John Kerry spoke in a calm and measured tone into the mic, while a young man was being zapped like a bug at a barbeque. The Senator remained totally professional through the entire event. There comes a time however, when placing ones own profession over the common good looks just like what it actually is. A politician being a parody of a politician.
One set of actions might have won him, and his party, the hearts and minds of America. He could have been UNPROFESSIONAL! He could have ditched the charade for a moment and helped the kid up. He could have stopped this unconstitutional travesty from ever having taken place. He could have been an actual man, even just a human being. But, no, he babbled.
I admit it, I voted for this sloth-like master of making the Democrats look like boneheaded weaklings. He is the "Albatross-In-The-Room" for the Left. We were politically corralled, so he seemed the only alternative at the time. I hoped he would stand up to the thugs. But Dear John threw the fight like a punk. I couldn't believe it. I have subsequently learned HOW TO believe it, however. The guy has done more harm to the Democrats than Karl Rove. Kerry's carefully placed blunders have almost capsized the very boat he was on.
Not career suicide, but party sabotage. Weak-Link Kerry.
The whole time those guys were "Swift Boating" him, Kerry was "Slow Boating" the entire USA. Pacifism does NOT mean allowing bad things to occur right in front of you. He did not stand for the Constitution in that assembly. In that attempt to protect himself, he accidentally revealed himself.
The Senator might even be immortalized one day, when he just grinds to a complete halt and becomes his own statue.
Perhaps, if we had the presence of mind to hit the Nader switch all at once, some things might have turned out far better. But, there's only speculation to weigh against monumental and catastrophic failure, so how can anyone really tell for sure?
Especially, with such even odds...
Their really just one party like Overton has said before
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Hmmmm. Somebody's REAL scared of Kucinich. Good to know.
Funny how much people say, when they think they're saying something else.
Whether he was a prankster, a pundit or just an angry young man, it makes no difference.
It'd be different if Kerry weren't the one who rolled over and allowed the Monster-Right to ruin the nation.
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So, you think Kerry HAS served the USA well? Especially as of the last few years. You're satisfied? Who is the one that's out of their mind again?
Why are we not leaving Iraq like the Iraqis wish and like the American people wish? And who wants the attack on Iran? Not the American people!
And are we truly slaves to that little country which does want it?
Now where are "our" Congressional representatives who will fight for us? Those who say they are anti-war?
Done more to hurt the Democrats than Karl Rove? Oh for heaven sake - that's just idiotic. I'd need way more proof than some campus cops overreacting to a situation involving Senator Kerry that that to believe that statement.
And the reference to Ralph Nader? I'm confused. Ralph didn't run in 2004.
You are completely absurd. If Kerry had interfered, and it turned out the man was, eg, armed, he would not only be severely criticized for that, he would be arrested, and with good reason. Short of absolute knowledge that the police were illegally assaulting the young man, (which would be all but impossible in the situation,) he would have no right to attempt to intercede.
Quit being ridiculous, and apologize for such outrageous statements against Kerry. If you disagree with his policies, discuss those. But please, saying such unfounded and unjust things about him only demonstrates your ignorance.
I'm failing to see why Kerry is hated on so much. Is it because of the windsurfing? Is it because he's married to one of the richest women in the world? A JFK wannabe? Who doesn't wannabe JFK? Are you nuts?
he had a chance to show leadership and he failed miserably.
Will Kerry answer the questions, honestly and fully? At this point in time, that is the only measure we can take of him, and the only response from him that would matter.
John Kerry sucks, sure. He's a politician and it goes with the territory. But he's not even our worst Senator, let alone the worst politician.
Also, I witnessed him work to help stop one war, and won't take anything away from him now because he was better at it back then.
Look up Philip and Daniel Berrigan. A couple of Catholic Priests who used to break into military places, pour blood around, shit like that. They'd go to jail and start all over.
That's available to you, too. Do that even one time and if you want to say someone else ain't doing enough I'll agree you're entitled. Right now you look like someone who doesn't know any more than anyone else does, and are sharing your opinion just because you have one.
And piling on just because you can.
How can Kerry compete with that?
But NOT ONE of them is a leader.
And today, you saw with your own eyes that it was so.
This entire farce of a so-called "election," oh so many months too early, is nothing more nor less than a public show designed to distract you.
These men pacify you with their voice and betray you, to a man, with their voting hand. Their other hand is soaked with blood, and oil, and gold.
It does not matter whether their coat is red or blue. It does not matter if they sit in the White House, in the Senate, in the House, or in the Judiciary. Our Constitution's carefully crafted system of checks-and-balances has been defeated by the simple expedient of corrupting all three Branches at once ... with the promise of unlimited power, brought by the promise of unlimited money, brought by the promise of unlimited oil.
"And there," it would seem, "you have it." "The thing that brought down the United States of America, after a mere 231 years. The thing that made the country turn its face upon every thing that it had once sworn to the world were its guiding principles; an oath that, at one time, the world (and the American people) oh-so-foolishly trusted.
the level of disconnect in this disgusting man boggles the mind. I'm having a hard time describing precisely what kind of disgusting man he is. elitist worm? oafish doofus invertebrate? help me out here.