I hear you CONHCO. I would say right now the GOP will build a monument to John Kerry if he bails them out of this election. It’s too bad in my opinion. I have never seen the GOP in worse shape than it is right now. I’m a libertarian and this GOP basically has become the antithesis of everything I believe in. I looked at John Kerry’s speech on Youtube, he was clearly taking a jab at the Pres, not the troops. Even if you think he did take a shot at the troops, think this thing through. What politician in their right mind would take a pot shot at our Armed Forces during a time hostilities? The reason everyone is discussing this on basically every blog on the web is because we live in a “soundbite” political world. The Kerry gaff is the perfect soundbite to be taken out of context. It was concise and clear. When I first heard it I went WTF? Most people will not dig deeper to see what really happened. If you are a democrat well then Life ain’t fair. This whole thing makes my stomach feel a little queezy. We are facing some serious and I mean serious challenges in this country. To have a major political debate be reduced into a soundbite gaff taken out of context doesn’t speak well of our current state of mind as a country. IMHO