Kerry's highly explicable remarks: all these college students are draft dodgers in waiting. Do any of you really think these pampered darlings of the wealthy, upper middle class, and oh so smart have any intention of ever fighting for this country? Kerry knew to whom he was speaking, our future gutless elites, all of whom applauded. Medved, on the other hand, thinks the remarks are so serious that they could cost the Dems the election

Most people understand the difference between pity and respect. You may well feel sorry for the drunk collapsed on the street corner but you don’t, in any meaningful sense, respect his current condition. You probably look on a nursing infant with tenderness and affection but given his helpless, utterly dependent state you don’t view him as an equal. In similar terms, the Democrats who claim to care only about the less fortunate among us, who insist that they speak for the struggling victims suffering from cruel capitalist excesses, view these masses as helpless, unlucky, unintelligent and, ultimately, pathetic.

He has an interesting take, although I disagree with it. I think this is just one more hate the army rant that we are used to, but our anger at the Republicans is not just about the war, but rather about --- those horrible appointments and appointment attempts (Harriet), the incompetence of so many agency heads who are never fired, the stealing of the guns in Iraq, the stealing by elected officials, and so on. To me, Kerry's remark, to quote former VP Cactus Jack Garner, is about as important as a container of warm spit.