Again With This Buffoon...
I am surmising, based on now two stories about John Kerry in one week that the cheese-eating surrender monkey is indeed interested in another run for the White House. And, in typical Boston Globe style, they are hyping the hometown boy. (Hat-tip: Captain’s Quarters)
Just a note, the story is longer than what I have put up here. Follow the link, and read all the excess pap if you wish. But I am going to tear this idiot down before the ball gets rolling. And, I do apologize for the length of this piece, but everyone knows how I am when I have a new drum to beat on.
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/09/kerry_adopting_the_rhetoric_of_a_dc_outsider?pg=full
Instead, Kerry -- a veteran politician who has held office for 21 years -- took off his suit jacket and roamed a small stage in Louisiana's Old State Capitol to push a new message: Get angry at Washington.
Ah, a-la Howard Dean. (Anyone remember Dean when he would roll up his sleeves, and pace the stage?) If Kerry is trying to make this his new message, he had better get Dean’s scream ready for when he loses it. The man is trying to push the image he is an outsider to Washington, DC, and he might pull it off. He does have one of the worst attendance records in the Senate.
''Washington seems more and more out of touch with the difficulties the average family is facing," Kerry told the crowd of about 150 last week in Baton Rouge. ''Go out of here, take some anger and a little bit of outrage at the fact that Washington is not dealing with the real concerns of our country."
(YEEE-AAHHHH!!) Kerry forgets that is what the administration is doing. The tax cuts early in Bush’s first term spurned a sluggish, recession-laden economy forward. Then, 9/11 occurs, which does even more damage to an already sagging economy. The administration is dealing with a war they did not start, they have addressed Medicare/Medicaid, they have addressed education by giving the single largest increase to funding since Clinton's first term, they are addressing the judicial crisis in our courts, they are looking into serious solutions to Social Security, etc.
Six months after his presidential bid ended in defeat, Kerry is on another cross-country campaign. This time, he is running against the political establishment.
Who is he trying to fool. He is a part of the establishment. He painted himself to be a snobbish, self-absorbed Northeastern liberal in the last election. He refused to address any tough questions (Has he signed Form-180, yet?) especially about his Senate record.
It is a striking transformation for someone who has been identified with that establishment for so long, but a change he and his aides insist is sincere. And while Kerry has repeatedly pledged to remain relevant following his presidential campaign, the intensity of his efforts has been surprising, particularly because recent failed presidential nominees have entered reclusive periods after their campaigns ended.
His "transformation" is as striking to the Globe as Hillary’s was. The problem is that these people think that America is stupid, and that we will just take these politicos, at their word, that they have changed their stripes. They have not changed anything except their facade. And Kerry’s is just plain stupid. He is hyping the same things that Hillary is, and he has latched onto a little pet project that is "all about the kids". Please, this rhetoric is older than the screams from the extreme liberals that "Bush lied, kids died."
In essence, Kerry is trying to reignite a fire that never quite raged for his presidential bid on behalf of a domestic agenda he is pushing in Congress. He is shooting regular e-mail updates to his network of 3 million supporters. His new political action committee bought a large ad in tomorrow's USA Today that accuses Bush and GOP leaders of ignoring soaring gas prices, children without health insurance, and the lack of quality jobs with good wages.
See, there you go. He has not changed one iota. He is still latching onto the old Democrat base issues, even after the DNC event this past weekend endorsing gay marriage. Kerry is on record as being against it and Ted "I can drive" Kennedy is for it. And he only has three million supporters now? What happened to the fifty-five million that had so much faith in their white knight on his steed, riding in to save the day from the eeeevil Republicans?
Kerry insists that he simply wants to drum up support for his ''Kids First" bill, which would provide healthcare coverage to all children -- although Kerry acknowledges it is a long shot in the Republican-controlled Congress. Just below the surface, though, Kerry is trying to rehabilitate his public image as an entrenched insider, in case another national campaign is in his future.
Again, Kerry is an insider. He just does not show up too much. I seriously believe he thinks even his fellow colleagues are below his snobbish standards. If anyone remembers his mannerisms and his speeches from the campaign last year, to me, they came across as far too...elevated. As though he had placed himself on a pedestal, and no one—not even his wife—could touch him.
''He has enormous political capital with various groups and constituencies, and he's one of the most important leaders in our party," Brazille said. ''As John Kerry continues to reflect on 2004 -- and explore options for 2008 -- it's important that he understands that people didn't really know John Kerry in the last campaign."
No, that was precisely his problem. People knew too much about him. He would not address his Senate record because of how poor it was when it came to cutting taxes, building up our defense, and funding our intelligence services. He refused to tangle with the Swift Boat Vets and bloggers over his more-than questionable Vietnam service, which ended up being the platform of his campaign. We knew of his affinity for Europe; a continent that is becoming more and more anti-American. Finally, he put far too much faith into the UN despite all of the burgeoning scandals tearing the organization apart at the seams.
But an image makeover figures to be difficult for a man who spent as much time in the public eye -- and in public office -- as Kerry has.
''He's the last politician that people are going to buy as an outsider. That dog won't hunt," said Jeffrey Berry, a political science professor at Tufts University. ''John Kerry ran for president, and he has a long record in politics. He just doesn't come across as an outsider."
