Reply #53: This one got me. [View All]

[LittleClarkie]

I was doing okay. Not getting mad. Just posting in that thread when suddenly:

"On the CHRISMA scale (1.00 / 2)

Kerry is well into the negative.

The only way his cadre of swift boat vets followed him was because of his rank. He is not a leader.

We need a true chrismatic leader. Think Clinton with out the sleaze. Who can that be? John Edwards still has great drawing power. Is he ballsy enough?"

I met some of those swift vets for Kerry. I also hung with some of the Vets for Kerry. Don't tell ME they weren't inspired by him. The head of the Vets for Kerry in Wisconsin said she'd never done anything like she was doing for the Kerry campaign. She heard him speak, and was inspired. The VVAW guy I worked along side, who saw Kerry's testimony back in the day, was inspired.

I keep thinking back to how great those guys were. They bought their own supplies, as they were separate from the campaign. The campaign gave them space in the office, that was all. When yard signs were scarce, they made their own. Beautiful corrigated plastic signs. Big ones too. I cry when I think of their dedication and all the work they put in, and how dissappointed they must have been when it didn't pay off. In fact, thinking about it now, I'm in tears again.

Don't tell me why the Swiftees followed Kerry unless you were a swiftee on one of his damn boats.

Oh. my. God. I am SO pissed off right now.