John Kerry spoke in a calm and measured tone into the mic, while a young man was being zapped like a bug at a barbeque. The Senator remained totally professional through the entire event. There comes a time however, when placing ones own profession over the common good looks just like what it actually is. A politician being a parody of a politician.
One set of actions might have won him, and his party, the hearts and minds of America. He could have been UNPROFESSIONAL! He could have ditched the charade for a moment and helped the kid up. He could have stopped this unconstitutional travesty from ever having taken place. He could have been an actual man, even just a human being. But, no, he babbled.
I admit it, I voted for this sloth-like master of making the Democrats look like boneheaded weaklings. He is the "Albatross-In-The-Room" for the Left. We were politically corralled, so he seemed the only alternative at the time. I hoped he would stand up to the thugs. But Dear John threw the fight like a punk. I couldn't believe it. I have subsequently learned HOW TO believe it, however. The guy has done more harm to the Democrats than Karl Rove. Kerry's carefully placed blunders have almost capsized the very boat he was on.
Not career suicide, but party sabotage. Weak-Link Kerry.
The whole time those guys were "Swift Boating" him, Kerry was "Slow Boating" the entire USA. Pacifism does NOT mean allowing bad things to occur right in front of you. He did not stand for the Constitution in that assembly. In that attempt to protect himself, he accidentally revealed himself.
The Senator might even be immortalized one day, when he just grinds to a complete halt and becomes his own statue.
Perhaps, if we had the presence of mind to hit the Nader switch all at once, some things might have turned out far better. But, there's only speculation to weigh against monumental and catastrophic failure, so how can anyone really tell for sure?
Especially, with such even odds...