Kerry is gonna speak LIVE on CNN shortly

[irancontra]

from National Guard... just heard they're gonna carry a portion of the speech @ around 3:30 eastern time. heads up!

[Nite Owl]

1. I think she just said that

MSNBC was carrying Kerry too. Just switched to see. In case some don't want to go with CNN.

[tridim]

2. All I see are big orange and yellow maps

I think it's supposed to be on CSPAN too.

[blm]

3. I'm betting Bush's NG fixer, Gen. James has the audience planted with

antiKerry Bush supporters.

He sure had Bush's audience planted with enough of his campaign workers.

[liberalpragmatist]

4. Didn't He already speak?

THe NYT posted an article about the national guard speech on their front page.

[welshTerrier2]

5. Kerry is up next !!!

right after the endless commercials ... gotta love that mute button ...

[welshTerrier2]

8. CNN lost their signal right in the middle of his speech

gosh ... darn ... i wonder how that happened ...

[johnnyrocket]

15. Very suspicious!

By the end of the speech ( I was watching online, from the CNN feed ) there's was VERY tepid response and little clapping. What is up with the military!? Are they indoctrinated to hate Dems!?!?

[welshTerrier2]

16. Are they indoctrinated to hate Dems!?!?

hi johnnyrocket ... welcome to DU !!!

here's my take on your very important question ... the Dems lost the military during the anti-Vietnam war protests ... the rift within the party between the anti-war Eugene McCarthy peace-niks and the LBJ and Hubert Humphrey war hawks caused a loss of support for democrats from many military people ... the damage Vietnam did to the Democrats was never clearer than the election of 1972 when George McGovern carried only Massachusetts ...

democrats were seen as spitting on veterans, selling out to North Vietnam (ala Jane Fonda) and being unpatriotic ... regardless of your views on the method of anti-war protests during Vietnam, Democrats have made very little progress winning back the "macho military" voters since that time ...

Kerry presents not only a threat to bush this year, but a much more dangerous longer-term threat ... if Democrats can convince middle-of-the-roaders that they are not only as tough as republicans but also better at preventing wars and using diplomacy, the republicans will be in real trouble ... machismo is the very soul of the republican message ...

Kerry is the veterans best friend ... bush is the defense industry's best friend ... let's hope that American military personnel come to understand the difference ...

[johnnyrocket]

17. Newshour showed more of the speech..

and show people WALKING out and heckling when Kerry brought up Bush's lies about Iraq. Kerry continued resolute, and YES, Kerry is the best bet for the military men and women....

lets hope the Bush propaganda machine doesn't distract from that fact.

[Cush]

6. MSNBC is cutting him off

CNN now has it

[Connie_Corleone]

7. How's the audience?

Are they very receptive to Kerry?

[buycitgo]

9. missed it.....had it muted, and he must've been on then

what happened?

they didn't have more than a very brief snip

[GRLMGC]

11. They're being polite

I didn't see the Bush speech so I don't know if they were really receptive to him or not. I have no way of comparing.

[annabanana]

12. they had th "boo-ya" chorus at Bushie's

not here though (quiet crowd, afraid?)

CNN cutting away now

[TheDonkey]

10. Kerry's back on CNN!!!

[rndmprsn]

13. UNBELIEVEABLE

they cut away just when he was getting ready to get into the war on terror/iraq and they cut away!

[mbali]

14. Of course they did - if they actually let people hear what he has to say

about the War on Terror and Iraq, they won't be able to continue to dog him out for not clearly articulating his message on the War on Terror and Iraq.