Reply #26: We can only hope...

[A_Possum]

That a large number of people will actually watch the debates. Kerry's physical presence, calmness and simple dignity are incredible. Bush comes into it this time as AS the president, but he doesn't sound or act presidential at all. He stammers and makes little uh-uh's when he jokes.

I was talking online to a beloved but deluded friend of mine who kept claiming he'd seen Kerry's 1971 senate testimony and Kerry was a jerk. I knew he was bs'ing me, because this is a person who actually understands what the guys went through in Vietnam and cares about it.

So, finally, I just started posting big chunks of Kerry's testimony. I didn't say what it was, I just posted it, BAM BAM BAM, one paragraph after another...

by the 4th paragraph, he was silent, except to tell me where the text had been cut off, so I could re-post for him to read the whole thing.

I KNOW it stunned him to see what Kerry had actually said. He was reduced later to saying, well, that was when Kerry was young and understood what Vietnam was, now he's old and bad. (This guy thinks Bush is bad too, he's just down on all of 'em. I'll keep working on him!)

When people actually see the man in action, they get it.