Monday, April 05, 2004

I Can't Remember What Happened Five Minutes Ago

Oh wait I can remember what has happened in the past. Remembering what happened in the past is a key skill when you're an unpaid internet commentator (like me). It helps me detect the flaw in this argument from Paul Crespo in his latest article. "As Kirk Victor of the National Journal magazine noted, "Kerry's Democratic rivals never seriously attacked him, allowing him to emerge virtually unscathed with the nomination."

One way to present a thoroughly ridiculous argument is to put it in the mouth of a third party, as Crespo does here. Another key point is that most people, apparently, didn't pay any attention to the Democratic Primary, so they won't realize that in fact Kerry was attacked pretty repeatedly. Now granted, Dean got more of the brunt of attacks, but that doesn't mean that Kerry was ignored.

The rest of the article is the standard Conservative story of Kerry. He's not really a war hero, he protested the war and shook hands with Jane Fonda, he cussed out his secret security agent for tripping him. Same old, same old. I really don't think replaying the sixties automatically leads to victory for the Conservatives as they seem to. And I've dealt with the incident on the slopes before.

And in conclusion let me just say this; Daylight Savings Sucks.

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