I'm back and hope to be a bit more consistent during the 2nd quarter.
The collapse of John Kerry continues
All of my Democrat friends are depressed to the point that they won't have discussions with me anymore and it's easy to see why. The economy -- which I predicted would take off for the moon during Q3 last year -- is booming. Despite the mess that Iraq has become, more American support President Bush and his policies on Iraq than ever before. But worst of all, is that the presumptive nominee from their party Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), is a waffling loser with zero charisma and a condescending attitude.
Okay, so Republicans get to laugh a bit about the tiff on GMA Tuesday when Charlie Gibson told Sen. Kerry that he personally witnessed him throwing "medals" over the White House fence, contrary to what Kerry had just said mere seconds before. And the last bit, after the cameras where turned off but the audio mike was still on, was the best. Kerry accused GMA of "doing the work of the Republican National Committee".
Priceless.
But what to do if you're a Democrat? If my bets are right, Kerry loses in a 50 state landslide and the Dems are off to the political wilderness. While 6 months ago, my rants were considered Republican claptrap in an "evenly divided" country, today even the Dems are starting to freak because they are seeing this future too. The best evidence for this is a piece in the reliably Communist Village Voice. The lead sums up their despair succinctly:
With the air gushing out of John Kerry's balloon, it may be only a matter of time until political insiders in Washington face the dread reality that the junior senator from Massachusetts doesn't have what it takes to win and has got to go. As arrogant and out of it as the Democratic political establishment is, even these pols know the party's got to have someone to run against George Bush. They can't exactly expect the president to self-destruct into thin air.
It goes on to say that the moronic braintrust of the Democratic Party will "be very sorry they screwed Howard Dean".
So what happens? Is Hillary called up in an "open convention"? Do the big money people at the DNC cut off the spigot, much in the same way venture capitalists pull the plug on a failing startup? Pray that the President has some calamity?
Sometimes it's good to be a Republican.
