hmm...
i resent your admonitions for me to listen with an open mind and without biases. as if you knew me and for what purpose i tune into those shows. you, apparently, listen to some of those same programs... yet i made no assumptions about your ability to comprehend their meaning.
that being said...
i will not take the time to review the archived audio, but i will assume that your account of the radio discussion is accurate when framing a response.
i'll grant you that this specific call fielded by roger hedgecock appears to support your original post, but i still refute the notion that this is in any way indicitive of the usual agenda of said talk-show hosts. we must not forget that kerry did indeed fudge the truth when testifying before congress. his original statement was that he witnessed these events, when he later backtracked into saying that he had only heard of them. that isn't to say that Sen. Kerry's testimony didn't reflect realities of the war, but it does give legitimate footholds to his detractors.
also, i think you should not lump limbaugh o'reilly and the President of the United States in the same category while discussing this argument. the President has never cast aspersions on Kerry's war record in the context of a personal attack, never given an address on the merits and shortfalls of the Vietnam war and has never belittled anyone who has called into a radio show.
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