Posted on 02/01/2006 2:15:30 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks
Losing presidential elections appears to be quite difficult for Democratic nominees to take. Al Gore has now evolved into a hysterical radical, unhinged caricature and attacks anything that doesn't fit his far left agenda at every turn. Now it appears John Kerry is set to join the unhinged failed presidential candidate club. After his Davos dial, where he called for a filibuster of new Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito from the slopes, he hit the airwaves on Wednesday morning and threw a bit of a hissy fit on the NBC's 'Today' Show.
It was to be nothing more than an anti-Bush screed, but surprisingly host Katie Couric tired of it very quickly.
It appears that the radical fringe attacking the perky Katie for correcting Howard Dean was a poor idea.
Katie continued her auditions of Democrats this morning. This time her guest was the haughty, French-looking junior senator from Massachusetts…and Katie gave him the skeptical treatment she usually reserves for conservatives.
The topic was the SOTU, and Couric began by putting him on the defensive:
"Was there anything you appreciated or liked hearing?"
-When Kerry accused W's proposals on energy as "falling far short" and started ticking off his laundry list, Katie cut him off: "Senator, the president certainly insisted that he wants to be headed in that direction." When Kerry tried to respond, she brought him up short: "So the question is, will the Democrats work with him?"
-When Kerry accused the president of not making the country safer, and described threats including Iran, N. Korea Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, again Couric interrupted. With a skeptical tone she asked: "Can you blame all those things, Senator, do you think you can squarely blame them on the administration?"
-When Kerry dismissed W's proposals on education and competitiveness as "timid," Couric reminded him that the president said "he wanted to train 70,000 additional teachers in math and science." Kerry answered in his best Martha's Vineyard lockjaw, "and that's terrific, Katie" while continuing his carping.
Katie saved her best zingers for last:
"In our latest NBC poll, 63% of those asked said the Democrats are doing a poor job at presenting a clear agenda and putting forth new ideas. That is 63%. That's a pretty sizeable number of people, Senator. If the president and the Bush administration had such a rocky year, in 2005, why weren't the Democrats able to capitalize on that in a more effective way?"
-When Kerry started complaining about the limited time the Democrats were given to respond to the SOTU, and that "all of you commentators were busy commenting," a clearly irritated Couric interrupted. Flashing a sarcastic smile, she asked "Oh you can't blame it all on the media, can you, Senator?"
Sounding a theme she had raised with Dean, Katie then complained of "poisonous partisanship," asked what could be done about it, and recognized that "certainly the president addressed that last night."
It's still not clear if John Kerry wishes to fall off the left cliff in an attempt to land the 2008 nomination. As he moves closer towards the irrelevance that is Al Gore he may want to reconsider if he is ever to add his voice to serious debate.
Especially if he plans on interviewing with the perky Katie Couric again.
Do you have the link?
"I think it more likely that she's working for Hillary - thinning the herd."
I thought Hillary (Mrs. Bill Clinton) was the herd?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569297/posts
Thanks for keeping a lookout. In fairness, it does seem that the National Ledger linked to the NewsBusters article.
And grow a beard.
Sorry 'bout that! ;^)
...and develop a drinking problem. Isn't that what Masschusetts Senators do?
No I think Joe Biden is the next John Kerry after Al Gore becomes the former Joe Biden who never was the next Al Gore ..or is it...
Tahrayzuh is only one in that family that can grow a beard, thank you very much.;)
Too Much Information.
One of the weirdest replies I've ever received. Then I realized you had your mind in the gutter. Sorry, I cannot let you get away with your TMI post. Puhleaze.
"John Kerry? Hmm, isn't he that guy that spent Christmas in Cambodia on a super secret mission with the SEAL's? I recognize that Gore fellow also. I think he invented global warming on the Internet. Or something like that."
Your memory is failing you. More than likely you recall them from their performances in Brokeback Mountain.
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