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Welcome to Backyard Blog, our group online journal for this election season. We've asked a broad array of people with deep ties to the region to share their views on politics during the 2004 campaign.
Send your comments to bbcomments@seattletimes.com. |
August 31, 2004
| Reader/blogger response |
| Posted by Matthew Ranger at August 31, 2004 03:43 PM |
It concerns me that people in this country are more swayed by propaganda than finding out the truth. Is it possible we are not really an intelligent society at all?
I don't really think that people are the easily lead automatons that you make them out to be. I think that most people are intelligent but take actions with motives behind them. In this case, I think that the motive for the swift boat vets is a little bit of sweet revenge for being branded by Kerry as a bunch of baby killing, village burning war criminals.
In looking at the poll numbers, his testimony on Capitol Hill is what really resonated with voters, not the medal controversy. In this case, I would almost have to fault Kerry for bringing this on himself. He was the one that brought up his actions 30+ years ago, not Bush or the swift boat vets. Kerry was smoking by the gas tank when he thought that he could talk about his war record without his testimony coming back on him.
It's always nice to get your first comment from a fellow West Seattleite. Thanks for reading.
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