Quiet Calls for Change

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24762-2004Sep15.html?nav=hcmodule

By contrast, the three speakers here were still trying to sort their feelings. Martha Jo McCarthy, whose husband is on National Guard duty in Iraq, was the first. "Everyone supports the troops," she said, "and I know they're doing a phenomenal job over there, not only fighting but building schools and digging wells. But supporting the troops has to mean something more than putting yellow-ribbon magnets on your car and praying they come home safely."

"I read the casualty Web site every day and ask myself, 'Do I feel safer here?' No. I don't think we can win this war through arrogance. Arrogance is different from strength. Strength requires wisdom, and I think we need to change from arrogance to solid strength."

Scott Lewis, an Army Reserve sergeant home after 15 months in Iraq, spoke just a few words. "We need some new ideas in Iraq," he said. "People criticize John Kerry for changing his mind about Iraq, but I think that's actually a strength. And I'm a Republican."


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The serious mood was broken by Sam Poulton, who rose in the second row, wearing a VFW cap, to poke fun at himself. He turned to face the audience and cameras. "I want you to look at this face," he said. "I'm 56 years old, a proud reservist. I was ordered back to Iraq. It's something when my son and I are both deployed. I went to war for George W. Bush; I came home to vote for John Kerry."

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. i love stories like these...........

i don't care what the polls say, i believe there's a change taking place in the country's mindset, even though they may not publicly endorse kerry/edwards...i think a lot of people are gonna be very suprised to wake up on nov. 3rd to a kerry/edwards landslide (fingers crossed).

here in central north carolina i'm seeing bumperstickers & yard signs at about a 3 to 1 ratio for k/e.

KERRY IN A LANDSLIDE!