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Very Presidential, Mr. Kerry
March 11, 2004
Bloggers were all over this within hours yesterday. Today, the Washington Post plays ketchup, so it must be real. In what's being called by some an "unguarded moment," Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry told factory workers in Chicago yesterday that Republicans were "the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen." What I really like is this defense from a Kerry flack: Earlier, Kerry campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said the Democratic candidate had no regrets about his characterizations of the opposition. "Not at all," she said. "There's been a pretty high level of Republican attack machine working for the last four years for the sole purpose of smearing the Democrats. We're trying to make this campaign about issues; Republicans are making it about attacks." Funny, here I thought it was mostly the other way around. Anyway, classic Democratic reasoning: the individual is never responsible, larger forces are. Posted by Matt Rosenberg at March 11, 2004 07:27 AM Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Comments:
Perhaps John Kerry's famous sound bite of "Bring it ON!" should have been "I'll bring it on!". Posted by: Jack at March 11, 2004 09:19 AMThe election is in November, right? And it's now March, right? I just can't wait for more manufactured moments devoid of content and substance by the Kerry campaign in April, May, June, July, August, September or October. Pick your month when everyone except political junkies stop paying attention. Posted by: Gary B at March 11, 2004 10:06 AMWell, I have to wonder, what exactly does it mean to be "presidential." I was bemoaning to a friend this morning, that what the Democrats need is a guy like Harry Truman: a student of history, a hard worker, someone willing to stand by his decisions come what may and someone willing to take chances. Of course, Mr. Truman also promised to punch the nose of a music critic who had written a scathing review of Truman's daughter's piano skills - or lack thereof.
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