HunterByrd

Ask yourself: What do a Russian ten-year-old, a poor black farmer in Darfur, an elderly pensioner in Israel, a stockbroker in New York, and a U.N. aid worker in Afghanistan have in common? In the last three years, they have all died in similar ways: Unarmed and civilian, they were murdered by a common cowardly method fueled by a fascist ideology. -- Victor Davis Hanson

The Vietnam Veterans for the Truth held a rally in Washington D.C. I watched most of it on C-SPAN. John O'Neill of the Swiftvets delivered a fine speech. But the most moving speech I heard was by Larua Bartholomew Armstrong, daughter of Lt. Col. Roger ("Black Bart") Bartholomew, a First Air Cavalry rocket artillery helicopter pilot who was killed in Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day 1968, when she was eight years old. Ms. Armstrong's focus, and that of the other speakers too, was on John Kerry's activity after he finished his time in Vietnam. She made the point that one "didn't have to attack the warrior to attack the war" -- a point so basic that even an immature leftist like me had the decency to grasp it in 1971. Yet John Kerry did not. And, getting to the heart of John Kerry's role, she noted that what the winter soldiers did in 1971 did not require courage; it just required a high visibility leader with access to Ted Kennedy and a willingness to betray the men he served with. -- Deacon

Democrats (and Republicans) in Ohio have reached the same conclusion as other nationwide: Kerry is an inept candidate and a potential disaster for the party. While they're doing their best to float his campaign back to the surface, the truth is that Democrats have little enthusiasm for the jet-set candidate. -- Captain Ed

To judge how effectively the Republicans have defined Kerry, ask yourself this question: What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words "John Kerry?" Flip-flop! -- Polipundit