Lauer and Kerry Strategize - "Could President's Marriage Amendment be an Opportunity for You?"

The Today Show

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Was it an interview we just watched between Matt Lauer and John Kerry, or a Democratic strategy session?

Most of the focus was on the President's proposal yesterday of a possible constitutional amendment to establish that marriage is between one man and one woman.

Lauer began by asking: "What is the difference in your stance and the President's."

Kerry: "I wouldn't choose to tamper with the Constitution for political purposes."

Then, in a telling moment revealing how Kerry tries to be on both sides of most issues, he quietly slipped in: "I share the same opposition [to gay marriage]," adding "but I think it's wrong to call for an amendment. It's political and an attempt to drive a wedge."

Lauer then lobbed a fluffy softball Kerry's way: "During the 2000 campaign then Governor Bush said the issue should be left to the states. Why do you think he's now calling for a constitutional amendment?"

Kerry was only too glad to take the hint, again repeating his claim that this was an effort to drive a wedge and distract from the *real* issues, "because he can't come to this steel mill and talk about jobs, he doesn't have a health care proposal can't talk about his foreign policy."

Then it was on to the strategy session.

Lauer: "Does the President's proposal create an opportunity for you? He is moving toward his conservative base, but away from the centrist swing voters. Does this create an opportunity?"

Of course Kerry thought it did, but claimed that the proposal even created a problem for conservative voters worried about tampering wtih Constitution.

In fairness, Lauer did ask one solid question.

Lauer: "Recently the President questioned your votes for [sic - he should have said "against"] the B2 bomber and the Apache helicopter. You couch it in terms of an attack on your patriotism. But why isn't it fair to talk about your voting record?

Kerry: "I don't mind talking about individual votes, but they lump it all together and suggest you're weak on defense, like they did to Max Cleland. I won't let them get away with it."

Kerry went on to accuse the Bush administration of cutting pay for troops and denying body armour. "People are raising funds to send body armour to their kids in Iraq. Bush is cutting the VA budget to give tax cuts to the wealthy."

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Like someone said yesterday: John Kerry - all the charm of Michael Dukakis, without the integrity.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Today Show ping.

[goldstategop]

Kerry is a two-faced politician. What a consumnate weasel and that I think is the key to his political longvity. He's all things to all people.

[eccentric]

DemocRATS are depending on the ignorance of the American voter (from their education system). They depend of people not understanding the 'full faith and credit" clause of the constituion just as they keep re-hashing the 2000 election, depending on people to NOT understand the electoral college system.

[trebb]

"During the 2000 campaign then Governor Bush said the issue should be left to the states. Why do you think he's now calling for a constitutional amendment?"

They just can't get it through their heads that the real issue is activist judges spitting on the will of the People. California decided against it, yet no one will stop it. Massachusetts is against it, yet activist judges order the state to make a law that supports it.

All we need to do is to use this sidelining of issues to misdirect people out for the public to see and all of a sudden Kerry has no issues.

[goldstategop]

Matt Lauer will ask President Bush softball questions in your dreams.

[OldFriend]

Matt Lauer cut off his hair and put it into his knee pads to make them more comfortable.

[Maigrey]

It's just another opportunity for Kerry to flip-flop on the issue.

Kerry actually is being consistent, for once. Sure, he wouldn't mess with the Constitution, because he has no problem with Activist judges. So, he wouldn't have to alter the Constitution, because he knew the judges would do it for him.

[Dane]

I watched the interview this morning and it seemes that Lauer and kerry rehearsed the whole intwerview last night, with Lauer throwing out those softball questions.

[TonyRo76]

This kind of suckfest is the reason I never watch the Today Show in the first place. Lauer = LOSER!

[Always Right]

Then, in a telling moment revealing how Kerry tries to be on both sides of most issues, he quietly slipped in: "I share the same opposition [to gay marriage]," adding "but I think it's wrong to call for an amendment.

That's a bold face lie. When it's about a Constitutional amendment, Kerry says it wrong because it is a Constitutional Amendment. When it is a federal law, Kerry says it is wrong because it is a state issue. When his state tries to pass an amendment, Kerry still says it is wrong. Kerry say his is against gay marriage, but is on the record as being against any action that could stop it.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

In a million years, could we imagine Lauer or Katie asking a Republican candidate whether a move by his Dem opponent "creates an opportunity for you?" </rhetorical question>

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Good analysis.

