Reply #82: I'm sorry for Kerry supporters that

[lastliberalintexas]

they feel this will be an issue for only Dean. At least in the South, Kerry's stand on Vietnam is/has not been a popular one either. The people of whom you are afraid, the ones who think that service in Vietnam is a pre-requisite to service as President, don't think it's enough for someone to have served. They had to do so without complaint- period. The fact that Kerry served will be ignored by these people. He then came back and protested against America. He must have been a commie sympathizer as well.

"What about Shrub," you ask, "He never served in Vietnam." Well, as far as those people are concerned, he did, since he "served" in the Nat'l Guard. What's even more important for those people is that he didn't protest America. He wasn't llike Jane Fonda, out criticizing our country (since we all know it's above reproach). It wasn't just that Clinton was seen as a draft dodger- he participated in the protests, by golly! He MUST have been a commie!

I can't speak for the rest of the country, or for all Southerners for that matter. But I can tell you that the Bubbas of whom you speak, the ones who by and large will discount ANY candidate for non-service in Vietnam, will also by and large dismiss ANY candidate who protested Vietnam.


And yet, we keep letting it happen, because it benefits our candidate in the primary. Screw the general election! We only want to worry about our favorite making it past March. Beyond that, who cares if the party is so bloodied and beaten that we're toast in November? "My guy beat your guy" seems to be all that matters to some.