John Kerry was on Meet the Press today. I’m decidedly bad at reviewing politicians on shows like this because no matter the party, I always think they did poorly.
If it is a republican I think “What an idiot, he should hit that question out the park. Why can’t any of our guys do well in an interview?” If it is a Democrat I think, “What an idiot, that is horrible answer to that question, you are only repeating a talking point. (which is usually not true anyway) Not only is it a bad answer BUT you didn’t make your point well.”
So today, I’m going to take a slightly different take. I’m going to snip a few things and mostly let both the questions and the answers speak for themselves.
The topic and the wording of Russert’s first questions speaks volumes:
MR. RUSSERT:
You know, the more voters see of John F’in Kerry, the less they’re going to like him. I know the polls today indicate that the electorate is split, but as we approach November I think the President will open a wider and wider lead. Kerry is too much of a dick to be Prez.
Is it just me, or does it seem that Russert is mocking kerry with the line: “I promise we’ll talk about the nuance later on.”
Also, Kerry the Vietnam reference early of cracks me up.
Go Bush!!!
I think Kerry thinks that if he uses a lot of words that people will think that he’s actually saying something. Instead, the electorate tunes out when he invokes Vietnam, which he doesn’t seem to understand isn’t very relevant or desired.
you know what i think? for a so called independent, you’re coming off as nothing more than a neo-con who doesn’t consider anything ‘cept what falls directly under his own nose. i listened to all the candidates, and kerry’s had a hell of a lot more to say on the subject than that. maybe you suffer from the same indifference most bush voters do, your bank balance is ok, or you make your living from equally disaffected, spoiled people so being blind to bush is in your financial interest. whatever the case may be, your bias is obvious.. a single issue guy, and that single issue is you.
Kerry can’t give a straight answer because the only way to do that is to tell the truth. Kerry cannot tell the truth because the truth exposes him as a very weak candidate and Bush as the real hero.
It’s always people who lie and deceive that have to give all sorts of circuitous, ambiguous responses.
Kerry is really quite disgusting. I find it to be particularly galling that Kerry actually defended the slanderous claims he made against Vietnam soldiers in the 1970’s.
Kerry should never be president…he would be the most divisive commander in chief ever.
Kerry’s sole strategy is to identify every action so far taken as “wrong,” usually by linking a current situation to an emotionally charged vision. His approach is to obfuscate issues rather than offer “solutions” or new directions; in fact, I don’t think he has any. (Are they any?)
I can only hope and pray the voting public will see through his rhetoric and make an informed decision at the next election.
It would seem to me someone running for President of the United States of America would have more than his party’s interest uppermost in his mind.