The Trouble With Kerry (from a Democrat!)

MSN Slate ^ | March 1, 2004 | Kausfiles

[FairOpinion]

The worry here isn't so much that Kerry is an untested executive--he's never run anything larger than his Senate office--but that the presidency requires more than mere executive competence.

No visible political courage: The great question for Kerry biographers is how a man who showed bravery on the battlefield could demonstrate so little of it in his political life.

I admit, I'm allergic to Kerry. Something in the vibration of that deep, pompous tone he adopts--the lugubrious, narcissistic fake gravity--grates on me.

[LibertarianInExile]

BWAHAHAHA! Send the Rats up BUMP!

[FairOpinion]

Wow!!

Thanks for all the detail. I was not aware of most of this.
I bookmarked your post for future reference.

But if he breaks down before the convention -- do we get Edwards or Hillary?

I think and hope Bush would beat either, but I think we will see quite a few more twists and turns before November.

[aShepard]

"And then he resigns, then Hillary takes over, and at some point the dead are supposed to rise, right?".....

LOL Only the dead that were registered democrats!

[Wolfstar]

Evidently, Massachusetts is a state with neither vision or imagination.

Which is, of course, astonishing given that the American Revolution started with the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. What a difference 234 years make.

[kevkrom]

Kerry is a follower. Not a leader.

A typical failing in most Senators -- this is why no sitting Senator has been elected President since Kennedy -- but "Lurch" has this failing in spades...

[BlueAngel]

Great post. Thanks for all of that info on Kerry.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Ah, but a bad heart from potential Marfan's (medical) complications is just the thing for Kerry's VP candidate.

Isn't it, Hillary?

(But, we may never know, since Kerry has refused to release medical records.)

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yes, but then they were shooting Mass soldiers.

And taking guns from Mass. citizen/soldiers. (Lex and Concord attacks were against the armory up there.)

See, Mass has had hundreds of years to grow fat, dumb and lazy as its citizens sit at home as beg for government assistance and guaranteed jobs and income and no competition (unions.)

Animal breeders can "create" a new breed in just 7 generations of selective breeding by choosing traits in each parent.

What do you think happens from 7-9 generations of humans sitting in one place, afraid to "go west," afraid to risk starting a business, afraid to risk their precious neighborhood of comfort and routine?

They simply selectively breed themselves into Europeans: Notice that the most liberal (most government dependent) areas are in the "old" inner cities and towns of New England? The energetic and independent types left many years ago.

[AFreeBird]

Something in the vibration of that deep, pompous tone he adopts--the lugubrious, narcissistic fake gravity--grates on me

I had the same feeling about Bill Clinton... well, actually, it was his eyes. They say the eyes are the window to the soul, well his eyes were dark, seedy, in a word: Evil.

[thoughtomator]

consider the laugh repaid a hundredfold!

[thoughtomator]

It's odd... if you look at Kerry's eyes, there's nothing there at all.