Well I'm not uptight, not unattractive
turn me on tonight, I'm radioactive. Radioactive.
Well its not a fight, and I'm not your captive
turn me loose to the night – I'm radioactive, radioactive
(Firm, Radioactive (and John Kerry's new campaign theme song))
CNN reports some news about Kerry that includes a few remarks that validate several things that I said earlier today. John Kerry turned completely radioactive overnight.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John Kerry has canceled plans to campaign for several fellow Democrats after controversy over his comments to college students about getting "stuck in Iraq."
President Bush's 2004 presidential rival — who explained Tuesday that his comments were a "botched joke" targeting Bush — will not appear with Pennsylvania Senate candidate Bob Casey on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, as originally planned, a Democratic official said.
"I would be surprised if you see him welcomed out there anywhere," the official said, "and certainly not in a race that is meaningful."
Appearing on radio host Don Imus' program, Kerry said Wednesday, "I'm going back to Washington. I'm going back to tackle this, you bet." (Ed Note: Wouldn't you just love to hear the conversation between Kerry and his wife?)
Kerry said the controversy was "swift boat stuff all over again," referring to the 2004 campaign issue about his service in Vietnam. "They shouldn't be allowed to do that," the Massachusetts lawmaker said.
Strategists at both the Democratic House and Senate campaign committees made a point to their campaigns that the flap is a distraction they don't need right now.
The Democratic official said the issue doesn't appear to change the impact of any races, but it may threaten to attract more GOP supporters in close Senate contests in Missouri and Tennessee.
"You just don't need something that might bring out extra people for the other side," the official said.
I wouldn't bet the farm that this didn't impact any races. As I pointed out, it likely will increase turnout for the Republicans and may very well suppress independents who can't stomach voting for a party that doesn't sufficiently support the troops. We'll know in less than a week. But one thing for sure, there is a large supply of antacids and aspirin needed at Democratic headquarters.
Interesting elections. The Republicans have failed in so many ways that they don’t deserve to win. But the country does not deserve to be punished with “Speaker Pelosi”.
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I don’t disagree, QM. But this one may be enough to tip it.
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Any Republican campaign manager in a closely contested election who cannot figure out a way to use this deserves to lose. Kerry’s “explanation” is ridiculous, and his outright refusal to apologize–even if you buy his “botched joke” reasoning–shows a level of contempt that can be used as a “typical liberal elitist” club to swing with abandon.
Oh yeah, this is a big club. It is even bigger because far too many do not understand how big it is. Just look at some of the comenters coming in with talking points. They do not get it.
Let’s see, President Bush jokes about his fraudulent rationale for war (the infamous dinner where he’s “looking” for the missing WMDs), yet somehow that’s not seen as insulting the troops, not to mention every patriotic American of any political stripe.
John Kerry poorly words a jab at President Bush, and somehow he’s seen as commtting a horrible insult to the troops.
Yes, he could have said it better. Just remember, he ACTUALLY served in a conflict overseas. The same cannot be said of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Frist, Hastert, Gingrich, Rice, Allen, or Romney. Or O’Reilly, Coulter, Limbaugh, Gibson, Savage, or Hannity.
Wow, it really is hard to find a prominent conservative with war experience. John McCain seems to be the only one.
…And yet, the troops who ARE in harms way, and most veterans, support Bush and his “chickenhawks” over Kerry and his “bulldoves.”
Does that about sum it up?
Pretty much.