BillD,
"In a recent speech, Kerry said that not renewing the "assault weapons ban" would put military assult rifle on the street."

Is that an "unnecessarily extreme characterization of Kerry's views. "?


Gee, I thought that an actual statement by a person might represent his view.




"we consider his actions and choices poorly planned and indefensible."

And that is the point that some would argue- The assumption seems to be that all must accept that as given- Some of us feel that the actions and choices were the best possible ones, given the information that was available, and the situation as it existed at the time. Not that they were good choices: just the best that could be made at that time.