Posted on 11/04/2006 11:20:02 AM PST by BigChiefEddieLightningFrog
Halping Private Carry
by Edward Wronka
Typically its not wise for political parties to dwell on the gaffes of their opponents, as a gaffe by its very nature doesn’t typically contain much in the way of substance in the more important battle of ideas that really make a difference between two political parties competing for votes in our democracy.
But the recent "botched joke" of Senator John Kerry may deserve an even deeper inspection, especially in light of the fact that this was the opposition party’s top choice to replace the President two short years ago.
That’s right! This was the number one guy that the Democrats all across the country chose to become the new Commander of Chief, in charge of the very people who, whether they can bring himself to admit it or not, are the punch line of the very joke he botched. He even received 48% of the popular vote in his bid to unseat President Bush, only a few ACORN voter registration scams away from paydirt.
The first important point that needs to be made is about whether the joke was actually botched. There are many people like myself who are quite skeptical to believe that the version of the joke that was said to be intended by John Kerry’s aides, that named President Bush as the explicit punchline, is nothing more than post mortem political damage control alibi. But regardless, even if those intended words came out of the Senator’s mouth, there would’ve still been a moment prior to the punchline where the audience would’ve had to assume he was talking about the military---one moment too long for a candidate already perceived to have contempt for our military (despite whatever time he may have spent being a part of it).
Could you imagine for a moment if Senator Trent Lott had made a joke that in any way could be thought of to be disparaging to African-Americans? His already marred career would be over.
There’s a second important point that needs to be made too. Even if Senator Kerry sincerely held the opinion that our military’s composition draws too much from our nation’s failing education system, how could there be any justification of a statement like that by any politician? Consider for a moment if instead of "stuck in Iraq", Mr. Kerry said, "stuck in McDonalds" or "stuck in janitorial careers" or "stuck collecting garbage". While such professions are sometimes stereotyped to be composed of people who didn’t do well in school, they are very honest and hard-working contributors to our nation, not to be looked down upon by our nation’s leader’s. Thus no politician would ever be allowed to make such a joke---botched or not---without having considered to commit political suicide.
Yet John Kerry made his joke---as it was originally stated---about our military. It was immediately followed, not by an important clarification that he misspoke, but rather a defiant "I apologize to no one". Eventually he said he was sorry---but sorry that people ‘misunderstood’ him. He to this very moment refuses to personally admit that he regrets the words that came out of his mouth. He can’t bring himself to admit HIS mistake, but somehow manages to blame the very people he gaffed claiming they are so dumb as to misunderstand what he meant! Perhaps this is a new level of audacity, even for him.
There is one final point that needs to be shouted from the top of the highest mountain, "The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were right!"
John Kerry has too long gotten away with simultaneously disparaging the military to the joy of the Cindy Sheehan crowds (formerly known as the Jane Fonda crowds), while maintaining a rather thin façade of claim to be a leader from rank and file military. It has never been true, and it is the raison d’etre of the Swift Boat political group. The Swift Boat group, composed of many actual military men who served with John Kerry, had spent their energy getting out the message that John Kerry had a long record of contempt towards the military. Though their media attack on John Kerry has often been characterized as being unfair by many major media figures, the underlying truth to their message has never been more apparent.
It’ll be interesting to see what political futures lie ahead for John Kerry. If he still decided to run for the Presidency again, my own guess is that he’ll never poll beyond single digits, even in his own party’s primary. Unfortunately, I cannot make any such prediction for any future campaigns for the Senate seat that he now holds, given his state’s horrendous reputation for awarding the other Senate seat against all common sense, logic, or decency to Ted Kennedy. Long live our democracy!
Does everyone agree that John Kerry's Presidential Dreams are over?
Yess wee al ugre
"Final Thoughts on John Kerry"
Oh, if only they were!
Yes, they are over, forever and ever. :)
I hope so!
Could you imagine recruiting for the armed forces in John Kerry's America?
Who is this "John Kerry" of whom you speak?
She has survived Whitewater, Fostergate and a litany of suspicious deaths and scandals. Now she is really on top.
Need I name the beast?
Her number is 600, 3 score and 6.
Agree - even if we lose every seat in Congress this election marks the End of JOhn KErry as a viable candidate, and for that we can all rejoice!
who went to Vietnam by the way...
His dreams aren't over because he knows he is as good as anyone else in the democrat party. He figures he's the best of the worst.
Ey due.
They WILL run him as a VP. Bet on it.
I disagree that his presidential dreams are over. He is so stupid he probably doesn't realize an individual with a shred of decency would apologize and resign from the Senate. He is also so stupid he doesn't realize that no decent person will vote for him.
But he is smart enough to realize most Democrats--and I am a recovering conservative Democrat--don't vote for decent, honorable men and women. That went out of favor with Democrats in the 1970s.
One more thing, This gives the Hildabeast a longer runway now. This may be worse for conservatives. I hope not.
Or perhaps they'll just wait and appoint him as SecDef or something.
with who.....hillary or obama????
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