Following the waffling non-leader
Posted: 30 July 2004 at 03:32:10
I may have mentioned this before, but I really like my new monitor.
I’ve decided to name her “Jessica.” Jessica and I are spending a lot of time together. I love how she showers me with crisp brightness. She brings out the best in my work.
Thoughts
I watched a bit of Fox News’ repeated coverage of the Democratic Convention late tonight. I got to see the 9-minute biographical film that was played before John Kerry came out to give his 55-minute drone... uhm, speech, I mean.
It just really baffles me how far the Kerry campaign is trying to go with this Vietnam thing. The guy was in Vietnam for a four whole months! The injuries for which he was awarded three purple hearts were minor and trivial— a complete disrespect to the purple heart medal. Then Kerry came back to the states to (alledgely) discard his medals in a symbolic gesture and decry the goverment’s mission in Vietnam.
I would think the campaign would downplay Kerry’s controversial behavior related to the Vietnam war and, instead, focus on his career in the U.S. Senate. But, in fact, it seems just the opposite. Brit Hume observed, after Fox News showed the Kerry film, that the film depicts Kerry’s life as college student, war hero, anti-war activist, law student, white-collar crime prosecutor, and finalliy a presidential candidate.
The film barely mentions Kerry’s twenty year tenure as the junior senator for Massachussetts.
As confident as everyone at the convention has been this last week that Kerry will win the presidential election, it’s worth noting that candidates who don’t have leadership experience as governors are less likely to win. In addition, while Kerry has twenty years political experience as a senator, it seems nobody wants to shed much light on that.
I haven’t looked into it much myself, but I’ve read Kerry only sponsored two pieces of legislation during the whole twenty years as senator. Maybe that’s what this is all about. He has no leadership record in the senate, either. He’s not a state leader. He’s not a poltical leader. Until Dean imploded, Kerry wasn’t really even a party leader.
What a strange world we live in.
Some political humor
I’m sure many Fozzolog readers have already seen this, but it’s fun nonetheless: http://jibjab.com/