"Irish" Johnny "Chung" "Ketchup King" Kerry, Thee Regime Changing Kennedy Wannabe............
snip from Howard Kurtz.........you know CNN guy....
washingtonpost.com
On the political battlefield, John Kerry is getting all kinds of flak for his recent blast at Bush, including from the ubiquitous Andrew Sullivan, writing in the Washington Times:
"The critical thing to know about John Kerry is that he doesn't know when to stop beating up on someone. Two days ago, like some grade-school bully who doesn't know when to quit, he committed something close to political self-mutilation. When the papers are full of the news that American forces are within a few miles of Baghdad, Mr. Kerry went out and said, 'What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States,' Mr. Kerry said in a speech at the Peterborough Town Library.
"By equating the vile, totalitarian regime in Baghdad with the government of the United States, Mr. Kerry is now indistinguishable from the most hardcore anti-war leftists. It's not only a dumb thing to say; it's an incredibly dumb time to say it."
New York Post columnist John Podhoretz also slams Kerry:
"The remark is kind of clever at first: It deploys rhetorical jujitsu against President Bush, using Bush's own 'regime change' phrase against him. Political speechwriters call this sort of jibe 'red meat.' It's a raw remark you throw at an audience to get them riled up and excited.
"But at second glance, what Kerry said was appalling in so many ways that it genuinely calls into question whether he has the appropriate temperament to serve as president of the United States. . . .
"Kerry's timing was inappropriate. But what makes matters worse is the implicit parallel he was drawing between Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush. It's unfair, it's ugly and it's disgusting." |
