.
Posted on 10/15/2004 4:56:10 PM PDT by Chris_Shugart
I've seen the light and it is Kerry
by Chris Shugart, October 15, 2004
Well, it’s taken until now, but I’ve finally got John Kerry figured out. It hit me like a bolt of lightning during a moment in the third presidential debate. It was one of those things that’s so obvious that you miss it; so crystal clear that you see through it and don’t notice what you’re looking at. But in a matter of seconds on Wednesday night I had a revelation. It was as if John Edwards had laid his hand on my forehead and commanded, “Stand up my son, in the name of stem cell research, and see the light!”
Let me come back to Earth and explain what happened. President Bush had just challenged a statement Kerry had made on his position on Iraq. Kerry responded and said, “No, that’s wrong. In fact I’ve said the opposite.” That’s when it hit me. Kerry was right. He had said the opposite, at least once. Kerry has been on every side of every issue for so long, that he can site for the record whatever position he needs to have for any given moment or situation.
I’ve misevaluated John Kerry. I’d come to believe that his wishy-washy waffling on the issues was merely due to political clumsiness. Now I understand the strategy. Kerry can be anything you want him to be. The Democrats have recognized all along that their best hope for victory is to appeal to the voter who’s dissatisfied with Bush. Senator Kerry doesn’t have to be much in order to do that. He just has to be the Democratic challenger. That could be anybody, as long as it’s a Democrat. And that in a nutshell is the strategy. John Kerry is anybody but Bush.
Throughout the campaign, Kerry has successfully covered all his bases in order to be the “anybody” candidate. In one city he’s publicly declared that the sky is green, but in another city he once acknowledged that the sky is blue. No matter how you try to nail him down on anything, he’s on record somewhere having said something else.
This is the beauty and genius of nuance. You can be all things to all people without having to take a firm stand on anything. This is what the Kerry campaign has accomplished with considerable success. And I’m convinced it’s been done by calculated design from the very beginning.
Yes, he did complement the President on his handling of 9/11 but that was after he attacked him for his performance of 9/11. I'm sure you will recall how he attacked the President for waiting too long in the classroom and claiming that if he were in that position he would have immediately ran to the nearest telephone booth and switched into his superman costume. Yet another FLIP-FLOP or is that nuance...whatever.
It has been that strategy - and outright lying - that has kept him in the Senate from my home state for 20 years. Wm. Weld said that during a debate for Senate, Kerry's outright lies were his (Weld's) biggest challenge. Kerry winks at the self-proclaimed Cambridge intellectual elite while hoodwinking the ignorant.
Actually, I was thinking of the Blue Flamers
Well, buddy--I'm an independent, and I sure ain't no Democrat "hedging my bets". It's a "matter of principle" thing. But "party hacks" don't (or won't) understand that.
You got that right, ""Doc"! That's why Kerrys' Momma said to him repeatedly; "Integrity, integrity, integrity!" She knew the SOB didn't have any.
I can't figure out which original Star Trek episode this reminds me of?
Nothing wrong with that! You don't get the junk mail from the RNC or DNC, do you?
:-)
This is just too much to think about as a "what if". Very serious thinking must be put into this "theory" if Kerry is elected, but not until then, and to God I pray that day never comes!
LOL! I hadn't thought about it that way before.
.
That's him .. the Anybody Candidate
Anybody and nobody.
I don't think even Kerry knows who he really is
While Clinton may have said it too, I do know that Bob Dole said something very much like this when he was running for the nomination. Of course, that attitude turns off conservatives more than liberals...
Going to make a Holy Hour right now and this issue is definitely toward the top of the prayer list.
God Bless.
>>You don't get the junk mail from the RNC or DNC, do you?
Ya got that right!
Some voters have wished for a "None of the Above" choice in the voting booth.
Once again, Kerry misreads the electorate by being "All of the Above."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.