Reply #1: An e-mail has already been calmly sent [View All]

[beachmom]

You guys inspired me with that Boston Phoenix blog post, where you came calmly with facts. I did the same with Andrew. I started with Kerry's courageous vote against DOMA, which also proved his consistency of being opposed to gay marriage. Then I seguewayed into Iraq, excerpting his speech from Oct. 2002 that simply does not endorse the war Bush waged in '03. I said the only ones who really think the IWR was a "vote for war" were an oddball alliance of Rove and the far anti-war left fringe -- thought that might amuse him. I also demanded that he find the speech Kerry gave endorsing the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 (it simply CANNOT be found). Then I put a category of "Everything else", explaining how bloody consistent he has been on so many issues like abortion rights, the environment, "pay as you go", a diplomacy based foreign policy (endorsed by Jim Baker), and so on.

Then I mentioned that Andrew himself has obviously changed his mind about Iraq, but I sweetly said "but you're not a flip flopper, just a sane person who recognizes reality".

Nothing will probably happen. But long term, I sincerely believe my e-mails to him DO have an impact. They certainly have on Iraq. Kerry's tougher, but if Andrew can change his mind about a war, he could change his mind on other things. I'm actually not looking for an endorsement from Andrew of Kerry; merely respect for Kerry.