Monday, June 14, 2004
The Lovely Box of Hair Alternative
Today's Impossibly Stupid Article in the Mainstream Press Prize goes to:0 comments
Washington Post: Doubts Linger as Kerry Advances
Runners up include any and all articles that address Sen. John Kerry's electability, or lack of same.
Please, spare us.
Jim VandeHei, a WP staff writer, is most likely a nice fellow. I'm sure his mother loves him.
But is he this impossibly out of the info loop?
A discussion of Kerry's lack of attraction???
I mean, really.
Where has poor Jim been the last year, or so?
There may not be more than 4 or 5 people outside Kerry's family and immediate circle who would consider theirs a vote FOR Kerry.
99.9999999% of all of Kerry's strength is Anti-Bush fury.
Period.
And there's absolutely wrong with that. Where do you think the "Anyone But Bush!" idea came from?
No one from the crowd of 10 candidates in the early Democratic primaries stood a chance against George W. Bush on their own merits.
Not one can say they got Democrats hearts all a-flutter, including Howard Dean (See Iowa and NH). But EVERYONE woke up when Dean and Dennis Kucinich made this a race AGAINST BUSH and his "War of the Week" approach to governing.
Democrats and Independents promptly went nuts.
Each of the Gang of 10 grew muscles.
It no longer mattered who came up with the nomination. The civilized world would unite behind them and work their tushies off to defeat Bush.
As has been said of the Democratic field: "We'd support a Box of Hair."
John Kerry makes for a perfectly delightful Box of Hair, thank you. No problem.
As long as he says nothing stupid or decides that he has to "win" people's votes by becoming "proactive," he's the odds-on bet to be the next president of the United States.
And the world and our country will be better places for it.
Kerry gets to be the "Alternative" when the country has had a bellyful of the vicious, thieving thugs in the White House, and is ready to cast a "Throw the Rascals Out" vote.
So, Mr. VandeHei, if you're going to write articles to/for us, a trip through the archives of the last year and a half is in order. So that you can actually catch up to your audience.
posted by Gotham 4:33 PM
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