Isn’t that what all political discussions eventually become (random, incoherant)?

It’s really partisanship that serves to create so much blather about nothing. Both parties have their fair share of problems and it’s just too easy to point out what the other side does wrong–much easier than solving real problems.

Sometimes you don’t even have to solve problems. Think about it, if Kerry had taken the high road on this, he could have come out looking like a winner. Imagine if he’d said something along the lines of “I’m sorry for any offense I have made toward our service men and women. I must remember that it is far too easy to for an attack on the policy of the current administration to come across as an attack on the men and women serving our country. I will do my best to support your efforts on behalf of our country and work toward finding resolution to the conflict in Iraq, which is something I’m sure we all want.”