"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's."
- Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825), German novelist
Hugh Hewitt on his weblog HughHewitt.com has written a post that you may want to read. Hugh, obviously incensed at some unkind remarks made by John Kerry in an unguarded moment, calls for Kerry to make a public apology to President Bush and his Cabinet.
I wasn't watching CNN when the incident occurred, so this is second-hand for me, but if what Hewitt claims is true, the campaign has sunk to a new low. No, on second thought, it's not a new low. It's pretty much business as usual.
Hewitt links to another post about Kerry's comments at Captain's Quarters. It's also worth a read. This race is going to get really interesting between now and November. It will be entertaining to watch and listen to if you can be a casual observer with no attachment to either of the candidates. If you can't, it will probably have a tendency to piss you off. I have no doubt there's plenty more where this came from, so stay tuned.
6 comments:
While I agree the press doesn't elect the president, I do believe they have a tremendous influence on people's opinions about the candidates. Their decisions about how to cover a candidate's words and actions can have the effect of raising a man up or bringing him down. A recent example was their continual airing of Dean's post-Iowa caucus speech. People who were there could barely hear him. On tv, however, he appeared to be a maniac. This killed his campaign's momentum.
ABSOLUTELY...we're in agreement on this one. If it were up to the majority of the liberal press, they would have us believe that Kerry already has one foot in the front door of the Big House. Their view is that regular citizens are too dumb to see through their tactics. Like Kerry, they share contempt and disdain for the dumb, ignorant masses. In the end, I'm betting that there are enough of us still out here and Kerry will not be the next President of these United States.
I hope you're right.
Actually both of these bozos could care less about what the majority of middle class Americans think or have to deal with. They are both from long lines of money and privilege and don't have a clue about what it takes to live on a wage that lets people just scrape by. No one is addressing the issues that affect our daily lives yet. I hope someone begins to do so soon. We'll see.
Sarah is absolutely right...that has been the frustrating thing to so many of us for so long. When you really look at their real positions, there is not a dime's worth of difference between either party or candidates. Yep...both are all about more burdens on the working middle class.
Most politicians are well-off, much more so than the majority of the constituents they "represent." CNN published an article last year at this URL:(http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/13/senators.finances/). It listed the millionaires in the Senate. Forty percent of them fall into that category. I don't know how many in the House are wealthy, but would guess quite a few. It makes you wonder if someone of modest means could run and be elected anymore.
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