Wow! JK is not going to take it from Tweety anymore

[TayTay]

See this at salon.com (Ohh I love this man :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: )

http://daoureport.salon.com/synopsis.aspx?synopsisId=c4f13a24-a385-4395-b342-7d3d378bb0f2

DEMAND AN APOLOGY: "Bin Laden sounds like Clint Eastwood" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Ron Silver" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Rush Limbaugh" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Bill O'Reilly"-- "Bin Laden sounds like Mel Gibson" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Bruce Willis" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Michelle Malkin"... Imagine the outrage on the right and in the press (but I repeat myself) if a major media figure spat out those words. Well, on Hardball, Chris Matthews just blurted out that Bin Laden sounds like Michael Moore. Simple: Matthews should apologize. On the air. This has NOTHING to do with Michael Moore and everything to do with how far media figures can go slandering the left. And last I checked, Michael Moore didn't massacre thousands of innocent Americans. (The indispensable Crooks and Liars has the clip) And here's John Kerry's strong statement on the Hardball scandal and Bin Laden's reappearance...

"You'd think the only focus tonight would be on destroying Osama Bin Laden, not comparing him to an American who opposes the war whether you like him or not. You want a real debate that America needs? Here goes: If the administration had done the job right in Tora Bora we might not be having discussions on Hardball about a new Bin Laden tape. How dare Scott McClellan tell America that this Administration puts terrorists out of business when had they put Osama Bin Laden out of business in Afghanistan when our troops wanted to, we wouldn't have to hear this barbarian's voice on tape. That's what we should be talking about in America." -- John Kerry

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

This engendered a diary on DKos. Okay the haters showed up, but the haters always show up. Now see who ALSO showed up and tell me they don't sound like a certain sub-group at DU:

I was in a room (4.00 / 8)

with John Kerry and about 250 other Democrats and I could hardly believe my eyes when he walked in.
First he looked year younger than on TV -He was open and antimated and the stiffness and Senatespeak were gone. He spoke without notes on all the major issues. When he asked for question the first to rise was a woman who drooled: I just want to say I think you're hot! Everybody laughed except his daughter who hid her face in her hands. He thanked the lady for the compliment and then proceeded to take questions for 45 minutes on everthing from war to mold. Yes, mold. I moaned at that thinking it was a terrible subject to throw at him as the last question. But to my suprise he came on as a mold expert and had a lengthy discussion with the questioner, a Doctor. Afterwards he was swamped with hugs and handshakes. I thought if only all Americans could spend a couple of hours with him they would see he was nothing like the media protrayed him. He's a man of high intelligence and principle. Bush isn't fit to shine his shoes.

dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/20/01924/5785 cut and paste only.

[babylonsister]

1. That man must have cloned himself! He is

ALL OVER THE PLACE! I'm so glad he's getting so much exposure; he and his staff must be putting lots of overtime in!

[europegirl4jfk]

2. Yeah! And my favorite blog is favorable to Kerry too!

I couldn't believe my eyes when I read it on Americablog last night:
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/john-kerry-responds-to-nbcs-chris.html

John Aravosis normally never has a good word for Kerry, but this time he has. And the comments are acceptable too. :-)

[TayTay]

4. Okay, this was my faorite reply.

This is just priceless:

ZZZZIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!!

God damned, John, you are one dangerous mo'fo. You make me wish I was gay, I swear to God. Yee-HAH!

Good on you, good on Kerry.

Ahm, okay, that just sings.

[ProSense]

6. Some men just deserve all the love in the world.

To that poster and JK....

:loveya:

[ProSense]

3. Kerry rocks!

Perfect smack down to Crook in Chief and his minions.

Many of the comments at both sites are great. The detractors are confused (No one else is defending Moore). But check out the first post the Daou Report and the three right, especially number four.

[whometense]

5. Oh my god,

You guys have all put the BIGGEST SMILE on my face this morning!!! Is it bizarro world? I don't even care!

Having sworn off the talking heads last night and only heard Rachel Maddow this morning ultra-pissed-off about Tweety/Scarborough/Tucker I didn't expect to see anything like this today.

:grouphug:

Thanks for the good news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ginnyinWI]

9. I've become a big Maddow fan

Thanks to reading your recommendation of her, whome! :pals:

The talking heads are like junk food: they lure you in, and you regret it later! I've sworn off Hardball (again). Newshour may get dull at times, but at least it doesn't infuriate me!

[whometense]

10. I'm glad you're enjoying her show.

I still miss Maron in the mornings, but Rachel is great - I just wish she could be on from, say, 12-3.

Did I tell you I met her once? At a dinner - just loved her. In person she's just the same as she is on the radio - smart, warm, and soooooo much energy!!

[ginnyinWI]

12. That must have been fun.

As for the time of her show, I've got that solved: for Xmas we got ourselves a subscription to XM radio, and you can set up and record two blocks of programming. So I've set up her two hours, and then can listen to it "whenever". A bonus is that I can also skip the ads. :)

[MH1]

7. Wow. I'm seeing great supportive comments there,

by folks who I'd thought had turned against Kerry. This is great.

