Whenever I hear a political speech and then listen to the commentaries afterward (composed of dissection, nit-picking, conjecture about what a particular word or phrase really meant, and speculations about whether or not the speaker got his message across to left-handed, blue-eyed Latino ballet dancers in Nebraska), I often wonder if they actually listened to the same speech I did.

I though John Kerry delivered a helluva good speech and it was right on point.

GUEST's comments, judging from his or her comments on other threads, are to be expected. They could have even been written before he or she heard Kerry's speech.

Don Firth