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2007-01-25 Home Front: Politix

Kerry sobs - Will not run ~~or release his military records~~

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Posted by Frank G 2007-01-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 think a copy would have gotten out to the media, somehow, if he were running against Hillary? :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-01-25 07:00|| 2007-01-25 07:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Will stay in the senate to fight Bush's misguided war???? FUC* YOU MR.KERRY!!!!You flip floppin'PEICE OF SH!T frm Massa chu shits

Posted by ARMYGUY 2007-01-25 07:24|| 2007-01-25 07:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Howard Kurtz comments on the speech (h/t Instapundit):

Kerry began to talk. And talk.

He talked about Mesopotamia in the year 685, the tribal warfare, how people were beheaded. He trod a long, winding path to today's Iraq, then detoured to talk about Syria.

As he continued to speechify, CNN cut away, then MSNBC.

Kerry kept talking. He turned to Vietnam, then back to Iraq. MSNBC checked in again, then CNN. Would he now get to the point?

The on-screen headlines said that Kerry would announce his withdrawal, but he did not.

Finally, half an hour later, the Massachusetts senator, his voice breaking, disclosed that he would, in fact, not be a candidate for president in the next election.

A flashback to the often droning, ponderous Kerry of 2004 was impossible to avoid.

Posted by Mike 2007-01-25 10:01|| 2007-01-25 10:01|| Front Page Top

#4 That's OK. The donks already have enough idiots in the race.

Posted by treo 2007-01-25 10:28|| 2007-01-25 10:28|| Front Page Top

#5

Not so, They need as many idiots running as possible, It reduces the chances of any of them winning.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-01-25 10:53|| 2007-01-25 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 I realize as a foreigner I can hardly be expected to understand American politics but people do keep electing this guy don't they? Are they challenged in some way in Massachusetts or are they not spoiled for choice?

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-25 11:10|| 2007-01-25 11:10|| Front Page Top

#7 #1: think a copy would have gotten out to the media, somehow, if he were running against Hillary? :-)

Yup, undoubtably one of the reasons for his withdrawal "Can Do More As A Senator? Asshole thinks his re-election is guaranteed.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-01-25 11:16|| 2007-01-25 11:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Excalibur:

Within the US, we have two major parties which are competitive in any election; the various "third parties" only rarely, if ever, can get more than a small fraction of the vote, and usually can't sustain a presence even if they do win a seat now and then. (Only exception I can think of: there's a local third party that's competitive in Cincinnati, Ohio municipal elections.) Since we don't have a parlimentary system or proportional representation, a minority party that gets 10% of the vote doesn't get 10% of Congress.

In certain localities, for various reasons of history and demographics, one of the the two major parties will be only rarely competitive, and one major party dominates everything. My old hometown of Youngstown is one of them; the state of Massachusetts is another. In both these places, the Democrats pretty much run the show, and the only competitive election (if any) is the Dem party primary. (I would also note that Massachusetts is a very left-leaning state, in terms of ideology, which makes it a friendly place for Dems; in Y-town, the Demophilia has more to do with the legacy of organized labor in the steel industry than with ideology, but the result is the same.) So, I'd say it's correct to call them "spoiled for choice" in your words.

Posted by Mike 2007-01-25 11:23|| 2007-01-25 11:23|| Front Page Top

#9 It's the mind control Kool Aid they put in the water supply up here in the Democratic Peoples Republic. Enough folks drink it to get him and his drunken colleague elected every six years.
Just consider it one of our many contributions to the National Shame...

Posted by tu3031 2007-01-25 11:24|| 2007-01-25 11:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Excalibur, I think money has more to do with incumbents getting reelected than anything else. The fat cats get a pol in their pockets by contributing to his or her campaign. Nobody else can get enough money to buy the advertisements and other publicity they need to gain any kind of name recognition or credibility. Radio, TV and newspapers don't report on anybody who doesn't have name recognition. Sadly, political campaigns in this country, are waged mostly via the 30-second TV sound bite so any candidate who doesn't have the money for it has no chance. The result is that once a crooked moron gets elected, he or she is pretty much assured they will have the job for as long as they want it. An exception took place last year in San Diego when the local newspaper had a beef with Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham because he was blocking development of a commercial airport at the Marine Corps Airbase at Miramar. Developers were drooling over the Marines' prime property but Cunningham and a few other Republicans who were sympathetic to the military thought it was more important to have the Marines there. So the Union-Tribune, always a tool of local developers, investigated Cunningham and his corruption was so egregious that he is now in jail. The UT went after Congressman Duncan Hunter as well but was seriously embarrassed when he bought a full page ad to rebut their claims because they really had nothing on him. (Hunter is still in office and considering a run for the presidency himself. He seems like a decent, conservative Republican to me but I doubt if he'll be able to raise enough money to be taken seriously.) But it's unlikely anything like that will happen to Kerry because, as bad as he is, he is nowhere near as stupid as Cunningham was. Kennedy is another story. Remember Chappaquiddick? Not many people do. That was Kennedy's big scandal and it may have cost him the presidency. But it wasn't enough to knock him out of the Senate and he will almost certainly be a senator until the day he dies. Kennedy, of course, has his own money and Kerry has his wife's (ugh!). It's a crummy system and we get what we deserve for it. Some of us are hoping that the Internet may eventually change things for the better. The problem is that any moron can sit and watch 30-second sound bites on TV while it takes some effort to sit in front of a computer and read Rantburg. But I think it was Churchill who said democracy is the absolute worst form of government except for all of the others. It certainly beats a caliphate.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-01-25 12:14|| 2007-01-25 12:14|| Front Page Top

#11 After we win the next civil war, there WILL be a requirement to pass a test before voting.
We'll call it smart democracy. It will be similar to today's America with less bullshit.

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-25 12:34|| 2007-01-25 12:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Okay, imagine you're a egomaniac and your in Congress, but I repeat myself.

Why a long and plodding speech when a short one with a really good soundbite is more likely to get onto every news broadcast. It also has the benefit of being easier to write, and less likely to have something that can be twisted or taken wrong. In fact if you became known for short speeches with good soundbites the media might hunt you down for quotes more giving you additional free air time.

A long speech will be cut away from or excerpted and probably won't make it onto the major three networks for time reasons anyway.

Damn I'm glad he didn't get elected. W's speeches are bad enough I just can't imagine sitting though Kerry's.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-01-25 12:40|| 2007-01-25 12:40|| Front Page Top

#13 He is only crying because he didn't get invited to go back to IRAK to Halp awl the stoopid soljers their. and he could have halped nancy git around becuz he noos awl the reely good places.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-25 14:47|| 2007-01-25 14:47|| Front Page Top

#14 tu3031: It's the mind control Kool Aid they put in the water supply up here in the Democratic Peoples Republic. Enough folks drink it to get him and his drunken colleague elected every six years.

Hmmmm, now that you mention it, I just noticed that my and my wife's voting patterns have changed (away from Dems) since installing a whole-house water filter.

/I am not making this up.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-01-25 15:18|| 2007-01-25 15:18|| Front Page Top

#15 Well, it was a joke, but I notice I'm a bottled water guy myself...
Hmmmmmmmmm?

Posted by tu3031 2007-01-25 15:28|| 2007-01-25 15:28|| Front Page Top

#16 Very true, tu! In fact that could explain why a nit-wit like Cynthia McKinney (D-People's Republic of DeKalb County) kept getting elected, even here in the red State of Georgia! Must be something in the water.

Posted by BA 2007-01-25 15:32|| 2007-01-25 15:32|| Front Page Top

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