That this is still even discussed, that people like Kerry and Moore can even say this [self-deleted] without being literally howled off the stage by a horrified public and hounded out of public life, is a genuine cringing embarrassment to me as an American.
Dan
Well said Dan.
Posted elsewhere is a letter to the NY Post by a reader who points out something very obvious that Moorkerry never thought of--the secret service had to secure the perimeter in case Bush was due to be attacked on evacuating the school.
I never thought of that, but considering how Cheney et al were physically picked up and evacuated immediately, the Secret Service was not just standing around looking at their watches thinking "Gee, wonder when the president will allow us to take him out of here."
As the letter writer points out, an ex-military man like Kerry should know about checking one's perimeter.
I'm getting the impression from some Dems that they didn't think that was too cool a statement by Kerry -- especially after Giuliani's response (calling it "monday morning quarterbacking") got a lot of publicity.
True, Dems didn't literally howl him off the stage -- they've got too much at stake with their anybody-but-Bush mania.
But I think a lot of Dems are embarrassed. They're also concerned that smug pronouncements like that from Kerry will turn off those cherished "undecided" voters.