[goldstategop]

Liberals love activist judges who amend the Constitution for them so they don't have to. Kerry's real beef isn't with amending the Constitution, which is bogus but with stopping liberal judges cold.

[smiley]

That's why Kerry's face is so wrinkled....

[stopem]

Demrats have become nothing more than an atheist aclu organization.

Why is Kerry so popular when all he does is pander and waffle?
Doesnt anyone get it yet, the man is phony.

[Arrowhead1952]

"I share the same opposition [to gay marriage]," adding "but I think it's wrong to call for an amendment. It's political and an attempt to drive a wedge."

Read this as not a wedge, but an issue that John F'ing Kerry knows will not be accepted by most Americans. Until we can clear the left leaning activist judges (mostly Hitlery appointments) out of the judicial system, we can expect more screwed up changes to our way of life.

[Dane]

In a million years, could we imagine Lauer or Katie asking a Republican candidate whether a move by his Dem opponent "creates an opportunity for you?" </rhetorical question>

It was amazing to see this morning how Lauer was so balatantly pro-kerry and same sex marriage. The "interview" this morning should go into the books as quintessential proof of liberal bias.

[eeriegeno]

Kerry is a two-faced politician. What a consumnate weasel and that I think is the key to his political longvity. He's all things to all people.

That probably is true BUT the polls are showing that he is running neck-to-neck with GW if the election was held today. Worse yet, he is winning in some states!!!! Are the voters that blind, uninformed, or do they just don't care?

[PGalt]

Thanks for your synopsis of antiques without value.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

The problem is, at least right now, there seems to be a viable possibility that this fake antique might be installed in the Oval Office!

[goldstategop]

Kerry's record is unknown outside of Massachusetts. Dukakis had a lead right until the first Bush began letting the country know all about his record. If people will still vote for this guy after they do get acquainted with him, America's lost for good. That's why the stakes in this election are so high.

[Dane]

That probably is true BUT the polls are showing that he is running neck-to-neck with GW if the election was held today. Worse yet, he is winning in some states!!!! Are the voters that blind, uninformed, or do they just don't care?

Mondale and Hart were running neck and neck with Reagan at this time in 84.

The demos are getting are all the media attention and Bush hasn't really even started his campaign yet.

[SW6906]

"That probably is true BUT the polls are showing that he is running neck-to-neck with GW if the election was held today. Worse yet, he is winning in some states!!!! Are the voters that blind, uninformed, or do they just don't care?"

The voters at this point in time are uninformed and for the most part not paying attention. Because of the Democratic primaries, they have been fed unopposed Bush-bashing for the last several months. It is no surprise whatsoever that at this point in time polls show a close race and/or Kerry winning.

Don't worry about it. Back in 1988, some of the polls around this time in the election season showed Dukakis kicking GHW Bush's rear. We all know how that election turned out.

[goldstategop]

If you can fool people into thinking you're a moderate you've got it made. Clinton sold Americans on the idea he was a different kind of Democrat. Its doubtful Kerry will be able to pull off the same trick.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Like they say, you've got it made once you can fake sincerity!

[gunnedah]

Cant come to this steel mill my a$$. John Kerry has never worked a day in his life. Always looking for a free ride and truth be known he injured himself in "Nam" intentionally to get out of there.
America will get what it deserves I just hope we can stand it.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

For a good, upbeat analysis of how W has started his campaign, have a look at this editorial from the Manchester Union Leader:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085039/posts

I agree America will get what it deserves, but I'm optimistic that will be another four years of W.

[randita]

Democrats were against state's rights in the Texas sodomy decision, but now they're for state's rights in the gay marriage issue.

Someone ought to ask Kerry if he supports the rights of states of make their own laws regarding sodomy.

Normally, I support state's rights, but not when the "Full Faith and Credit" issue comes into play. In that case, one state's rights to make its own laws are abrogated by the laws made in another state. That takes self-governance away.

[trebb]

Matt Lauer will ask President Bush softball questions in your dreams.

You are oh-so correct - the Repubs will have to force feed the issues. A daunting task, but doable.

[MEG33]

I am inadvertently listening to this.I must say anyone who sees Kerry week after week and doesn't become depressed is better than I.He is yet be known well.GAG

[PGalt]

Thanks to your efforts for putting propaganda under a microscope, we are becoming inoculated against it.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks very much, PGalt. That's about the highest praise anyone could offer me, and the perfect response to the occasional posts on these threads along the lines "why do you waste your time watching that junk?"

