Emmet Tyrell - Fanning the Flames of Hatred

Well, Emmet Tyrell isn't going to go see the Passion. And he has some harsh words for Senator Kerry.

"And so on to the week's other fantasies, specifically the ongoing presidential candidacy of Sen. John Pierre Kerry, the very French-looking frontrunner in the Democratic presidential race.

When I heard that he was being accused of having had an affair with a young woman, I thought to myself, "How very French." And when I heard Howard Kurtz on his CNN media show say that the story was part of the Limbaugh-Hannity conservative smear machine, I went back to the early stories and discovered that they originated not from conservative sources but from people around Gen. Wesley Clark.

Kurtz's panel of experts also said there was no substantial evidence of an affair having taken place. Apparently, they had forgotten that at least one British newspaper quoted the alleged inamorata's father saying Kerry had pursued his daughter in some vague but troubling way. The father called Kerry a "sleaze ball." Later, the father said he would vote for Kerry, but the man's early aspersion is difficult to explain away.

Well whether or not Kerry had a Francois Mitterrand-like relationship with a cutie, he still seems very Gallic to me. Now it turns out he has a cousin who is mayor of a small French town. Mon Dieu, how French is that? Oh, and by the way, did I hear that he served in Vietnam?

Thank you Mr. Tyrell for reminding us all how much we hate France and French people. Why I had almost forgotten that all true Americans hate French people. Thanks to your inspiration I'm going to go slap around the employees of the local french restaurant. Maybe I'll take away their lunch money. After all stupid Frogs don't need to eat, do they Mr. Tyrell.

But as to your specific coverage of the Kerry intern story; well, you didn't get the facts completely correct. For one thing, there are some justifiable questions about whether or not this story started with Clark. Given his subsequent endorsement of Kerry, it doens't seem likely. You also distort the story by failing to report that the woman involved has totally denied the rumors.

But of course the nail in the coffin is that he has a French Cousin. How despicable! I think we should take Kerry and drown him in french wine (red wine, because it's more telegenic). That would show those Frenchies what we think of them.