Well, erm, I guess I’ve outed myself politically already so I might as well keep on going. I wanted to post this speech because I thought it was the standout of the night, and I know the networks cut it off. I thought more people should have a chance to see it.
I found it poignant that Kerry was able to unleash the full force of his passion and brilliance on behalf of Barack Obama in a way that he was never able to do for his own presidential candidacy. But maybe that’s what we should have expected from a man who won a silver and a bronze star for helping others, not thinking of himself. And isn’t thinking of and working for others before onesself the real mark of a hero?
Very interesting indeed. Maybe he really didn’t want to be president and just got swept along? Working to make history like this must be exhilerating.
I think he truly wanted to be president. But maybe he had the wrong temperament for it. When he saw his comrades injured, wounded, his first instinct was to think of them, not of his own safety. When he sees Obama under attack, his first thought is how to come to his defense. He has the ego to be a hero, but maybe not a president.