Reply #8: I just watched... [View All]

[YvonneCa]

...the speech on C-Span and then the interview on This Week. My thoughts are still a little 'raw' to use your word (yesterday). :)
I LOVED the speech. These are the words the country needs to hear....and I think...the words John Kerry has needed to say FOR A VERY LONG TIME. It was good to see him (before he actually spoke) rewarded by applause for what he did in 1971. Has that ever happened before publically? I've never seen it. It was wonderful and long deserved.

During the speech, I found myself clapping and cheering {keep in mind that I got up at 6:30 a.m. to watch, and this is going on at 7:00 or so on a SUNDAY morning. :7 } I switched right over to ABC for the Stephanopolous interview immediately after...missed the very beginning...but what I saw was EXCELLENT. He stayed very 'on message' in defending the generals and handled the CIA arrest story well. I thought he seemed a little annoyed at the way George S. asked some of the questions toward the end of the interview. But he did VERY well and ended with a great SMILE !

My impulse when it was over was that I felt compelled to do something to show support for John Kerry and demonstrate my own patriotism for doing what JK said to do 'at home'..."My country, right or wrong...When right, keep it right...When wrong...MAKE IT RIGHT." This is where my activism (small as it is) is coming from. Sooooo.... I dug out all my decorative American Flags (that I usually display on patriotic holidays) and put them out in both my front yard and back yard! Maybe my neighbors will notice and ask why...and I'll tell them to watch C-Span at 2:00 p.m. ;)

What a wonderful day ! And I think this is the beginning of another big push in the next few days to meet the May 15th deadline for Iraq and get the troops home.:patriot: