Attempting to demonstrate that the Democrats are still perfectly able of pulling defeat from the jaws of victory, John Kerry misspoke badly on Monday, turning a bad joke into an insult on those serving in Iraq. I think the analysis in this Post article is dead on: Media Notes.
A sample:
Why couldn't the Massachusetts senator have climbed out of the hole he fell into by just apologizing for saying something stupid, rather than getting out a shovel and digging?
There isn't anybody, including in the Bush administration, who believes that Kerry meant to insult the soldiers in Iraq with his clumsy joke that has given the Republicans a big fat target after months on the defensive. But the words he uttered, in his clumsy fashion, were insulting, and he should have moved quickly to limit the damage.
Thinking about Kerry makes me wonder if the Democrats will ever again be able to field a Presidential candidate who's not robotic and unemotional. For future candidates, it seems to me that a simple test would be that if the potential candidate is able to be impersonated by Ted Cassidy, Fred Gwynne, or Jon Lovitz, then the Dems should keep looking. (And, yes, I do know that two of the three are dead.)
By the way, the end of the Media Notes article discusses President Bush's recent multiple appearances on Fox News. Hmm, I wonder why he's only doing interviews on that network?
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