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Monday, December 02, 2002
John KerryThere's already been some idle chatter about John Kerry as presidential material, because over the weekend he all but announced his intention to run in 2004. He may be the only guy who can beat Bush. He's certainly the first politician I ever found myself liking, for whatever reason, while I lived in Boston. Conservatives hate him. Slate's Mickey Kaus in the above link tries to figure out what it is about Kerry that raises his hackles: Is it the "glued-on hair"? Or maybe it's because Kerry "would never ever take a principled or unpopular stand if losing the argument might actually threaten to derail his precious political career"? That's a crock of shit. Kaus has maybe never heard of the Kerry Commission. During the Reagan '80s, looking into the CIA's involvement in cocaine trafficking from Central America was as dangerous and out there for a politician as shaking hands with Allen Ginsberg (who kept writing letters to the NY Times about the CIA and coke).
Here's a wild guess: Maybe conservatives hate Kerry because he's the only guy who can beat Bush.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
8:29 PM
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