other side. But what really galls me is that my tax dollars fund these parties. Each party is eligible for $14-$17 million dollars to fund their conventions. I would like to see a piece of legislation that gets passed that eliminates our tax dollars funding any of it. All of these parties have enough contributors to fund it themselves.

Tomorrow I want to address Mr. Edwards two Americas. Until then.