Whither John Kerry?
This is a snip from Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz's column:
All of which brings us to the question--what happens to Kerry now?
Does he become the party's leading spokesman in the Senate, overshadowing little-known minority leader Harry Reid? Does he start some sort of America's Future group and raise truckloads of cash from his donor lists and play the role of power broker? Does he use the fact that he got 56 million votes to lead the opposition to Bush while the '08 picture sorts itself out?
Well, maybe. But Kerry is also going to be a reminder of the huge Democratic disappointment of 2004, the failure to retire a president with a vulnerable record. More pundits are coming out and saying Kerry ran a lame campaign. Unlike the Red Sox, he will have to live with that 'L' tag forever.
The New Republic wants him off the stage:
"He's back. Actually, he never even left. John Kerry, according to reports in The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, plans to have a prominent role in the Democratic Party. Apparently he's contemplating a political action committee and think-tank to help define the party's future. And, according to those around him, he's also considering another presidential run in 2008.
"Our reaction to this is . . . how to put it? Well, here goes: No. Please. Stop."
This one is also chock-a-block with more good stuff, including a discussion of AG-pick Gonzales.
posted by Farai @ 2:06 PM
8 comments
8 Comments:
In fact I think its best that we just stomp on the lot of them before they start attacking us all! (Kerry,Lieberman,Sharpton, etc) And this from a Dem...Evan Bayh in 2008 ;)
it was indeed a tough choice for the americans, to choose between two evil forces, but alas, to the misfortune of all, the greater of the evil prevailed
Whither John Kerry? Withering away on the vine of obscure Senatorship unless and until the indefatigable volunteers at blackboxvoting.ORG and the Greens and other true Americans (I am a brit by the way. Q what does it have to do with me? A. everything, because if we lose our grip on the frayed rope of democracy we drown in the quicksand of authoritarianism), if the Greens and true Americans fight their way through the morass of the courts and media indifference and prove, vote by hard won vote, that cynical Republican fixers and hackers stole the election and stole democracy and the media wake up and take notice, then THEN! the statesman Kerry will wake majestic and presidential and step forward like that drunk Yeltsin on the tank to claim the soiled mantle of the Presidency but W will refuse to give it up and they will scream unscripted invective at each other and the mantle will tear and the the empire will split in two just as christendom was riven when there was a pope in Avignon and one in Rome. At least, I think that is one outcome. Maybe y'all better just let George have what he wants and hope for the best, OK?
The point is, Clever Cynic, that if politicians are allowed to cheat on elections, they will come to believe that the voice of the people counts for nothing, and when that happens, they will soon come to believe they can do whatever they please, and then we are all in BIG trouble. All power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Democracy is in a weak state in the UK and is evidently even more poorly in the good ol USofA, and it is up to all of us, irrespective of party and country, to look to defend the integrity of what little influence we do have. It is incredible that in the Ukraine people are righly out on the streets after a stolen election, whereas in the US the Democrats are sucking their thumbs and saying sorry. Your brothers are dying in Iraq ostensibly to bring democracy to the Iraqis. Surely you at home can be bothered to read the evidence of a threat to democracy in the Homeland?
Wake up America and smell the rotten corpse of a stolen election. Please. For all our sakes.
P.S. start here for Votergate
Sad truth is, Kerry ran a lame campaign. Not that it mattered. The fact that the debates failed to move the electorate suggests that the flaw was not with the candidates. The flaw is that too many American voters are motivated by shallow authoritarian slogans and are basically incapable of participating in a democracy.
What really hurts, though, is that I remember Kerry as a genuine hero, long long ago. Not because he won Purple Hearts -- Kerry's heroism was in coming home and telling the truth about the emptiness of the American cause in Vietnam and the atrocities US soldiers committed there. When the man who became the most visible Vietnam Veteran Against the War actually got himself elected to the Senate, I took it as the first real evidence I'd ever seen that idealism might actually amount to something in America.
Kerry's worst moments in 2004 were when he abandoned that record of courageous honesty. He had to know going in that by running for President he would draw all the old "I'm not Fonda Hanoi Jane" flakes down from their hermit cabins. Unfortunately, Kerry ran from the old stance that made me admire him. It was a very disheartening thing to watch.
top [url=http://www.c-online-casino.co.uk/]uk casino bonus[/url] coincide the latest [url=http://www.casinolasvegass.com/]online casino[/url] autonomous no store bonus at the best [url=http://www.baywatchcasino.com/]baywatchcasino
[/url].
Looks like i found what i searching last few days. Spuerb blog i love it.
----------------------
bonus without any deposit
no deposit bonuses
Another weapon in your poker arsenal, you will find next to the chat window. By clicking on the "Notes", no deposit bonus, you can save the game comments on his opponents. They can participate in a large number of poker hands, or on the contrary can be very careful. Your opponents can be bonus aggressive (regularly wnoszącymi plants before and after the flop), or simply weak (matching when another player bets or raises). There you can save all that you think is worth reporting, and the ability to analyze your opponents plays increase, you can be more versatile and accurate in their judgments.
Be strong mentally - play poker free - texas holdem poker.
no limit hold em playing
start poker cash bankroll
Improving the course has its price - not just poker money. Sometimes you'll think you're incredible poker bad luck, such as when your aces are defeated by someone holding 5-8 and hitting two pair on the turn and river. When this poker happens, you have to remember that it's not bad luck, but the statistics. Good poker hands can be overcome, but every time this happen, for some time it also happens to your opponents. Do not let it upset you. If this happens, you lose your common sense and you will start to make bad decisions. It is not easy, as the already convinced, but this is another indicator of distinguishing good and bad game.
free online poker site
Free No Deposit Poker
Post a Comment
<< Home