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I didn’t hear Kerry’s speech last night. I kept waiting and waiting through one boring speech after another for him to come on. But I had to go to work today and thus had to get to bed last night. Perhaps CSPAN will have recorded it and I can watch it tonight.
I did quickly peruse a transcript of the speech on Drudge. I thought it sounded like a Bush speech.
Here are some thoughts about the race and Kerry.
This reminds me a little of the 1964 campaign. I remember Linden Johnson saying, “We should not be sending American boys to do what Asian boys need to do.” Or something to that effect.
Johnson was re-elected and he proceeded to send thousands of troops to Vietnam.
Kerry’s criticisms of Bush are quite muted. He talks about how much more reluctant to go to war he would be than Bush. I wonder if, like Johnson in ’64 Kerry would campaign on that and then, if elected, proceed to send US troops into combat around the world.
I sometimes think that since Democrats are thought of as the peace party, they overcompensate by doing reckless things.
Kerry also seems to say, that he would do what Bush does only he’d do it smarter and better. But he gives no specifics.
He does say he raise taxes and spending – although he words that a little differently, that’s what he do.
UPDATE: Kerry seems to be getting more mileage out of is 16 weeks in Vietnam than any other veteran I can think of.
UPDATE: Kerry seems proud of his service in Vietnam where he admits he and his fellow Navy guys committed war crimes and atrocities.
Posted by Ted at July 30, 2004 6:45 AM