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Centrist Dems To Kerry: Apologize Dummy
First, Claire McCaskill:
Claire McCaskill’s campaign called on Sen. John Kerry to apologize for a “botched joke” he made on Monday.“[McCaskill] said it’s a dumb thing to say and he should apologize,” said McCaskill spokeswoman Adrainne Marsh.
Then from Harold Ford, Jon Tester and Ben Cardin:
“Whatever the intent, Senator Kerry was wrong to say what he said,” said Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr., running for Senate in Tennessee.“Sen. Kerry’s remarks were poorly worded and just plain stupid,” said Montana Senate President Jon Tester, a Democrat trying to unseat GOP Sen. Conrad Burns. “He owes our troops and their families an apology.”
“I’m sorry he did what he did. But I think the issue … we want to make sure it doesn’t confuse the subject of the war in Iraq,” Democratic Rep. Ben Cardin, running for Senate in Maryland, said on CNN.
Thank you Senators and potential Senators. Your condemnations are appreciated and noted.
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6 Responses to “Centrist Dems To Kerry: Apologize Dummy”
He’s just apologized. Lets see how much (meaning how little) it helps.
Could this be the Sistah Soldjah moment of the campaign? Centrist Dems blast liberal stalwart for idiotic gaffe. They drew distance, and seemingly in response to their protests, Kerry apologizes. Dems look mature and independent. Just like Clinton.
Kerry does, contreversy over.
Iraq stays front and center.
Maybe its the moment when the 2004 nominee passes the baton to the 2008 nominee, who at the moment, appears a lot more self-possessed and intelligent.
I think Kerry may have just killed the last bit of 60′s radical liberalism along with his national political desires.
Good, glad to see it get a smack down it deserved about 20+ years ago.
The 60′s radical liberal gave us some good, but after awhile they became drunk with idealism that was beyond attainable. Then they became the albatross around the paleoliberals neck, to be beaten with by their rivals….the radical conservatives. Maybe we just saw the last pitiful gasp of that breed with Kerry commiting hari kiri on a national level. So now we can get back to business of fixing things hopefully.
Pyst- There was a lot of idealism in 60′s radicalism- that we didn’t need a strong military, that we could end poverty once and for all, a revolutionary zeal to bring down the establishment. Yes, the logic was laughable. Underground groups like SDS, the Chicago 7, and the Black panthers were so extreme that it was scary.
Maybe one of the reasons Bush/Cheney have strived to stifle opposition is a fear of a reoccurence of far left radicalism. After all one of their key advisors on Iraq is Kissenger, who blames the loss of Viet Nam on mass demonstrations by the well-organized left.