What well-informed voters look like
Posted on 09/25/2010 8:00:39 AM PDT by raccoonradio
A testy U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday blamed clueless voters with short attention spans for the uphill battle beleaguered Democrats are facing against Republicans across the nation.
“We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what’s happening,” Kerry told reporters after touring the Boston Medical Center yesterday.
Conservative political blogger William Jacobson, who writes Legal Insurrection, immediately pounced on Kerry’s comments, saying that attitude is why voters are looking to shake up Capitol Hill by electing upstart candidates such as U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.
“It just continues the Democrats’ theme that the reason people are upset is because they don’t understand. They’re not smart enough. That sort of rhetoric just gets people even more upset,” said Jacobson.
Democratic consultant Phil Johnston, former chairman of the state party, jumped to Kerry’s defense, saying, “That’s absurd. He’s just making the point that people have real lives to lead and most people are not spending a lot of time worrying about politics, particularly in a tough economy. I’ve known John Kerry for 35 years and he doesn’t look down on people.”
Kerry made the remarks on voters following questions about U.S. Rep Barney Frank’s re-election campaign and queries about securing federal funding for the Hub hospital.
“I think a lot of the anger today - while it’s appropriate because Washington is broken - is not directed at the right people,” said Kerry. “Barney is prepared, as others are, to explain what we’re doing. I think when people hear the facts and they see what we’re doing, it frankly makes sense.”
In the interview, Kerry added that voters should be mad at stonewalling Republicans and “big money” in politics instead, referring to a bill blocked by Republicans Thursday that would reveal corporate and union leaders who fund big-bucks political ads.
He went on to blame the legislative logjam in Washington, D.C., for fewer federal dollars sent to the state.
John Feehery, a Washington D.C.-based Republican consultant, said Kerry’s comments mark yet another embarrassing stumble for the gaffe-prone senior senator. In 2006, the former presidential candidate had to apologize for a statement he made at a California college that U.S. students who did not study hard and stay in school would end up “stuck in Iraq.”
“I think that arrogance sums up why John Kerry didn’t get elected president,” Feehery said. “He’s out of touch.”
Both algore and kerry were beaten by GWB and mentally neither one has been the same ever since. Bit more of an extreme case when it comes to algore, but kerry is a bit over the edge as well since 2004. An enduring legacy if there ever was one!
Does everyone remember that Lurch served in Vietnam??? Served Ho Chi Minh, that is.
I think (really?!) when people hear the facts and they see what we’re doing, it frankly makes sense.”
John, John, John! You and your fellow Democrats don't give out facts! Your own recent escapades into global warming show that you, in particular, are a bald faced liar so why in the world would anyone believe a single thing that vomits forth from your feckless, putrefied lips?
And people see all too well what you're doing despite the valiant attempts by the Left to hide their efforts. You need to wake up and smell the coffee. The game has fundamentally changed and you're way behind the eight ball.
Were they uninformed when they voted you clowns in?
You don't say! Wouldn't something like that have been in the papers or on television or something?
What well-informed voters look like
Wait until November, Kerry. Then you’ll see how “uninformed” we are.
Love the quote by Bulger.
Reflect on that for a moment and then remember that GWB pushed through and signed the single largest entitlement program since the (not so)Great Society. Then, there was the fight over amnesty that we very nearly lost. I doubt that is what they meant, but they have a point. sKerry would certainly have been worse, but by the same token Bush was no Conservative.....compassionate or otherwise.
Actually, Republican Party affliation correlates positively with education level through the masters degree level. People with Ph.D.s prefer Democrats. I attribute it to a preference for big government and status conveyed by credentials rather than achievement. You have to drink a lot of academic kool-aide to get a Ph.D.
Bush isn’t running for re-election in Massachusetts. Is he running for office in your state?
Well.. if you want to get really technical, John Heinz III owned the yacht, or at least the money required to buy it. Teresa and Kerry are just the parasites living off his wealth.
entertaining ‘lying traitor ping’.......make sure you read some of the comments after the article...
The INFORMED voters woes stem from the UNINFORMED voters who voted in this nightmare!
Exactly my point. Bush isn't running for re-election and when you reflect on what his administration actually accomplished it should not be held up by Conservatives as something that was all rainbows and unicorns. It amazes me the number of people on a CONSERVATIVE forum who continue to support an obvious, demonstrated RINO.
Also, most PhD's tend to be in academia and live off the state. Government is their livelihood.
Imho, continuing to focus on Bush as the liberals do is simply playing into their hands.
Quite right.
LMAO - skip the article and go right to the comments, they are priceless!
http://bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1284069&format=comments#CommentsArea
Are those mug shots?
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