The letter that PC put up to start all of this is purely speculative, but may very likely be right on. The duty Kerry was pulling may not have been the very most exposed, but you can know that it was right up there, and he may have wanted out. He at least took the challenge of putting himself in harms way, maybe not as noble as being a Hospital Coreman, but it shows me a lot more character than ducking into the Guard. I can’t fault anybody for suddenly wanting out when they actually experience the adrenaline rush that comes from real fear, but I’ll always give them the nod for character compared to somebody who avoided the circumstance.
I see a serious lack of character in the way the administration approaches things – “Clean Air Act” that raises pollution levels – “Healthy Forest Initiative” that may allow clear-cutting – “The War on Terror” that slips in a private agenda. It’s all too much like a magician that makes you look at his right hand while he picks your pocket with his left.
The problems we face will take many administrations to solve, or even to even turn around. Unfortunately the way it’s all put together right now it seems that leaders of great character don’t even get near the top. Of the bunch that’s left, I really like Edwards. He has a spark that may be able to capture the national imagination. Anyway, the next administration is stepping onto some very thin ice, as I see it; maybe it’d best to just let Bush fail miserably.

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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
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