Reply #23: well, maybe it was inappropriate, at the core of it, that is debatable [View All]

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he didn't say what he meant to say, exactly, so maybe it was inappropriate...

what the repukes did was drive it into a political hot potato during an election year and by the time Kerry was forced to address it, some Dems had called on him to apologize. I was always proud of the fact that Hillary never did. This had gotten so escalated, threatening to spin out of control, as an election approached and Democrats still faced with a proven repuke smear of "hating the military" - and many were spinning it that way. I don't remember anyone making the argument that the growing outrage was caused by something that had been rediculously blown out of purportion. This was treated delicately, at least, by all. There was a danger for Democrats at that point. Many demanded Kerry apologize, and he was forced to do so, forced - to do damage control. For Hillary to say it was "inapropriate" while refusing to call on him to apologize, I think, was quite appropriate.