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Tom br> Greeneville, Tennessee /p>

What a spot-on article about Mr. Kerry, his silence and the if-it's-bad-or-catastrophic-for-America-it's-good-for-us mindset of at least the leadership of the Democrat Party -- if not substantial numbers of rank-and-filers.

But will anyone who needs to read the article and ponder its message actually do so? I'm guessing not, and that's a crying-out-loud shame because Mr. Beston writes what definitely needs complete exposure.

He tagged Mr. Kerry about his silence about "Fahrenheit 9/11." When pressed, he may give a tortured, incoherent, persnickety answer. But maybe he'll be silent, putting whatever response he might have said with other prominent silences on his political shelf.

That F 9/11 silence would join the one that would've refuted and rebuked Michael Moore or Wesley Clark calling President Bush a deserter.

Or the one would've demanded that flibbertigibbet Al Gore to put a sock in it, after having publicly apologized to Mr. Bush after accusing him of betraying America.

Or the one that would've condemned MoveOn.org for having the Bush-Hitler look-alike contest and then publicly disassociated himself from the e-group.

Or the one that would've also condemned and them demanded an apology from George Soros for equating Mr. Bush and his administration to Hitler and the Nazis.

Or the one …

But should anyone be surprised?

If, for instance, Mr. Kerry cannot or will not resolve his own personal and public opinions about abortion -- or if he cannot muster the wisdom or good sense to cross a picket line in Boston to address the nation's mayors, rather than offend organized labor (and that which is paid well) -- isn't it delusional to expect him to suddenly have the courage and character to stand up for anything that's right?

p>Who knows, though? Maybe he'll find the backbone to stand up and say how utterly despicable and seditious it is to root, overtly or covertly, for the defeat of the U.S. and the death of some of its soldiers because of and in that defeat-or for some domestic economic or racially motivated catastrophe-just so an election can be won. Nah. br> --

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