Friday, August 20, 2004
Kerry at VFW
The NY Times summarized Kerry's speech at the VFW:
The veterans' group played host to both candidates this week - Mr. Bush spoke to them on Monday - as the two camps vie for the hearts and minds and votes of veterans, an important constituency in this election and one that has traditionally leaned Republican. This year, however, veterans seem more closely divided in their support of the two candidates. Today, the V.F.W. audience greeted Mr. Kerry with frequent applause, much as it had Mr. Bush on Monday.
But somehow they forgot to mention these guys, who refused to even look at Kerry:
The AP, no surrogate of the Republicans, captioned their photo as
War veterans Jere Hill, middle, from Warham, Mass., and Robert Gibson, right, from Lexington, Ky., stand with their backs turned during Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's speech at the 105th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. Man in foreground is unidentified. Kerry received a polite if not overwhelmingly positive reaction from the VFW. But there was a clear divide, with scores of veterans sittings with their arms folded while others clapped.
You would almost think the NY times was biased or something.
