Archive for 'John Kerry'

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Another Shot At Kerry? Eh, Why Not?

From the RCP Blog:
From this morning’s Note, John Kerry summarizes the state of the current Democratic Party:
Trying to battle the naysayers, Sen. John Kerry told CNN’s Anderson Cooper last night that Democrats are “unified on the most essential ingredient, which is the failure of this administration, their lack of honesty with the American people about […]

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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Kerry’s Principles: Another Perspective

I’ve been harshly critical of John Kerry’s opportunistic stance as he plays to the anti-war crowd to reinvigorate his DOA 2008 campaign; nevertheless, a sizeable amount of commenters on the right say I’ve got it exactly wrong, as stated succinctly by Tom Bevan:
Kerry voted in favor of the Iraq war because he felt it was […]

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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Slamming Senator Kerry…

…is such good sport that it’s now spread to the NY Times:
When Senator John Kerry was their presidential nominee in 2004, Democrats fervently wished he would express himself firmly about the Iraq war.
Mr. Kerry has found his resolve. But it has not made his fellow Democrats any happier. They fear the latest evolution of […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Donkeys, Iraq, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Lieberman Still Has Double-Digit Lead

Not in the primary, where the latest poll shows his lead over Ned Lamont is 6, but in the actual election:
The size of Senator Joseph Lieberman’s advantage in his reelection bid depends on which general-election race Connecticut voters are asked about.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of the race shows likely voters awarding Lieberman an almost-forty-point […]

14 Comments » - Posted in 2006 News, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, Iraq, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Politicizing The Iraq War - Both Sides Guilty

Eleanor Clift is half right - Karl Rove IS politicizing the Iraq War when he makes comments like this:
Moments after learning he had escaped indictment in the CIA leak investigation case, Rove told New Hampshire Republicans that Democratic critics of the war like John Kerry and John Murtha “give the green light to go to […]

11 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Election 2006, Elephants, Donkeys, Democratic Candidates, Iraq, Election 2008 by Mark

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Friday, June 16th, 2006

Peretz On Kerry: Trumped Again

Martin Peretz:
John Kerry can be trumped by just about anybody. But today, the titular leader of the Democratic Party was trumped by Mitch McConnell, consummate cynic and the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate. Kerry had announced that he would soon offer a measure requiring the administration to withdraw almost all of the American troops […]

2 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Iraq, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, June 16th, 2006

John Kerry Makes His Case

From today’s Philadelphia Inquirer:
Half of those whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial were lost after America’s leaders knew our strategy would not succeed. It was immoral then, and it is immoral now, to be quiet or equivocal in the face of such delusion.
Our soldiers, no matter how brave, can’t bring democracy to […]

31 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Iraq, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

John Kerry, Conceder-In-Chief

The man knows how to pander:
Senator John F. Kerry is placing himself at the center of congressional action over the war in Iraq this week with a crisply worded resolution to require President Bush to withdraw almost all US troops by the end of this year.
The measure has exposed Kerry to attacks from Republicans and […]

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Monday, June 12th, 2006

Skimming The Truth: More On The New Swift Boat Wars

I asked previously if John Kerry REALLY wanted to reopen this whole can of worms, but open it he did, and he’ll live to regret it. Thomas Lipscomb has part two of his reply to the new ‘Swift Boat’ counterattack by Kerry supporters:
As the Kate Zernike front page Memorial Day weekend New York Times story […]

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Monday, June 5th, 2006

The Mystery Pollster: RFK, Jr. Ignores Exit Poll Flaws

Much was made (mostly on the left side of the aisle, of course) of Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s assertion that Ohio was stolen in 2004, prominently made recently in Rolling Stone. Mark Blumenthal, otherwise known as the Mystery Pollster, is an expert (and a Democrat!) and he cries foul:
While it covers many topics involving alleged suppression […]

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Monday, June 5th, 2006

Kaus KOs Kerry, Plus: Gore Gets Real

Mickey Kaus on Kerry and the new Swift Boat battles:
…[A]t this point only artificial conventions of objectivity prevent MSM journalists from openly acknowledging that Kerry has no hope of winning the presidency. He’s a dead man who doesn’t know it, a political zombie refighting a lost campaign by refighting his role in a lost war, […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, John Kerry, Iraq, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Does John Kerry REALLY Want To Fight This Battle Again?

Let’s get one thing out of the way up front: John Kerry served his country during Vietnam; I honor him for that. He did not take the easy way out that so many did, and that’s to his eternal credit. Nevertheless, his actions after the war, and his somewhat active imagination concerning some […]

46 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

What Could Have Been

Opponents of the Bush administration and particularly the War In Iraq love to indulge in the parlor game of imagining what might have happened had Ohio gone the other way, or if Florida hadn’t been such a nailbiter.  One thing’s for sure - much like the stand-up comics with the Monica Lewinsky story, I would […]

6 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Iraq, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, May 12th, 2006

Bush Beats Gore and Kerry For Third Term

Hypothetically speaking…with the hat tip to the great Mickey Kaus and newsalert, we find that George W. Bush’s worst favorable ratings yet STILL, incredibly, outshine those of Gore and Kerry:
The political situation has not helped some of the more prominent members of the Democratic Party. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who was Mr. Bush’s opponent […]

3 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Al Gore, POTUS, Donkeys, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, May 7th, 2006

If Making Fun Of John Kerry…

…is indeed the highest form of patriotism (and I’ve got every reason to believe it is), then let no one question my bona fides. Eric is at the top of the patriot list, as well…

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Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

I Agree With John Kerry (Did I Just Write That?)

From the Associated Press:
Sen. John Kerry dismisses as “absolutely ridiculous” the notion that his support for Iowa and New Hampshire’s prominent roles in the presidential nomination process means he thinks only the votes of white people count.
Many Democrats complain that the two early nomination elections winnow out candidates based on votes from small states with […]

1 Comment » - Posted in John Kerry, Donkeys, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

Good News From Iraq? Don’t Tell John Kerry

Investor’s Business Daily manages to deftly praise the movement towards a long-awaited unity government while deriding those who would use the progress to move the same agenda that motivated their condemnation of the setbacks: a view of our goal in Iraq as the removal of U.S. troops, and not victory:
Can Americans handle good news from […]

2 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, POTUS, Iraq, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Grading Kerry

OxBlog looks at JFK II’s recent Sunday talking head appearance and grades accordingly (hint: it’s not a great grade, but apparently much in line with his college work)…

4 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Iraq, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Does This Mean You Won’t Be Voting Kerry?

Martin Peretz continues to be overwhelmingly underwhelmed by one John Forbes Kerry, and today he takes a look at the King of Kings and the would-be President:
The Times alluded to Kerry’s well-known verbosity. So it wasn’t surprising that he also went off and said, “Not in one phrase uttered and reported by the Lord Jesus […]

6 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, April 7th, 2006

The Trouble With JFK II

Martin Peretz of the New Republic takes Kerry to task over his new plan for Iraq - that of threatening the good guys:
The last time John Kerry ran for president, the voters couldn’t make out whether he was for the war in Iraq or against it; and that was because he was actually trying to […]

6 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Iraq, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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