Mr. Berry is correct. He does not come across as an outsider. Here is a tip for people like John Kerry: If you are a career politician, do not make stump speeches that all of a sudden you are an outsider to DC. It does not work. Your record—your image—speaks for itself.
Although Kerry said he was not in Louisiana to talk about his loss to Bush, the senator was clearly still smarting from the 2004 campaign. He proudly noted that he received 10 million more votes than President Clinton did during his 1996 reelection campaign and suggested that terrorism warnings sounded in the midst of the last campaign may have been exaggerated to help Bush.
''Fight back against the lies, fight back against the distortions," Kerry implored the crowd. ''In the last campaign, there was an unbelievable amount of fear put out there -- 'war on terror, war on terror, war on terror.' How many alerts have we had since the election?"
Actually, Senator, there have been none. Why? Because you and your ilk believed that the public was so stupid that an "overhaul" of the alert system has been going on. However, the government has not been lax in their warnings or advisories. There have been at least six separate warnings for people traveling abroad, and two alerts issued by the Office of Homeland Security to be on the lookout for a few Middle-Eastern men that may or may not be here illegally, and have ties to several people amongst al-Qaeda. We do not need color codes to tell us that the administration is on the job. The same job, sir, you would rather have outsourced to the corrupt, defunct, on-it's-way-to-extinction United Nations.
And as for the warnings throughout the campaign, the administration had intelligence in hand that stated al-Qaeda may have tried to disrupt our election in November. That was a very real possibility. And had he been in the Senate, on the Intelligence Committee, he would have known this. Otherwise, what was with all the talk of contingencies should al-Qaeda actually strike the nation on voting day.
This guy is a joke. He can make all the stump speeches he wants. But the sheer fact of the matter is that no one trusts a once-around loser. He does not have enough political capital to spend on anything. The political capital he is supposedly spending is scraps from the table for the dogs at his feet. But those dogs are already walking away. He will be left with the extreme side of the Democrat party at his feet. That may be great if you are planning a campaign like Howard Dean ran the last time, but if you are truly going to run as an outsider, then do the right thing, and resign. The longer you hold your seat, the more people will not believe that you are truly an "outsider". The tactic worked fro Bush because he was an outsider in 2000.
Better yet, you people in Massachusetts, if you think this guy is as big a loser as the majority of the nation decided on Nov. 4th, then please vote him out of office in 2006, and take away that "entrenched insider" from a self-appointed outsider. (Again with the flip-flops.)
The Bunny ;)
I am surmising, based on now two stories about John Kerry in one week that the cheese-eating surrender monkey is indeed interested in another run for the White House. And, in typical Boston Globe style, they are hyping the hometown boy. (Hat-tip: Captain’s Quarters)
Just a note, the story is longer than what I have put up here. Follow the link, and read all the excess pap if you wish. But I am going to tear this idiot down before the ball gets rolling. And, I do apologize for the length of this piece, but everyone knows how I am when I have a new drum to beat on.
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/09/kerry_adopting_the_rhetoric_of_a_dc_outsider?pg=full
Instead, Kerry -- a veteran politician who has held office for 21 years -- took off his suit jacket and roamed a small stage in Louisiana's Old State Capitol to push a new message: Get angry at Washington.
Ah, a-la Howard Dean. (Anyone remember Dean when he would roll up his sleeves, and pace the stage?) If Kerry is trying to make this his new message, he had better get Dean’s scream ready for when he loses it. The man is trying to push the image he is an outsider to Washington, DC, and he might pull it off. He does have one of the worst attendance records in the Senate.
''Washington seems more and more out of touch with the difficulties the average family is facing," Kerry told the crowd of about 150 last week in Baton Rouge. ''Go out of here, take some anger and a little bit of outrage at the fact that Washington is not dealing with the real concerns of our country."
(YEEE-AAHHHH!!) Kerry forgets that is what the administration is doing. The tax cuts early in Bush’s first term spurned a sluggish, recession-laden economy forward. Then, 9/11 occurs, which does even more damage to an already sagging economy. The administration is dealing with a war they did not start, they have addressed Medicare/Medicaid, they have addressed education by giving the single largest increase to funding since Clinton's first term, they are addressing the judicial crisis in our courts, they are looking into serious solutions to Social Security, etc.
Six months after his presidential bid ended in defeat, Kerry is on another cross-country campaign. This time, he is running against the political establishment.
Who is he trying to fool. He is a part of the establishment. He painted himself to be a snobbish, self-absorbed Northeastern liberal in the last election. He refused to address any tough questions (Has he signed Form-180, yet?) especially about his Senate record.
It is a striking transformation for someone who has been identified with that establishment for so long, but a change he and his aides insist is sincere. And while Kerry has repeatedly pledged to remain relevant following his presidential campaign, the intensity of his efforts has been surprising, particularly because recent failed presidential nominees have entered reclusive periods after their campaigns ended.
