Bad Moon Rising
November 6th, 2006
When asked, most talking heads said that John Kerry’s botched joke might hurt his presidential chances, but will not change anything this Tuesday. Regarding Saddam’s sentencing, they say it is a bright spot amongst otherwise depressing Iraqi headlines, but it will not be a factor on Tuesday. 0 for 2. Kerry’s comments have been a rallying cry for conservatives for several news cycles and if any pundit thinks it is entirely unrelated to the tightening in the polls, he should be sacked. If any pundit thinks that positive news from Iraq won’t help GW rubber stampers, he should be sacked again.
Republicans have once again sold the public on “Hey, we’ve screwed up, but do you think our country is safe with Kerry and friends? Grit your teeth and vote Republican.” Kerry’s joke and handling of it were dumb, but even more shameful were Democrats who distanced themselves from him as quickly as possible. Is there a single Democrat who thinks Kerry is stupid enough to publicly insult our troops one week before an election? A decorated veteran has just been left for dead on the battlefield by spineless Democratic Senators. By the way, Kerry is the only high-profile Senator to follow through on his promise to actively campaign for Ned Lamont. Everyone else saw Ned’s sinking poll numbers and decided to make nice with Joe. So it looks like the only person who would have been willing to stand by Kerry suffers the unfortunate inconvenience of being Kerry himself.
The Democrats may have squandered the chance of a generation. Playing it safe and running out the clock don’t work when the political tide changes by the hour. Eventually you have to stand for something. I’m worried I’m going to be one sad little kid on November 7.
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1. Mark Stamas | November 7th, 2006 at 12:25 am
Is baby sad?
Well, can’t comment on Lurch. He reminds me of one of those zombies.
But really, he knows what the words coming out of his mouth are saying.
The real problem is that the Repubs are so desperate they latch on to a wanna be has been’s stupid comments (not entirely false even in the “misstated” context) because they are a bunch of freaking teflon truth challenged freaks.
Tell me Lurch isn’t running again. Jesus we need someone with personality and life.
Maybe Mark Stamas?
2. devin | November 7th, 2006 at 5:11 am
After the election I’m gonna do a whole post on Lurch. He and Gore are the unsung zombies in the world of boring do-gooders.
If you run, my first piece of advice as self-appointed campaign manager is take down your “Vote no on the human race” post. Maybe replace it with something a little less inflammatory. Like “Vote no on cruelty to widdle puppies”.
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