----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 10:40 AM Subject: Re: brin: My big salvo
> > > as I can tell, every major act in Kerry's political > > career can be explained by asking the question "What > > could he do that will best advance his short term > > ambitions?" > > Like his leadership in pushing to find answers about > our Vietnam MIAs, back when the nation wanted to just > forget it all ever happened. Uh huh. IIRC, Kerry got a decent amount of favorable press on that. In fact, once I associated him instead of Bob Kerry with that action, I realized it was the main that brought him to my attention at the time...(getting him mixed up with Bob doesn't help my case, thought, does it?). Many in the nation did want to forget Viet Nam. But, I can remember seeing a decent number of small POW-MIA flags flying under the US flag during that period...from various flag polls. It was still an issue for a large number of people, and Kerry did something to address it. Now, I wouldn't argue that it wasn't, also, a sincere effort from someone who wanted to bring resolution to the families of those who lost sons/brothers/fathers/husbands under uncertain circumstances. My guess is that it was. But, it did help him politically, so I don't think it qualifies as an action that is absolutely inconsistent with political motivations. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