His "transformation" is as striking to the Globe as Hillary’s was. The problem is that these people think that America is stupid, and that we will just take these politicos, at their word, that they have changed their stripes. They have not changed anything except their facade. And Kerry’s is just plain stupid. He is hyping the same things that Hillary is, and he has latched onto a little pet project that is "all about the kids". Please, this rhetoric is older than the screams from the extreme liberals that "Bush lied, kids died."
In essence, Kerry is trying to reignite a fire that never quite raged for his presidential bid on behalf of a domestic agenda he is pushing in Congress. He is shooting regular e-mail updates to his network of 3 million supporters. His new political action committee bought a large ad in tomorrow's USA Today that accuses Bush and GOP leaders of ignoring soaring gas prices, children without health insurance, and the lack of quality jobs with good wages.
See, there you go. He has not changed one iota. He is still latching onto the old Democrat base issues, even after the DNC event this past weekend endorsing gay marriage. Kerry is on record as being against it and Ted "I can drive" Kennedy is for it. And he only has three million supporters now? What happened to the fifty-five million that had so much faith in their white knight on his steed, riding in to save the day from the eeeevil Republicans?
Kerry insists that he simply wants to drum up support for his ''Kids First" bill, which would provide healthcare coverage to all children -- although Kerry acknowledges it is a long shot in the Republican-controlled Congress. Just below the surface, though, Kerry is trying to rehabilitate his public image as an entrenched insider, in case another national campaign is in his future.
Again, Kerry is an insider. He just does not show up too much. I seriously believe he thinks even his fellow colleagues are below his snobbish standards. If anyone remembers his mannerisms and his speeches from the campaign last year, to me, they came across as far too...elevated. As though he had placed himself on a pedestal, and no one—not even his wife—could touch him.
''He has enormous political capital with various groups and constituencies, and he's one of the most important leaders in our party," Brazille said. ''As John Kerry continues to reflect on 2004 -- and explore options for 2008 -- it's important that he understands that people didn't really know John Kerry in the last campaign."
No, that was precisely his problem. People knew too much about him. He would not address his Senate record because of how poor it was when it came to cutting taxes, building up our defense, and funding our intelligence services. He refused to tangle with the Swift Boat Vets and bloggers over his more-than questionable Vietnam service, which ended up being the platform of his campaign. We knew of his affinity for Europe; a continent that is becoming more and more anti-American. Finally, he put far too much faith into the UN despite all of the burgeoning scandals tearing the organization apart at the seams.
But an image makeover figures to be difficult for a man who spent as much time in the public eye -- and in public office -- as Kerry has.
''He's the last politician that people are going to buy as an outsider. That dog won't hunt," said Jeffrey Berry, a political science professor at Tufts University. ''John Kerry ran for president, and he has a long record in politics. He just doesn't come across as an outsider."
Mr. Berry is correct. He does not come across as an outsider. Here is a tip for people like John Kerry: If you are a career politician, do not make stump speeches that all of a sudden you are an outsider to DC. It does not work. Your record—your image—speaks for itself.
Although Kerry said he was not in Louisiana to talk about his loss to Bush, the senator was clearly still smarting from the 2004 campaign. He proudly noted that he received 10 million more votes than President Clinton did during his 1996 reelection campaign and suggested that terrorism warnings sounded in the midst of the last campaign may have been exaggerated to help Bush.
''Fight back against the lies, fight back against the distortions," Kerry implored the crowd. ''In the last campaign, there was an unbelievable amount of fear put out there -- 'war on terror, war on terror, war on terror.' How many alerts have we had since the election?"
Actually, Senator, there have been none. Why? Because you and your ilk believed that the public was so stupid that an "overhaul" of the alert system has been going on. However, the government has not been lax in their warnings or advisories. There have been at least six separate warnings for people traveling abroad, and two alerts issued by the Office of Homeland Security to be on the lookout for a few Middle-Eastern men that may or may not be here illegally, and have ties to several people amongst al-Qaeda. We do not need color codes to tell us that the administration is on the job. The same job, sir, you would rather have outsourced to the corrupt, defunct, on-it's-way-to-extinction United Nations.
And as for the warnings throughout the campaign, the administration had intelligence in hand that stated al-Qaeda may have tried to disrupt our election in November. That was a very real possibility. And had he been in the Senate, on the Intelligence Committee, he would have known this. Otherwise, what was with all the talk of contingencies should al-Qaeda actually strike the nation on voting day.
This guy is a joke. He can make all the stump speeches he wants. But the sheer fact of the matter is that no one trusts a once-around loser. He does not have enough political capital to spend on anything. The political capital he is supposedly spending is scraps from the table for the dogs at his feet. But those dogs are already walking away. He will be left with the extreme side of the Democrat party at his feet. That may be great if you are planning a campaign like Howard Dean ran the last time, but if you are truly going to run as an outsider, then do the right thing, and resign. The longer you hold your seat, the more people will not believe that you are truly an "outsider". The tactic worked fro Bush because he was an outsider in 2000.
Better yet, you people in Massachusetts, if you think this guy is as big a loser as the majority of the nation decided on Nov. 4th, then please vote him out of office in 2006, and take away that "entrenched insider" from a self-appointed outsider. (Again with the flip-flops.)
The Bunny ;)
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