[whometense]

8. Check out this one:

http://www.haloscan.com/comments.php?user=katsiva&comment=113772753039844954#731779

Kerry's been clear as a bell. His so-called lack of clarity is merely a sick, twisted spin point perpetuated by the likes of Cheney, et al. Kerry rules. Matthews -- well, you know the rest.
Mitch | 01.20.06 - 12:13 am | #

[globalvillage]

15. Mitch gets it.

I saw a "John Kerry - bringing complete sentences back to the White House" bumper sticker today. And the car was well maintained, so it wasn't just left there.

There's a lot of love out there for the Senator.

[whometense]

11. JK hit it out of the park with his statement -

and perfect timing!!

Here's a commenter from Crooks and Liars:
http://www.haloscan.com/comments/crooks/6784/#454205

Hey, Kerry mashed in every debate with Commander Codpiece. He was intelligent and had all the facts. I was as pissed as anyone when he appeared to concede to soon, but did he? Or did he see the writing on the wall? I would like to think that Kerry had more inside info than any of us and considering what has come to light since then what with further hijinks from Diebold and all that nonsense in Ohio, I am inclined to think he did. Bush and his people had stolen another election and he knew it. WE knew it.
Bonkers | 01.20.06 - 1:02 am | #

[ProSense]

13. The links to

the video at crooksandliars, Kerry's statement at americablog.blogspot and an NPR interview with the former CIA field commander Gary Berntsen who is now critical of Bush are posted at cursor.org:

After Chris Matthews compared Bin Laden to Michael Moore, Sen. John Kerry released a statement saying: "You'd think the only focus tonight would be on destroying Osama Bin Laden, not comparing him to an American who opposes the war ... If the administration had done the job right in Tora Bora we might not be having discussions on 'Hardball' about a new Bin Laden tape."

http://www.cursor.org/

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

14. This may sound completely like wishful thinking,

overindulgence in fantasy etc. However, here is what I think Kerry set out to do from the beginning. (I realize I probably sound like the readers of poetry, but... :-))

I don't think he wanted to assume the Presidency at all, if it was close enough (wait, hear me out): the reason for this might have been two-fold:

1. If he takes office after a close election with a fairly big Rethug congressional majority and Rove still unscathed and therefore unfettered, these thugs together with their media noise machine would have made his presidency a living nightmare for the country.

2. On the other hand, if the thugs were out of power, they would never have been held to account for their innumerable treasonous activities.

If he came close enough and used that clout and popularity to keep in public view, while at the same time the country was awakening to the reality of the thugs' treasonous activities, he may have a very good chance of leveraging that into a big purge of the whole cabal: in other words, he and the country would be better off in the long run with the thugs held accountable for their actions before Democrats took over, thereby smoothing the path to a cleaner, more sane and benevolent governance.

[karynnj]

16. I see what you are saying, but I doubt that is the case

- On the Wolf Blitzer show where he was asked about how the loss bothered him, he spoke of knowing that he would do different things and he thought that would make things better. Kerry looked absolutely sincere. He also was within inches of tears when he conceded. He has never been credited with being an absolutely amazing actor.

There are things the President can do immediately
- As President, he would have put his Iraq plan into effect
- As President, he could negotiate with other nations. He spoke of involving other nations in totally transforming how they deal with non-state aggression (terrorists)
- As President, he would make appointments for the cabinet and all the executive branch agencies. Think of just one - what would a Kerry EPA do? No lower standards for one.
- As President, he could pick an attorney general - they could go after much of this corruption. I assume that this could more easily be addressed with subpoena power.
- As President, he would appoint ambassadors. Kerry certainly wouldn't appoint Bolton as his UN representative.
- As President, he would have selected 2 Supreme Court judges - We will live with Bush's picks for a generation.
- As President, he would choose diplomacy over war - I would feel more certain that things would work out with Iran, if we had a President Kerry

As you can see, there were many things that just being President would have an enormous impact on.

The other reason it seems unlikely is Kerry's personality. The same strength of character and dignity he has shown since he lost would stand against the RW attacks that would be sure to come. I assume that if he had genuine proof, he would have thought it would make him complicit if he chose not to fight for the system that elected him.

[fedupinBushcountry]

17. I respectfully disagree

in no way did Kerry not want to assume the Presidency.

If there was any chance whatsoever that he could prove FRAUD he would have in a split second. Don't let anyone let you think he gave up he didn't in fact he is still working on it.His team was taking every bit of info given them, I know this as fact, but without getting in the machines, voter manipulation is not enough, and that is sad but true.

Yes he would of had a hard time but he would of done everything in his way of the bully pulpit and the veto option to get things right. He would of been up to it and oh what a better country we would be living in today.

The concession speech IMO was the hardest speech he ever made and in that speech alone he proved how much better off America would have been with him as President. Just thinking of that speech makes me proud and sad at the same time. :cry:

[rox63]

18. I don't think so

I really believe that Kerry has wanted to be president since he was a teenager, since he was blown away by JFK's campaign speech at Boston Garden. There is no way he would give up on that dream unless he truly had reason to believe that he couldn't credibly claim the office.

[blm]

19. I think he would have opened the books on BCCI and there is no way to

spin the facts contained in those papers.

The Bush family would be out of business, as would most of their cronies.

This country would never allow a Bush near the WH again.

[TayTay]

20. The NYTimes story about the NSA wiretaps

that ran in mid-Dec proved that. The writers noted that the Bushies were scared about the fact that the Government was illegally listening in on their own citizen's phone calls because they feared what woulld happen if Kerry became President. It's right there in the story. They feared some jail time.