Senator Kerry: Thank You

I offer a few comments about Sen. John Kerry from someone who came semi-close to voting for him.

• In general, I admire and respect him more now than I did 12 months ago.
• I rejected every invitation to micro-evaluate his miltary service to our country. Who the hell am I to judge that?
• His immediate post-Vietnam activities are hard to understand, but I gave him a complete pardon for them for the purposes of this election.
• He was the most "electable" Democrat. Dean would have lost by 10 points.
• Kerry ran a good campaign and there was nothing he did wrong that can reasonably argued changed the results.
• Bush won, Kerry did not lose.
  

Thank you, Senator Kerry. You forced a real debate.

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