Posted on 02/04/2004 3:23:50 AM PST by ninonitti
President Kerry - this is the most frightening idea since ``President Dukakis'' back in 1988.
It's like a dark cloud gathering on the horizon. Last night, Gigolo John sweeps five of seven primaries, and he's running ahead of President Bush in the polls.
It's 1988 all over again, with only John Edwards standing, however unsteadily, in Kerry's way.
You know, since 1988, M. Stanley Dukakis has become a standing joke, George McGovern in a tank. He's relegated to the Fritz Mondale-Jimmy Carter super-loser category. But remember, the Duke was 17 points ahead of Bush I after the Democratic convention.
If the Duke had been of sound mind, and Al Gore hadn't invented Willie Horton in the New York primary, the Duke might well have become the 41st president.
It was scary there for a while, but all's well that ends well, and 1988 ended magnificently. Only now, 16 years later, it's deja vu, although this time it's the Duke's lieutenant governor who's rolling toward . . . Boston.
Which is, of course, the Republicans' secret weapon. The Democratic convention is going to take place right here, and if yesterday's urine-drenched chug-a-lug party on City Hall Plaza is any indication, Mumbles and his gang of knuckleheads are far from ready for prime time.
Yesterday was a dry run convention, and it quickly became a wet run. And think of how much tougher July's rioters will be than yesterday's drunk teenagers. If Seattle couldn't handle the anarchists and wackos who descended on the WTO conference a couple of years back, then how possibly can Mumbles?
How odd it is that George Bush's best friend in the coming campaign may be Mumbles Menino, the mayor who said yesterday he couldn't put porta-potties on City Hall Plaza because they might be used ``as weapons.''
Who knew the Incredible Hulk was lumbering downtown to start a riot?
One thing seems certain: George Bush is going to need some help from somewhere, and Lee Atwater sure ain't coming back.
What does Karl Rove propose to throw at Kerry? The fact that his car didn't have a Massachusetts inspection sticker for seven years? That when it comes to charity, he tosses around quarters like manhole covers? That he owns a 42-foot Hinckley powerboat named the Scaramouche? That until he started running for president Kerry preferred an imported Italian motorcycle to his present Harley?
The old Arthur Finkelstein-type ``wedge'' issues just don't work anymore, which brings us back to all those ``fans'' on City Hall Plaza yesterday. Many of the guys were relieving themselves on the Plaza when they weren't videotaping the girls flashing their breasts, a la Janet Jackson.
They've spent way more time in mosh pits than precincts, and that's your 2004 electorate, folks. You can't call Kerry a card-carrying member of the ACLU because 1) he's too cheap to pay the annual dues, and 2) most of these voters have no clue what the ACLU is.
Maybe gay marriage still will work as a national issue. But surely someone close to Kerry will reach out to Margaret Marshall and tell her that if she ever wants to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court, she had better play ball with the Legislature next week and settle for ``civil unions.''
It all seemed so simple a few weeks back. But now John Kerry 2004 is looking like Mike Dukakis 1988, before Bush I toured Boston Harbor.
``Listen,'' a friend of mine said yesterday, ``if Bush can't beat Kerry, he doesn't deserve to win.''
It's not Bush I'm worried about. It's the rest of us. What exactly have we done to deserve President Kerry?
I see a '68' scene where the Hilery drones push everyone else out.
Don't you sense the Hillery picadores getting ready to wound ol horseface all spring?
The low-keyness of it is what scares me the most.
Antiwar sentiment pumped by only partial considerations of David Kay's testimony will not, I believe, sustain momemtum through the conventions and November, even with Soros' money. Antiwar does not translate well into strong national defense, and Kerry's record in the Senate will be his horrendous and continuous embarassment.
There is a long trail ahead of us.
Antiwar sentiment pumped by only partial considerations of David Kay's testimony will not, I believe, sustain momemtum through the conventions and November, even with Soros' money. Antiwar does not translate well into strong national defense, and Kerry's record in the Senate will be his horrendous and continuous embarassment.You are right.
This one I can answer.....50 years of unrestrained liberalism and political correctness will give you a president kerry or some such every time!
Hmm.. Moto Guzzi or Ducati? At least he has SOME brains!
This mayor sounds as dopey as our Mayor Bloomberg!
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