Teresa: Anti-war Protesters Are 'The True Patriots'

Teresa Heinz Kerry used her Democratic convention national debut to praise anti-war protesters as America's "true patriots," but couldn't find anything good to say about U.S. troops fighting the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"In America the true patriots are those who dare speak truth to power," Mrs. Heinz told the convention crowd, after contending that the names of the dead on the Vietnam War Memorial "testify to the awful toll exacted by leaders who mistake stubbornness for strength."

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