John Kerry

that the US has world wide - and the respect shown for Kerry's leadership. (While I know there are formalities that require polite words, many of the people went far beyond that.

It was a welcome contrast to some of the juvenile Republicans. It is still bothers me that a Senator who looks and acts like he should be in the cast of Willie Wonks's chocolate factory rather than a US Senator, and who has been caught several times plagiarizing and who certified himself as a doctor, because he wanted to do - even though he could have qualified like other doctors, had the chutzpah to call the Secretary "intellectually dishonest" over using the 2001 resolution - which in fact was open ended and against non state terrorism. Not to mention, Kerry and Obama welcome a new resolution -- but Congress went home.