PARANOIA? BLAME SHIFTING?

National Review Online, (Kerry Spot, Jim Geraghty Reporting) ^ | August 2 | Jim Geraghty

[dano1]

There's not much more that can be said about this . Over the course of the campaign:

• Teresa Heinz Kerry has claimed that someone sent out a bogus bad cookie recipie in her name.
• John Kerry has claimed that his secret service agent knocked him down on the ski slope.
• The Kerry campaign has claimed that NASA leaked the "bunny suit" photograph.

• When asked about his oft-repeated attacks on "Benedict Arnold CEOs" by the Wall Street Journal, Kerry said "overzealous speechwriters" were responsible for the line.

• Kerry claims he was misled into war and what voting for the Iraq resolution meant.
• And when he threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park last week, he said he "held back" and "tried to lob it gently" out of concern for the National Guard soldier and Iraq veteran who was standing in as catcher.

There is an odd pattern here of an inability to say, even in mundane circumstances, "yeah, I messed up."

[dano1]

He left out:

• Mrs. Kerry used the word "Unamerican" in a talk on civility, then imediately thereafter denied doing so and told a reporter to "shove it" when she was asked to elaborate on what she meant.

[jwalburg]

Also, he said he quit the VVAW before the Kansas City meeting where they discussed assassinating senators, but later admitted that, yeah, he was at that meeting (but quit that night supposedly)

[Jenya]

And Kerry blew a gasket when a man at a rally asked him for the names of his foreign supporters. Also, whenever anyone brings up his weak Senate voting record on defense, he accuses them of attacking his patriotism.

Kerry and his second heiress wife are both head cases. They CAN'T get into the White House.

[supercat]

How do you like my tagline?

[Adrastus]

There's a certain childish inconsistency here. When caught in something that makes him look bad, it's someone elses fault not his. When something could make him look good, then it's all his doing and no one else is given any credit. He's a perpetual victim of the "bad guys."

Conspiricy, thy name is Kerry.

If I was Kerry and had no more support following the convention than he does, damned if I don't think I'd start carrying a gun.

[cricket]

"Conspiricy, thy name is Kerry."

or maybe just 'Conspiracy'. . .;^)

As for taking credit; Kerry could not refrain from repeating. . .that he made the same recommendations for security, long before the 9/11 panel. . .and of course,had Bush JUST followed HIS recommendations. . .

The man is an empty suit and in turn, no more than a dispiriting blowhard.

. . .and with just more than a bit of that 'Nixon paranoia'. . .

[dano1]

How do you like my tagline?

Very good! LOL.

[Sapper26]

And when he threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park last week, he said he "held back" and "tried to lob it gently" out of concern for the National Guard soldier and Iraq veteran who was standing in as catcher.



What a selfish act on Kerry's part. He denied that poor soldier a chance for a Purple Heart.

[dano1]

Also:

• Kerry's conflicting statements over the years about throwing (his vs. someone else's) (ribbons vs. medals) onto the White House lawn.

[GailA]

And his surgery hampered his pitch...but it didn't hamper his kite surfing........DOUBLE MINDED