Reply #6: Kerry hit precisely the right note in this speech

[A_Possum]

He was talking to a basically hostile crowd at the American Legion, but he turned them around by speaking about WHY, in terms of the soldiers, he would have done it differently. He didn't just indulge in a lot of hot air, he told them WHAT Bush had done to undermine the soldiers and Iraq and WHAT he would have done differently.

Anybody who thinks he should have stood up there in front of this crowd and rabidly attacked and called * a deserter and promised to have the troops home by the end of January is incredibly tone-deaf.

He got a fine reception, and I have no doubt at all that plenty of those guys went home with some interesting things to consider.