Some Call It ‘Botched’ — Kerry Played the GOP

[kerrygoddess]

Some Call It ‘Botched’ — Kerry Played the GOP
November 5th, 2006 @ 2:11 pm

Here we are a couple of days before the mid-terms and the D.C. pundit and consultant society would rather carp about John Kerry’s comment last Monday that created a rather ridiculous firestorm from the right wing. We all know that some in the trade are already lined up with their chosen ‘08 candidates — these would be the same genius pundits and consultants, who in ‘02 believed Democrats needed to take national security “off the table” by voting for the Iraq War. And they are the same people who just a few months ago thought Democrats shouldn’t be debating Iraq and decided a lobbying scandal should be the central issue of the mid-term elections. Well, they are at it again, now attacking John Kerry for joke that was botched but others have noted made a lot of sense.

Let’s get a little perspective here people, this classic inside the beltway story belongs buried in the archives of website, and on the eve of a very real election that will change the political landscape, we should all be forgetting the hype over this by now.

Susannah Meadows claims in NEWSWEEK that Democrats are assessing the damage done to the party (and Kerry’s ‘08 chances) by John Kerry’s ‘botched’ joke. Well, I already noted here the other day day that Kerry was helping the party and polls have shown that there was no damage. In fact, polls show that Democrats are carrying the 50 toughest Republican districts out there and are winning big on the top issue in this election – Iraq. Yes, John Kerry had the audacity and the guts to hold Bush and the GOP accountable for this miserably failed war in Iraq. He pushed the envelope, he pushed the issue to the forefront and he proved what this fight is really about – Iraq. Some call it ‘botched’ but the fact is Kerry helped to push the Iraq issue to the limelight in the final days of this election cycle and he helped to spell out disaster for Republicans in this election.

When all was said and done, Kerry made the selfless choice to put the Democratic party first by deciding to come off the campaign trail last week, simply because he refused to let the Republican Hate Machine (aka the Republican Noise Machine) who Susannah Meadows is shilling for in NEWSWEEK, use Democratic candidates as proxies in their sick, twisted, distorted spin war.

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[blm]

1. You're right - it was the Dems who kept MAKING The Iraq war the story who

drove the electorate to turn away from it. They didn't go away and kept focusing and focusing on every bad decision Bush made to keep it in front of the American peoples' faces.

[sandnsea]

2. That's an excellent piece

Very good - one of your best.

:applause:

[kerrygoddess]

5. Thanks!

I really appreciate that a lot! :)

We all have to know this will play out just fine. I'm off to post this in GDP.

[ProSense]

3. You had me

at the title!

Awesome! Awesome!


:yourock: :yourock:

[politicasista]

4. Nice piece

:yourock: :kick:

[cadmium]

6. well done.

good to know who your friends are. Keeping score is good.

[rockymountaindem]

7. The thread going on about this now in GD is insane

Less than 48 hours from the wire, and people are still bashing Kerry so they can build up their candidate.

A lot of times people complain that we're too stifling on this board against people who express displeasure with Kerry. Sometimes they say we're rude or closed-minded etc. But I'll say one thing... I don't think I've ever seen anyone from this group shamelessly use Rovian talking points to bring down another Democrat like they do repeatedly against Kerry.

Score one for us.

[Mass]

8. We have some people who are simply dillusional.

One of the poster compares a USA Gallup poll from June to the latest ABC poll.

In the meantime, there was a September USA poll where the difference was 10 points lower.

[ProSense]

9. What they expect, as always,

is that Kerry should be attacked and not defended! That such a despicable act should be met with "oh well!" That we should shut up and let the RW and opportunistic types have their way!

Defend Clinton at all cost, ditch Kerry! Screw them!

When Hillary Clinton made her plantation comment, people defended her! Too bad, she isn't made of the same stuff!

[Mass]

10. I told you a couple days ago that Ford would be Kerry's fault.

Only solace I find is that these are the same few ones that have been bashing times after time after time.