Michael Cash wrote:
>  tm brought 
> >Michael Cash wrote:
> >
> >> A guy who was there with Kerry said on Chris Matthews that his
> >> personal observations of Kerry at the time led him to think that Kerry
> >> came to Vietnam to build a quick war hero record and get the hell out
> >> of there as fast as he could.
> >> 
> >> One of the things one can infer is that there is a possibility Kerry's
> >> sole aim was resume building for future political ambitions.
> >
> >Of course. He's always wanted the presidency. The original JFK 
> >benefited politically from his time in a 'swiftboat', JFK was this 
> >JFK's hero, so naturally he'd follow those footprints. I'm suprised he 
> >hasn't started wearing a backbrace.
> 
> PBR = PT boat?

They _are_ both small vessels for seamen.

> >Kerry is no frikkin' prize, but it's almost impossible to believe that 
> >anyone could be worse than Bush-Cheney-Fieth-Wolfowitz-
> >Rumsfeld-Ashcroft. Those guys seem to make a mess out of everything 
> >they touch.
> 
> So if Kerry's just going to fuck it up too, why go to the expense of
> having the White House towels re-monogrammed?

I'll probably base my vote on other issues, but if bathroom linen is 
that important to you, then, by all means, vote your conscience.

> Secretly, deep-down, I think I sorta hope Kerry does win. Four years
> of indignant bellowing and I-told-you-so! is much more in keeping with
> my personality.....and it would likely preclude Hillary in 2008. Fuck,
> I'd take Kerry in a heartbeat if I knew it would keep that bitch out
> further down the road.

I never understood the hatred some people have of the Clintons. I 
think GW Bush is dangerously misguided and incompetent, but i don't 
hate him. Can't remember ever hating a US president... well maybe 
Nixon...
Besides the word 'bitch' is better used to describe Bush and Blair, as 
in  "Bush is Cheney's bitch and Blair is Bush's bitch."