The Kery Fallout
November 2nd 2006 05:21
So how dows a major newpaper report the Kerry debacle? Thgis from the Washington Post
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) issued two apologies for remarks that seemed to impugn U.S. troops and abandoned his public schedule yesterday, but he denounced what he called the "campaign of smear and fear" against him as the surreal sequel to the 2004 presidential election echoed across the campaign trail.
The White House and Republican allies orchestrated a cascade of denunciations throughout the day to keep the once and possibly future presidential candidate on the defensive and force other Democrats to distance themselves. Kerry canceled plans to appear with several candidates and returned home to avoid becoming "a distraction to these campaigns."
The Post does not even report what Kerry said and let the readers decide. In it very second paragraph it goes over the top by claiming that Republicans "orchestrated" the huge flak Kerry recieved yesterday. yeah, there can be no genuine, spontaneous anger over what Kerry said. Not ethat the news that Kerry offered an apology is front page but the insult is not even reported properly. It gets worse:
Republican strategists appeared almost gleeful over the contretemps because it revived a favorite target at a time they need to motivate core supporters to vote in Tuesday's midterm elections. GOP officials have tried to make the elections not a referendum on President Bush but a choice between two parties with competing visions over taxes, terrorism and Iraq, but they have struggled to find a symbol for Democrats. Kerry's comments have allowed Republicans to make him again the face of his party and cast 2006 as a rerun of Bush vs. Kerry
It almost is an axiom that what Kerry said was "a botched joke." But, the Washington Post was not so lenient when another senator, George Allen made a botched joke. It ran a fierce campaign against him so much so that Allen may lose his election this time.
But apart its well-documented partisanship, the Post's article contains hints about what the Kerry affair cost the Deomcrats:
Democrats were irritated to lose two days in the homestretch that they would rather have devoted to Bush's troubled Iraq policy, and they pressed Kerry to apologize and get out of sight.
Hm. Now for the interesting part:
After a Democratic candidate asked the senator not to campaign with him, Kerry canceled the rest of his schedule and called in to the Don Imus radio talk show, which is simulcast on MSNBC. Kerry said it is Bush who owes the nation an apology, for a botched war.
"They're trying to change the subject," Kerry said. "It's their campaign of smear and fear. . . . This is Swift boat stuff all over again."
Asked why not apologize for the misunderstanding, Kerry said: "Of course I'm sorry about a botched joke. You think I love botched jokes? I mean, it's pretty stupid."
Imus reflected Democratic anxieties by asking Kerry to stop talking publicly because it might "ruin" the party's election chances.
"I love you, but just stop it," Imus said. "I'm begging you."
"Well, I think it's important to talk about Iraq," Kerry said.
"I'm begging you," Imus said.
"I hear you," Kerry said. "You do not have to beg. You're my friend. I understand what you're saying. But I'm telling you, I'm not going to let these guys lie and smear."
"Stop now, stop now," Imus said again. "I'm begging you."
"You got it," Kerry said.
Di he now?
This is a great banner from American troops in Iraq circulating on many websites but not on any newspapers when I last checked.
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) issued two apologies for remarks that seemed to impugn U.S. troops and abandoned his public schedule yesterday, but he denounced what he called the "campaign of smear and fear" against him as the surreal sequel to the 2004 presidential election echoed across the campaign trail.
The White House and Republican allies orchestrated a cascade of denunciations throughout the day to keep the once and possibly future presidential candidate on the defensive and force other Democrats to distance themselves. Kerry canceled plans to appear with several candidates and returned home to avoid becoming "a distraction to these campaigns."
The Post does not even report what Kerry said and let the readers decide. In it very second paragraph it goes over the top by claiming that Republicans "orchestrated" the huge flak Kerry recieved yesterday. yeah, there can be no genuine, spontaneous anger over what Kerry said. Not ethat the news that Kerry offered an apology is front page but the insult is not even reported properly. It gets worse:
Republican strategists appeared almost gleeful over the contretemps because it revived a favorite target at a time they need to motivate core supporters to vote in Tuesday's midterm elections. GOP officials have tried to make the elections not a referendum on President Bush but a choice between two parties with competing visions over taxes, terrorism and Iraq, but they have struggled to find a symbol for Democrats. Kerry's comments have allowed Republicans to make him again the face of his party and cast 2006 as a rerun of Bush vs. Kerry
It almost is an axiom that what Kerry said was "a botched joke." But, the Washington Post was not so lenient when another senator, George Allen made a botched joke. It ran a fierce campaign against him so much so that Allen may lose his election this time.
But apart its well-documented partisanship, the Post's article contains hints about what the Kerry affair cost the Deomcrats:
Democrats were irritated to lose two days in the homestretch that they would rather have devoted to Bush's troubled Iraq policy, and they pressed Kerry to apologize and get out of sight.
Hm. Now for the interesting part:
After a Democratic candidate asked the senator not to campaign with him, Kerry canceled the rest of his schedule and called in to the Don Imus radio talk show, which is simulcast on MSNBC. Kerry said it is Bush who owes the nation an apology, for a botched war.
"They're trying to change the subject," Kerry said. "It's their campaign of smear and fear. . . . This is Swift boat stuff all over again."
Asked why not apologize for the misunderstanding, Kerry said: "Of course I'm sorry about a botched joke. You think I love botched jokes? I mean, it's pretty stupid."
Imus reflected Democratic anxieties by asking Kerry to stop talking publicly because it might "ruin" the party's election chances.
"I love you, but just stop it," Imus said. "I'm begging you."
"Well, I think it's important to talk about Iraq," Kerry said.
"I'm begging you," Imus said.
"I hear you," Kerry said. "You do not have to beg. You're my friend. I understand what you're saying. But I'm telling you, I'm not going to let these guys lie and smear."
"Stop now, stop now," Imus said again. "I'm begging you."
"You got it," Kerry said.
Di he now?
This is a great banner from American troops in Iraq circulating on many websites but not on any newspapers when I last checked.
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