The Radio Talk Show Amendment, Or: Why John Kerry is Now Toast

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 29 August 2004 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

This column is a day late. Was more importantly occupied by the arrival of a new granddaughter, this week. I guarantee it won't happen again (for a long while).

[Congressman Billybob]

Lady & Gentlemen,

F.Y.I. John / Billybob

[aynrandfreak]

I work at KMBZ on weekends. I would love to work for Agar, if the current producer doesn't work out.

[doingtherightthing]

any chance of getting michael medved on that station someday?

[Leisler]

Congratulation, and bump!

[kingattax]

what won't happen again for a long time ?.....

a column or a new grandchild ? :)

[Diogenesis]

Excellent assessment IF the election remains as a 'Taylor series expansion'.
However, the Democrats may employ the Torricelli Gambit, for example
in a fugue of fraud, dead-voters, preset legal challenges, and lost military and Republican votes
all as they pretend THEY are the 'victims'.

[tioga]

Congratulations and I love your latest predictions.

[Gabz]

I'm curious which Governorship do you think the GOP will pick up????

[Boundless]

> What’s the worst that can happen to me and my cause?
> And, how can I avoid that fate? Kerry failed to ask
> and answer those questions.

As I learn about "the real John Kerry", my impression is
that these are the sort of questions he NEVER asks, and
never will.

He traded on his fraudulent hero / hero of the resistance
status for 30 years, and it never occured to him that
this tried and true sham could fail him in a Presidential
run.

His arrogance would not permit him to consider it, just
as it will not permit him to consider whether or not the
Clintons are really rooting for him to win.

[counterpunch]

I've been saying for months now that Bush will win with about 58% of the vote. Many, even here, have guffawed.

I'm not about to make predictions down to the local level though. Good luck on that nonetheless!

[Stentor]

both would have supported Kerry if he had returned from Vietnam and attacked just the political leaders who were conducting the Vietnam War

I always enjoy reading something I hadn't thought of before.

[beyond the sea]

I hope you're right Billybob. I'm a good friend of Punxzutawney Phil. I only hope you do as well prognosticating as he does.

[AaronInCarolina]

John,
I don't see why you can't continue to do spots on Jerry's new show in Kansas City. I would highly recommend that Jerry continue to call on you from his new show. And I hope that whoever replaces Jerry here in the Triangle area continues to call upon your expertise frequently.

[mhking]

Stick a fork in Ketchup Boy....he's done.

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[stevem]

In running for President, Kerry has problems coming out of his ears. He made a judgement that running as THE mover and shaker of military and foreign policy during the Vietnam War, he obviously opened himself to the scrutiny of those he slandered in those days. He butchered this effort in not figuring out ahead of time how to defuse the issue. Maybe there was no hope. A large majority of those that served in Vietnam likely took being branded as rapists and baby killers a little personally. Kerry built a career on such branding.

Yet what was Kerry to run on. Most liberals (and Kerry is most Liberal) are only proud of their philosophy if they aren't running for office. As candidates they try their best to hide their philosophy.

Kerry adds to the dilemna by being utterly boring when he opens his mouth. Perhaps in the end what you really have is a guy who simply isn't a good presidential candidate. If the press weren't working in overdrive to keep this candidacy alive by assisting the Kerry camp any way possible, his popularity would peak at about 30%, those democrats that vote for democrats no matter what.

[aynrandfreak]

I'm just getting to know the new program director, but he seems to appreciate libertarian/right-leaning talk. I'd like some Hugh Hewitt myself.

[lstanle]

"When John Kerry sat down after that speech, his campaign was already doomed to defeat."

I could not believe that the party that gave us 8 years of the military loathing, draft dodging, bubba from Arkansas could think that they could sell a candidate for Commander in Chief of the United States Military to the U.S. voters based on about 3 months of combat experience. I know he was in Nam 4 months and 12 days but about one month was for training.

[Congressman Billybob]

LOL. The columns will be regular as clockwork. It's the grandchildren who are few and far between. Sorry for the literary confusion.

John / Billybob

[Congressman Billybob]

In writing a swan song type article mentioning WPTF, I deliberately left out references to appearing on the new station. Yes, I will be on-air at the new station. I even hope they have the budget to fly me to K.C. regularly to do the live radio in person, which improves the quality of the output.

John / Billybob