CSPAN 3 History April'92 Kerry revisits Viet Nam on now.....

[Gloria]

Interesting to see where he was emotionally...

[karynnj]

1. Fascinating video

It's played a few times this weekend. It is intertesting to see how the Senators both wanted to turn up when and where they were not expected to assess how open the Vietnamese would actually be when the investigators came.

It was interesting seeing Kerry with the young Vietnamese kids. From learning from them the name of an animal (water buffalo?) to asking the interpreter to warn them to be careful of the tractor that was on the same street the were on - other than the language barrier, it could have been Iowa.

It was interesting seeing Bob Smith, the extremely conservative NH Senator. The conversation the guy taping it was interesting when he spoke of seeing places Kerry was in the war. In 2004, he endorsed Kerry. At the time I thought it was because Bush endorsed Sununu in the primary against him, but from this the respect seemed genuine. (The endorsement was funny - (from memory) he praised Kerry as a person and a war hero - then said they never voted the same way, but with a Republican Congress Kerry could not pass too many liberal bills and that he was fit to be President.) He was also huge - he was easily taller than Kerry and likely weighed twice as much.

[Gloria]

2. The interview with "Hanoi Hannah" which followed was also

interesting.

[JI7]

3. that is interesting about the Bob Smith thing

i thought it had to do with Bush supporting Sununu also, and even if it was partly that, this shows that he really does have respect for Kerry. interestingly most Vietnam Veterans (and anyone else) who gets to know Kerry feel the same way.

his biggest bashers are those who don't know him, never served him and likely never met him. as was the case with the swift boat liars.