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Bob Novak: John Kerry is 'Almost Hysterical'
newsmax.com ^ | Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 3:23 p.m. EST

Posted on 10/31/2006 1:10:59 PM PST by InvisibleChurch

John Kerry certainly came out swinging at Republicans with his press conference on Tuesday, and while the TV airwaves and Web logs are now ablaze with commentary, Robert Novak cut through the hoopla on Fox News with this simple statement: "I think the biggest damage was done to his presidential campaign because I don’t think he looked very presidential with his performance.”

Novak also opined that it was never a good idea to "let politicians ad-lib too much ... particularly when they’re like John Kerry.”

He explained that Kerry, while in Los Angeles, "sees all these kids there and he says, ‘You gotta study. What’s the worst thing that can happen to you if you don’t study? You get stuck in Iraq.’

"He wasn’t trying to insult the troops, he was trying to make a point and it was stupid,” said Novak. "Now, there are two things [Kerry] could have done. He could have said, ‘I apologize, I misspoke,’ or he could go on the offensive. Why did he go on the offensive?

"He has been under terrific criticism inside the Democratic Party for not reacting more vigorously to the ‘Swift Boat’ attacks on him. This is something he lives with every day.”

Novak added that Kerry said twice in his press conference that he wasn’t going to "let this happen again,” meaning, according to Novak, "I’m not going to be a weakling again.”

Fox News anchor Jane Skinner said that it looked like we weren’t going to get "what some people were hoping for – even if it wasn’t an apology ... maybe an admission that everyone is misunderstanding him.”

Novak said, "One of the press conference questions was would he express regret ... he’s not going to do that. This whole business of the Swift Boat veterans is something that weighs on him. He thinks that if he had reacted more vigorously he’d be president of the United States right now.

"I don’t think it’s true, but John Kerry thinks it’s true and therefore there is this almost hysterical mode where he repeats himself over and over and over again. I really believe it hurt his presidential prospects.”


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1 posted on 10/31/2006 1:11:00 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
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To: InvisibleChurch

Is this a "meltdown" or not?


2 posted on 10/31/2006 1:12:22 PM PST by unkus
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To: InvisibleChurch

No.... He's been well beyond "hysterical" for some time.


3 posted on 10/31/2006 1:12:25 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: InvisibleChurch

"You cannot take my 30 year pattern of Anti-American treasonous behavior and pablum and then take my last Anti-troop comments and insinuate that Im anti...er...er..nevermind"


4 posted on 10/31/2006 1:13:18 PM PST by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Kerry's press conference was down right Nixonian. His problem is that he does not fake indignation well.


5 posted on 10/31/2006 1:13:35 PM PST by Busywhiskers (Democrats delinda est.)
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To: InvisibleChurch
"He has been under terrific criticism inside the Democratic Party for not reacting more vigorously to the ‘Swift Boat’ attacks on him. This is something he lives with every day.”

No, what he lives with every day is that he is a socialist suckup traitor who was AWOL in Paris with Hanoi Jane when he should have been defending his country and the Swift Vets.
6 posted on 10/31/2006 1:14:04 PM PST by Froufrou
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To: InvisibleChurch

I say give him some coffee and a lot of sugar. I'd like to see him continue this insane diatribe. The public should be more aware how the elitist left thinks.


7 posted on 10/31/2006 1:14:11 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: InvisibleChurch

No one is going to buy this explanation that Kerry meant to insult Bush, saying if you don't get a good education you'll end up getting us stuck in Iraq. Bush has a Harvard MBA for crap's sake. Or is Kerry going to turn this around to say he meant to insult Harvard graduates, not the troops? Spare me.


8 posted on 10/31/2006 1:14:28 PM PST by MikeA (Not voting Nov. 7 because you're pouting is PRECISELY what Speaker Wannabe Pelosi wants you to do!)
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To: InvisibleChurch
He wasn’t trying to insult the troops ...

Yeah, right! Next, I'll be told that I can buy some ocean-front property in Arizona!

9 posted on 10/31/2006 1:14:48 PM PST by Sister_T (A vote for DemocRATS is a vote for al-Qaeda!)
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To: InvisibleChurch
yikes Kerry making a point ? Kerry's not even saying that. Novak should just be quiet when Kerry's in the middle of self-immolation.
10 posted on 10/31/2006 1:15:07 PM PST by stylin19a ("Klaatu Barada Nikto")
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11 posted on 10/31/2006 1:15:32 PM PST by monkapotamus
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His problem is that he does not fake indignation well.

I think you have half the issue down. It's not that he fakes indigination badly. It's that his indignation is fake. He truly believes that the SWIFTIES were lying about him, from what I can tell. He is so narcissistic and deranged that he accepts his version of history as the truth, facts notwithstanding.

So he truly feels outraged. But the outrage is based on falsehoods, and it shows.

12 posted on 10/31/2006 1:16:03 PM PST by dirtboy (John Kerry - the world's only re-usable political suicide bomber.)
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To: unkus

One Freeper on another thread put it quite well, this is Kerry's "jumping the shark" moment.


13 posted on 10/31/2006 1:16:12 PM PST by Toespi
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To: InvisibleChurch

Kerry couldn't respond to the Swift Boat Vets because he knew what they were saying was absolutely true.

Go 'head you lying, traitorous prick, get aggressive all you want.


14 posted on 10/31/2006 1:16:51 PM PST by EyeGuy
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To: InvisibleChurch
KERRY IS:

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15 posted on 10/31/2006 1:17:13 PM PST by b4its2late (FOOTBALL REFEREES: Best seat in the house, and we're paid to be there.)
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The response reminded me of Clinton's so-called righteous indignation with Chris Wallace, becoming a blow-hard and redfaced at Chris Wallace's question. Same thing. Get mad and don't answer the question. The Dems playbook, by the look of it. Vapid. Shallow. So DNC.


16 posted on 10/31/2006 1:17:15 PM PST by Max7
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To: InvisibleChurch
Novak added that Kerry said twice in his press conference that he wasn’t going to "let this happen again,” meaning, according to Novak, "I’m not going to be a weakling again.”

Right, and the French will never surrender again.

17 posted on 10/31/2006 1:17:33 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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18 posted on 10/31/2006 1:18:36 PM PST by StoneGiant (Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

As Granny used to say: "It's done, stick a fork in it"
John...you are done...beyond ripe...stick a fork in it. Suck it up. Say you are sorry. Then, please just go away. Wait...DO RUN IN 08!


19 posted on 10/31/2006 1:19:12 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: InvisibleChurch
Yup, the Swifties ruined him and his little pea sized mind can't forget it.
20 posted on 10/31/2006 1:19:39 PM PST by ryan71 (You can hear it on the coconut telegraph...)
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