Reply #26: regardless of all the rest

[AtomicKitten]

(and there is always so much of "the rest" here at DU), it was an extraordinary thing to hear and I, again, am surprised at the nonresponse it is getting by most here, and this speaks to the cult of personality thing where people here at DU react out of emotion and prejudge everything that leads to this sort of thing being missed; if people can manage to tidy up their emotions, this admission by Shrum mitigates what transpired during the election and really lets Kerry off the hook. Again, like I already said, Shrum is a bottom-feeder for putting this book out; I'm not big on fellow Democrats hamstringing presidential candidates. But I think Kerry would be correct in feeling some bit of vindication and draw a sigh of relief at this admission.