Lessons Learned

[Jacobin]

Lessons Learned

* When a stupid comment by John Kerry about the war in Iraq becomes the big October surprise, you know the Republicans are truly grasping at straws.

* When a stupid comment by John Kerry about the war in Iraq becomes bigger news than the war itself, you know the corporate media is no longer capable of doing anything more complicated than staring at its own navel.

* If a stupid comment by John Kerry about the war in Iraq actually does end up influencing next week's elections, then we will have further proof that H.L. Mencken right: In a democracy, the people really do get the kind of government they deserve -- and they get it good and hard.

* Bill O'Reilly has occasional fits of sanity. (Oh'Really said Kerry
didn't mean anything bad toward the troops)

* Dick Armey and Tom DeLay are still assholes.

* John Kerry shouldn't try to tell jokes.


What matters, of course, is not what the political and media airheads are saying, but what the voters hear. Does Kerry's gaffe help the Republicans with their base by turning the focus on Hanoi John? Or does it hurt them with the undecided independents by keeping the focus on Iraq?

Both, probably. Although in the end neither is likely to matter much.

http://billmon.org/archives/002912.html

The above is from Billmon's blog. I think it pretty much puts a period to the end of the discussion, at least from my point of view, although I'm sure others will not agree.

[jeff30997]

1. O'Reilly really said that ???

I can't believe it!Now that's an october surprise for me.

[Jacobin]

2. Yeah. Pretty amazing, that