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p>One can't help but wonder if the poor goose taken by Mr. Kerry was already wounded by one of his hunting companions and was desperately attempting to crawl away to safety as Mr. Kerry ran up behind it and shot it in the back. After all, that was Mr. Kerry's reputed modus operandi in a similar situation. br> -- Sam Keck br> Indian Wells, California /p> p> Neumayr has hit the nail right on the head about Kerry specifically and liberalism in general. The fact that liberals must pretend to be something they are not in order to get support betrays their cynical and empty philosophy. And the terrible danger of having people in power who believe in essentially nothing is that there are no restraints or limits to which they may not go for the sake of amassing power to themselves. The rights and liberties of Americans, indeed of all people, are as nothing to people who see the wielding of power as the ultimate good -- for them. If our founding fathers had been such men, this country would not have lasted beyond the War of 1812, and the world would be a lot less free than it is now -- including Europe. Maybe especially Europe. Just imagine the world today if America had never gotten off the ground. This is the world that liberalism would end up creating. br> -- Steve Hayes br> Utah /p>

Didja get a gander of that goose? Somewhere back in the woods there must have been a helium tank to blow them up! The camo-geared goose butler Kerry had totin' his kill was a grace note I have never seen before. But I am more familiar with dove-hunting. Big John could probably carry one of those by himself.

p>An observation about that soul of discretion, Teresa Heinz Kerry. Motherhood and grandmotherhood is a full-time job if you are at it full time and doing it right. I speak as one who brought up my own two sons and have cared for all three of my grandsons from six weeks for the past 17 years. Am caring for the most recent, a two year old 10 hours a days five days a week (that's more than full time, isn't it?), because I don't believe in alternative care by nannies-in-name-only or warehousing them at the Boot Camps for Babies we call Pre-School. My sons could well afford the best nannies available. But the best are not good enough. I tried to imagine doing it for twins -- as Laura Bush did. I couldn't. Then I tried to imagine Teresa trivializing it. That was easier. That woman operates in some parallel universe. br> -- Diane S. Smith br> So. San Francisco, California

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