Here’s one of the best assessments I’ve read so far of John Kerry and his campaign. An excerpt:
For all the talk of Bush’s malaprops, the man can sometimes make a simple point clearly. Untroubled by nuance, detail or fact, Bush travels the country saying things like, “Because we acted, our economy is growing.” That’s not how Kerry speaks on the stump. Here’s the candidate in Akron Saturday, trying to go after Bush on what should be easy targets, Friday’s announcements of disappointing job numbers and the biggest increase ever in Medicare premiums:
“What makes me angry — and I say this nicely — what makes me angry is the complete breach of faith with the American people. They promised four years ago to strengthen Medicare. He promised again a couple of nights ago to strengthen Medicare. And you wake up Friday morning on a day when a lot of the news is being hidden by what’s happening in the hurricane down in Florida, what’s happening in Russia with 200 people tragically killed by terror, and the news is hidden, but it isn’t going to be hidden for long from Americans. Because what they did yesterday was, this president of the United States, made history twice.”
Four hundred words later, Kerry was still going at it.
Ugh. I cringe when I think about the upcoming debates.