"Sheer idiocy"

[ProSense]

November 02, 2006

TIMES FORGETS KERRY RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004. Okay, that's not exactly what happened, but still, this is pretty amusing. Check this out from today's New York Times piece on John Kerry's botched Iraq joke:

Mr. Kerry’s advisers were trying to figure out the damage as he considers a 2008 run.

The long-term problem was not so much that he appeared to be insulting the troops — although that did not help, when his message rests so much on his military service and concern for veterans. It was more that his remarks left a segment of his own party, and perhaps the electorate, wondering if he has the agility and political skill to compete at the highest level.

Did anyone in Kerry's party really tell the Times this? It sounds a lot more like the reporter set out to hear this -- and then when something resembling it came along, went ahead and paraphrased it in the above manner. But it's just silly. Have we already forgotten the 2004 Presidential election? Kerry got over 59 million votes, second in history only to the current resident of the White House. Okay, he was an imperfect candidate and he lost, but still -- there's no question whatsoever that his run demonstrated the skills to at least "compete at the highest level." Sheer idiocy.

Sheer idiocy is right! The way these assholes believe they have the right to insult Democrats, and the way Democrats (FU Joe Lockhart) let them get away with, makes me ill!

[ginnyinWI]

1. haha, that's a good one!

That's a real knee-slapper! John Kerry doesn't have the politcal skill to compete at the highest level!


:rofl: :rofl:

BTW, what blog was this taken from?

[Firespirit]

2. It's the American Prospect

http://www.prospect.org/horsesmouth/2006/11/post_418.html

[karynnj]

3. That is a pretty stupid comment

As was Lockhart's which boiled down to "He's a good person, thinks about serious issues" and "is not a good politician - but got where he did because he is a good man".

Looking at that as an OUT OF beltway person - those are both positives. That Kerry has principles is a plus, not a negative.

[wisteria]

4. I though so too. Big deal, so he isn't a slick and slimy pol. n/t