Posted on 06/01/2004 7:47:55 PM PDT by Pikamax
In additon to Dole, George Bush 41 was also a war hero with a DFC and so was George McGovern.
or George H.W. Bush for that matter. Oh for crying out loud what about Eugene McCarthey? No wonder the N.Y. Times sucked so bad, this guys a moron.
sorrry meant McGovern, got my liberal pinhead Mc's war heros mixed up
Now I know why he got fired. He's a yutz.
Hey Raines "You're Fired!"
And this from Howell Raines and the Guardian!
I believe that the main reason john kerry will not win the election for President is because by election day he won't be on the democrat ticket.
The democrat side of the ballot will read hillary roddam clinton.
That's actually a good start. Using that promise as disinformation, he must now figure out a creative way to become a redistributionist Democrat." - Raines
When Raines was here in 'Bama, his skill was chasing the big story (e.g. civil rights), not understanding local politics.
He never figured Alabama politics out, and it's also clear that he never grasped American politics, either.
That being said, I encourage the Democrats to take Raines' advice. It would make for the cherry on top of their worst run campaign in history.
The only saving grace here for Raines is that he is probably writing his above advice while drunk, and merely parroting snippets of conversations from British leftists at London cocktail parties...thinking that if he writes what liberals want to hear that he might land a new job somewhere.
On the other hand, I'd bet money that he'll stop getting invited to so many cocktail parties if his drunken binges splash into more of his writing.
Of course, the flip flops Kerry wears is really only a figment of our imagination. Ya see, Kerry really is only on one side...AT A TIME!!! LOL
Why, are you kidding me? Kerry, in Vietnam?
Democrats have to cobble together so many varied, and diametrically opposed factions to win, that every campaign speech is a mine field. Had it not been for Perot, we wouldn't have seen President Clinton; either time. And we wouldn't have seen Dole as candidate.
You used the past tense????
Tiny crack? Yeah, Madonna is a virgin. Was Raines asleep during the 70s? And how about the Democrats gift to America, McGovern?--the war hero who would crawl on his knees to Hanoi to stop the war.
The Dems have had a 32 year string of losers. Fortunately, only two have been elected.
1. The presumption that the American people are beyond ignorant; they are stupid!
2. The presumption that a Democrat candidate must lie in order to be elected. And that it's not only "O.K." for them to do so, it's smart!
3. The presumption that wealth is not earned, but claimed by birthright or won in some kind of commercial lottery. And since Democrats are "for the poor", then no Democrats can be "rich".
4. A total unthinking belief in their own biased media swill. Raines made sweeping claims about Bush's ANG service without ever fact-checking the circumstances. Specifically, no "political pull" was necessary to volunteer for training as a fighter pilot -- there was a frightful shortage of them.
By all means, Raines should write more of these pieces. And Kerry should definitely follow his instructions. For Raines reveals the left for what they truly are: provincial elitist snobs, more than a little ignorant themselves.
I sure hope Kerry takes the advice of Howell Raines, who is completely in touch with the prevailing mood in Greenwich Village and the Upper West Side, but hopelessly lost in most of the rest of America. Even by the standards of silver spoon liberals, this guy's condescension and contempt for the American people is extreme. And what's this crapola about Kerry being the first war hero candidate since JFK? What about Dole? What about Bush the first? I guess churning out garbage like this is what fired newspaper editors do these days.
And his arrogant elitism shows through, of course. He writes of Kerry's foreign policy speeches: " The problem is that speeches that sound right at the Council don't necessarily work for an electorate schooled to respond to simple messages." That's emperial Raines telling us how stupid we voters are.
And Raines, for all his gloomy doom predictions for Kerrey, he thinks his advice is worth something, he's still towing the party line, la Dana Milbank in the Washington Times. Peddling the false notion that Bush and Rove are unfairly attacking Kerrey, with negative, untrue ads. It's spinning bullhockeydoodoo!! Raines ignores the fact that Kerry has been steadily pounding Bush for almost a year with untrue allegations.
Raines, (like his New York Times) makes glaring errors too. "As America's first war-hero candidate since John F Kennedy", he writes, obviously forgetting about (not only Bob Dole), but the first President Bush and John McCain too.
But how like Raines to go to reporters for facts. He writes, "Every time I talk to a reporter who has covered him, new doubts creep in about his ability to connect with voters." I suppose it would never occur to Raines to ask real people, not reporters, for the truth of a matter.
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