Reply #51: Exactly what more could Kerry have done 40 years ago.

[karynnj]

Kerry outclassed O'Neil by a huge margin - Kerry swayed people to his side. O'Neil completely failed to do what Nixon wanted - which was to counter Kerry.

O'Neil without 26 million of paid and 100s of millions in free coverage could never have attacked John Kerry. Kerry's speech in 1971 was seen by millions and affected many people's view of the war. Consider Kerry was asked to report on what was said at the Winter Soldier hearing. That type of testimony is common - and leads to the people critisising the "bad apples". Kerry summarized that in a sentence or 2, then spoke about the poor leadership, the mistaken goal and ended with a call for America to "turn" away from this type of Foreign policy. This is the root of the attacks.

On April 22, 2006 Kerry asserted that he was right to dissent in 1971 and he is right to do so now.