Reply #50: Here is a positive spin on Kerry in Switzerland. The first I have seen, but addresses [View All]

[wisteria]

a lot of the RW junk.
Not to crazy about the beginning though. There are many of us who don't want him to be quite, the establishment Dem's be damned.




http://media.www.californiaaggie.com/media/storage/paper981/news/2007/01/30/Opinion/Glendon.Y.Mccreary-2686169.shtml?sourcedomain=www.californiaaggie.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com



Now, it has been well-established that John Kerry is not the best jokester in the world, and that he has a tendency to say things in such a way that they are easily misinterpreted. However, the implication being made by headlines such as the one above and those by conservative pundits goes far beyond criticizing Kerry's clumsy phrasing or even the viewpoint itself. It is suggesting that somehow Kerry's comments were damaging to our country.


No, what conservatives wanted to focus on was one word -- pariah -- and the fact that any American would dare criticize his own country. This episode, and many others like it, highlights an obsession with words, as opposed to actions, on the part of the President's supporters.


And Kerry hasn't been the only target of this kind of deceptive attack. With Congress set to publicly denounce the President's plans for putting more troops in Iraq, he and his supporters have warned that any kind of resolution passed by Congress refuting his Iraq strategy would be seen as "emboldening the terrorists" and "demoralizing to the troops." Of course, such assertions are not only baseless but insulting as well.