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Random Thoughts While Watching MSNBC's Coverage of the Wisconsin Primary
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| Random Thoughts While Watching MSNBC's Coverage of the Wisconsin Primary |
| 02.18.04 (8:25 am) [edit] |
You can read below where I say that John Kerry frightens the Republicans. What I meant to say is that Democrats *think* John Kerry frightens Republicans. He doesn't. Democrats have got to get over this "We Don't Want to Be Called Pussies Ever Again" complex. John Kerry voted for almost everything we Democrats say we're against. And then Team Rove is going to paint him as a Massachusetts liberal. Nobody is going to know what to think of Kerry, especially Kerry himself. That's worse than being unpopular, like Dean. At least Dean leaves the race on his own terms with some dignity intact. But we're voting for Kerry simply because he's a war hero--that's what those "Can Beat Bush" numbers are really code for. This isn't going to work.
John Edwards is defeating Kerry in open primaries among Independents and disgruntled Republicans. That's exactly who we need to win. What Democrat is going to vote *for* Kerry but *against* Edwards? Edwards has so much more appeal, but the party base doesn't see that. We want to line up behind a war hero so that Nascar Dads can't call us pussies when we say we say we're for Civil Unions. That's what this Kerry thing is really about. But we are shooting ourselves in the foot by nominating Kerry. Can't we see that John Edwards has a chance to be Clinton without the sleaze? I don't give a damn if Edwards is a trial lawyer or not. That's a whole hell of a lot easier to spin ("I've spent my whole life fighting for working people...") than Kerry's dizzying turnabout on key issues. Hell, the irony here is that Edwards speaks directly to traditional Democratic concerns, but Democrats aren't voting for him because they think their values aren't electable. That's exactly what's wrong with the party: We're finally on the right side of the issues, but we're still too wounded by the "Liberals are Pussies" card to seize the opportunity to win back Congress and the White House.
Edwards, though, has got to lay some smack down on whoever is in charge of his venues. Look below to read more about Team Edwards' Missouri screwups. And last night, not only did they let John Kerry sweep them off the stage, they underbooked the room, had to convince old people to stop playing bingo and listen to the speech, and then they fired the confetti canon at his feet. Edwards is a great candidate with an amateur staff, where Kerry is an ok candidate with a professional staff. If Edwards wants to win, he's going to have to knock Kerry out in that upcoming one-on-one CNN debate. There's an obvious pro-Edwards bias in the media, and they're going to have to carry the election for him.
As for the coverage itself, Ron Reagan is now my favorite pundit, if you can call him that. His analysis is fraught with both humor and insight; I remember that ridiculous log cabin set for Hardball in New Hampshire, where they had Reagan with an easel in front of a fireplace: "I'm so excited, Chris (Matthews), that my butt is on fire." He referred to the Joementum's push for victory on mini-Tuesday as "Delaware: The Tiniest Kingmaker." And then last night, Matthews asks Reagan what he thinks the Bush team is thinking when they show the President talking to all those National Guardsmen, looking at airplanes and such. "I think the Guard is the new African-American kids for Bush. Remember when they used to always show the President reading to little African-American kids at their tiny little desks because he cares about minorities and schools, especially minorities in schools. Well, if you see Bush reading Clifford books to the Guardsmen, you know they're out of ideas."
----shimes
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posted by: Dan Jardine (reply)
post date: 02.24.04 (7:09 pm)
Fuckin' A, shimess. I only wish I was American long enough to help you win this fight.
posted by: DeezNutz (reply)
post date: 03.08.04 (7:50 am)
To get over their pussy complex, democrats need to stop acting like pussies or acting like people who never want to be called pussies again.
posted by: Ken (reply)
post date: 03.27.06 (4:01 am)
Gotcha nice blog here
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