Then again, I know that virtually all of my fellow FReepers, being the astute people they are, are already entirely resistant to the liberals' siren song. That's what makes us FReepers, after all! Thanks again.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Anyone who sees Kerry week after week and doesn't become depressed is better than I.

Agreed. The guy is the walking equivalent of a handful of barbituates. I remember seeing him in NH right after his big win in Iowa, talking to a crowd about feeling the momentum. He was so clunky that I almost started feeling sorry for him. Almost.

[Maigrey]

I know he's phoney, but the question remains.... How can we get that information out to the less-than-informed masses? The mainstream media won't call him out unless the puppetmaster pulls their strings, so how do you inform 100 million who get their news from the jumbled alpabet soup?

[syriacus]

So, he wouldn't have to alter the Constitution, because he knew the judges would do it for him.

Exactly.

The degenderization of America by judicial decisions.

[MEG33]

That was the night I first heard him say "Bring it On" as though he was slowly teaching the ABCs to preschoolers ...with no enthusiasm.

[Carolinamom]

If Kerry is so proud of his voting record, why did he not correct Lauer when the latter said "...vote FOR..." when Kerry voted AGAINST...?

[Maigrey]

Polls mean didley until the real Silly Season starts (namely, first of September) in earnest.

When you see a poll, look closer at who was polled. This will determine how the poll was administered, and if there was any manipulation of the poll.

[StriperSniper]

but they lump it all together and suggest you're weak on defense, like they did to Max Cleland. I won't let them get away with it."

Hey Sen. Ketchup! By the aggregate of your votes you are not just weak on defense, you seem to be in cahoots with the enemy, that make you the enemy too! No, I don't 'question' your patriotism, I openly say that you are an 'enemy domestic'.

How are you going to not 'let me get away with that', you pompous @$$!!!

STICK IT!!!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

If Kerry is so proud of his voting record, why did he not correct Lauer when the latter said "...vote FOR..." when Kerry voted AGAINST...?

Great point. If the tables had been turned, and Lauer had mistakenly said that Kerry had voted against a weapons program whereas in fact he voted for it, we can be sure Kerry would have been quick to correct the mistake. Conclusion: Kerry definitely IS defensive about his record on defense!

He's obviously decided that the best defense is a good offense, but I don't think it will work. No matter what he says, we will be seeing those TV ads with a list of all the weapons he voted against, and a description of how those very weapons have been used to fight the war on terror.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

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[Impeach the Boy]

Yes...it well could be an opportunity to Kerry...an opportunity to ASSURE his defeat.

[Maigrey]

I'm hoping at some point, someone pulls an Andrew Jackson and tells them "You made it, now make me enforce it!"

The problem with that is it is also another slippery slope.

[truthchaser]

To me, this issue is all about State's rights and the Full Faith and Credit clause. A Constitutional ammendment exempting one State's obligation to recognize another State's homosexual marriages is the ultimate in State's rights protection. How many States have already spoken and attempted to defend themselves against this. When they say, "this is a matter best left to the States", my response is... exactly. Thank you President Bush.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Are the voters that blind, uninformed, or do they just don't care?

We will all be surprised at the vote in November.

It won't be close.

[YaYa123]

"I won't let them get away with it."

I love it when Kerry sounds like a spoiled 2 year old having a foot stomping temper tantrum. Can't you imagine him talking tuff to terrorists?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"Bring it on!" "I'm not going to let them get away with it!" "We're coming, you're going, and don't let the door hit you on the way out!"

Kerry's favorite lines. Obviously they have decided that they're not going to be the next nice-guy Mike Dukakis and let a Bush kick them around. But it seems so phony coming from the haughty, French-looking Kerry. I just don't think he'll play well with the American people over the course of a long campaign.

[Carolinamom]

Knowing the Couric/Lauer proclivity for carrying the DNC water, I suspect Lauer's "mistake" was a deliberately misleading of fact in order to paint Kerry in a favorable light. Cynical of me? Yes. But based on too many lies I've heard all of them tell w/straight faces. There is an arrogance in such actions because they believe that uninformed Americans will believe them because of who they are. I despise the media.

[johnny7]

If people will still vote for this guy after they do get acquainted with him, America's lost for good.

The American electorate is not what it was in 1988. It's not even what it was in 2000. The soft-minded dolts our public schools have produced for the last 30 years are now in the majority. They are in elected office, the courts, college faculties and report the nightly news.