The Good, the Bad, the Ugly ... and the Honorable

The Good

In the five months since we’ve launched this site, we’ve been overwhelmed with the eloquent and passionate supportive messages for Senator Kerry. And the pace of these has definitely accelerated since the Democratic and Republican candidate presidential debates began.

The Bad

We’ve also seen a variety of abusive and in a few cases even threatening emails (directed to Senator Kerry or to us), usually from self-professed supporters of the current sorry excuse for an administration (perhaps among the ever dwindling 25% of the population that still approves of them). We’re not even surprised by this – we expected it, and that’s the primary reason why we’re not “public” right now. We don’t need the harassment from these people – and the Delete key is easy to use.

The Ugly

But what really irritates us – enough to take time out from an incredibly busy non-blog life to make this post – is the sanctimonious messages and blog references we’ve seen from people describing themselves as Democrats, and more specifically identifying themselves as supporters of either Edwards or Obama. Few of these individuals actually take the time to read what we have to say, just repeat the typical anti-Kerry myths – usually lies - in order to prove their candidate’s (or their own) superiority.

And we’ve had enough of the naiveté of these people, who continue to perpetuate the lies originally told about Senator Kerry by the Republicans – or by other Democratic candidates in the 2003/4 campaign. Or ones invented later on by those in the Democratic power broker base with an ax to grind, or a candidate to promote. (We are also angered by the constant disrespect of Senator Kerry’s history and current activity by the never-been-elected Democratic pundits, who most often seem to be shills for the Clintons.)

As we can find the time, we’re going to once again try to shoot down these oft-repeated anti-Kerry myths (lies) by actually using some facts. And also, as anyone who’s ever studied history or past events knows, the understanding of an event or action has to be set in context of what was going on around it. So we’ll be talking about context a bit too.

But as for the rabid Democratic Kerry-bashers, we have two comments (for now, anyway):

• Experience counts. Obama is no Lincoln, and the 21^st century is a bit more complex than the 19^th! And unlike Abraham Lincoln (a presidency one of us has extensively studied and published on – and a Republican president that we DO admire), Obama seems to emulate the seamier genus of attorney by splitting hairs (He “won’t take money from lobbyists” – but will take money from lobbyist’s spouses, state lobbyists, or partners of
  lobbyists).

• It’s not the haircut that counts, it’s the lack of judgment, and the lies... (He wasn’t involved in the haircut that led to all the flack?) Or the repeated efforts by the Edwardses to make his origins or current status seem more humble, more working class, than they really were or are. Or the really messy intricacies of his relationship with Fortress, and the borderline illegal/unethical way his foundation funded his pre-candidacy (probably improperly under US tax law). Or EE’s trashing of the Kerrys and her blatant re-writing of history …

… and the Honorable

We’re starting to see more people noting publicly that Senator Kerry was - and is - right. And even the current Democratic candidates seem to think so, as some are “recycling” – without attribution – proposals that the Senator has made previously.

If you’re tired of the lies, the evasions and the hair-splitting from many of the current crop of candidates, join us in asking an honorable and even heroic man, Senator Kerry, to once again sacrifice his self-interest in favor of the best interest of the country.