I suppose Kerry never "exploited" the Vietnam war for his
own political gain?
And of course, Kerry, and Dean before him, never
crapped on the greiving surviving families of the 9-11
victims, and by extension crapped on the United States
itself, expoitatively asserting that "Bush knew in
advance" about the 9-11 attacks, bitterly alleged on
the most specious, divisive and angry rhetoric possible?
Or similarly with the Iraq war, Kerry has not politicized
and exploited events in Iraq, has he ? No, of course
not, Kerry would never add to the grief of families
whose sons and daughters have died in Iraq, by implying
they died for nothing, or "blood for oil" or whatever.
No, of course not, Kerry's campaign is so above
that, aren't they?
Like hell.
The Democrats have exploited far more. Far more
divisively, far more bitterly, and with far less evidence.
I would argue that Reagan would want his name used
in Republican ads, and would want to offer any assistance
his name could offer in the political struggle to keep his
party in the White House, to preserve a legacy closer to
his own than anything the Democrat alternative could
offer.
