Reply #35: Jen & Mike, I agree with both of you [View All]

My problem with the entire thing was that it was SO high profile.

We were coming off the Madrid attacks, huge bombs going off in Iraq.
We lost a lot of troops this week, & then the Afghanistan thing.

We have about 150,000 troops in a combat zone, & they're being shot at. Madrid experiences its' own 9/11, & thousands of troops are hunting Al Queda in Afghanistan.

And Kerry takes a Much Covered vacation to a fancy resort & is trailed by packs of media, etc. It doen't smell right. We all know Kerry is wealthy, & Americans have no problem with that. It's just that it looked phoney.

I think he needed a break, & deserved a vacation. But why didn't he go someplace private & keep a low profile. He should have disappeared for a week. That's the beauty of Secret Service: they can give you privacy. And although I've been criticized for posting this, the incident with the SS on the slopes, didn't help.

In summation: Is it a big deal? No. But people are watching Kerry & Bush, perhaps subconsciously, maybe just getting sound bites. And the majority of Americans don't KNOW Kerry.

He can either introduce himself in a good way, or he can let The Bushes introduce him. And the Bushes won this round.