does this make you angry enough to stop whining?

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Kerry's showing he just can't take the heat
September 5, 2004
BY MARK STEYN SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn05.html

Both candidates gave speeches late on Thursday night. George W. Bush was more or less expected to. John Kerry didn't have to, but reported for duty even though nobody wanted him to. Unnerved by sagging numbers, he decided to start the post-Labor Day phase of the campaign three days before Labor Day. The way things are going, Democrats seem likely to be launching the post-election catastrophic-defeat vicious-recriminations phase of the campaign round about Sept. 12.

At any rate, less than 60 minutes after President Bush gave a sober, graceful, droll and moving address, Kerry decided to hit back. In the midnight hour, he climbed out of his political coffin, and before his thousands of aides could grab the garlic from Teresa's kitchen and start waving it at him, he found himself in front of an audience and started giving a speech. As in Vietnam, he was in no mood to take prisoners: ''I have five words for Americans,'' he thundered. ''This is your wake up call!''

Is that five words? Or is it six? Well, it's all very nuanced, according to whether you hyphenate the ''wake-up.'' Maybe he should have said, ''I have four words plus a common hyphenated expression for Americans.'' I'd suggest the rewrite to him personally, but I don't want him to stare huffily at me and drone, "How dare you attack my patriotism."

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how angry are you? enough to at least write a letter? anyone have an e-mail addy for this putz?

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1. my letter: where's yours?

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my letter: where's yours?

Dear Editor:

Mark Steyn's recent column entitled "Kerry's showing he just can't take the heat " has my blood boiling.

Kerry has been under attack by the lies and misrepresentations of the so-called Swift Boaters for truth. His service has been maligned and smeared - while questions of Bush's service have been buried.

Republican Convention Delegates sported purple heart bandaids - is this how they show support for our troops and veterans?

Since Kerry took the lead in the primaries - Bush has done nothing but slam the voters with negative messages. Bush is NOT addressing the issues - Kerry has and is addressing the issues.

You, sir, are not a columnist - you are a mud-thrower.

[seabeyond]

2. As in Vietnam, he was in no mood to take prisoners

isnt this funny, he is a coward a wuss a girlie man, on one hand and then here this writer is suggesting he is an out of control take no prisoner shoot in the back kinda guy.,

they just make sure their bases are covered