Where is the real John Kerry?

Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT ^ | September 19, 2004 | STEPHEN C. TERRY

[NCLaw441]

When he was young, Kerry could be admired for the stand he took, even if one disagreed with it. He has lost that, exchanging it for political power. As for substance, though, what is there? When a person's "claim to fame" is a demonstration AGAINST something, rather than working FOR anything, what can such a person provide of a positive nature? In Kerry's case, nothing. His record proves it. I get the impression that his success lies in the accident of his birth to wealth in a liberal stronghold. 20 years in the Senate, and NO defining legislation bearing his name. What has he actually contributed to the good of this country, or of his state (oops, sorry, Commonwealth)? What does he stand for but himself? Talented? Perhaps, but where is the fruit of this talent? This is my problem with this candidate. He has not staked himself out on ANY position, preferring instead the comfort of taking every position, or no position. How, 6 weeks from an election, can anyone support him when has no firm plan on anything? The only answer, of course, is that he is NOT supported by anyone. He is a mere placeholder for hatred of President Bush.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

An educator an American and a Kerry voter.

***...Amid all this hopelessness, I gingerly offer an analysis which, while not quite tongue-in-cheek, may be double edged at best. It's the best I can do before Scotty beams me up. Antiwar writers from Cockburn to Jensen and Jacobs and others describe an antiwar movement in disarray, and they are certainly on point. But it helps to reassess some of the successes we have wrested from The Beast that is Empire. Jacobs points out that it would be foolish to think that any movement could "force Washington's hand into pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan before Inauguration Day, 2005." But stopping the war outright was an equally daunting task. Instead of moping, we should be taking credit for the alienation and isolation that put the U.S. in its current corner. ...Source

[RAY]

This writer was another useful idiot!

[kittymyrib]

Another VT RINO heard from...gak.

[dawn53]

The Real John Kerry (somebody else posted this on another thread and I thought it was photoshopped, it's not..it's a Reuters pic).

[libertylover]

This is in stark contrast to the John Kerry I first saw in person on April 22, 1971, when he electrified the nation with his passionate and compelling anti-Vietnam War testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Apparently Kerry and Klinton have at least one thing in common: they're both more comfortable telling lies than truths.

[DustyMoment]

It was a BIG LIE for personal/political gain.

Kerry lied and men died!

My thoughts exactly. And it can't be said too often:

Kerry lied and men died!

And, his lie was soley for personal/political gain. He didn't care who got hurt as long as he got what HE wanted!!

And, he still doesn't!!!!

[Ed_in_NJ]

(I went to your source link) - It's fun to see the lunatic left with their knickers in a wad, but scary to think that this dude is 'an educator.'

[pt17]

There is no real John Kerry. He is a figment of his own imagination with no real foundation or guiding values. He is a very dangerous, NPD-disabled JFK wannabe who has nuanced himself into amorphousness.

[jaykay]

Will the real Slim Shady please stand up - Kerry campaign theme song.

[Happygal]

Spooky!
I was thinking that very thing! ;-)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Too many LIBERALS are educators.

[nepdap]

Kinda off the subject, but I've always wondered what happened to all the medals (oops -- I mean ribbons) that were thrown away that day. Is there a big box somewhere filled with Purple Hearts and such?

[Roccus]

"Too many LIBERALS are educators."

A direct result of the teacher exemption during the draft!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I don't know.

[CaptRon]

Gosh. After reading this I have nothing but respect for John. /sarcarsm

[Enduring Freedom]

Still deciding what to order on last week's menu.

[kaylar]

I agree wholeheartedly with you. JFK thought that the "youth movement" would last forever, and he thought his antiwar vet routine would enable him to harness that movement for his own empowerment. (I once had a college textbook circa 1976 on American history. The author, a professor with multiple degrees, was certain that communes were about to become the norm in the USA-that marriage, pairbonding, and individualism were about to become extinct among people under 40.)But the whole youth movement/hippie craze died, and JFK turned to more usual routes of empowerment. With patriotism and the military back 'in style' (at least as compared to 30 years ago) JFK thought he could finesse his status as a decorated war vet into power without anyone raising the isssue of his words and actions (Paris) so many decades ago. He thought this because he doesn't know how normal people think : His antiwar activities were never more than a means to an end , just as his war veteran routine is today. Not being sincere himself or capable of it, he doesn't understand that other people are more than a series of masks and poses to be discarded as needed.He thought everyone is like he is , and therefore they'd "understand" why he means what he says today and not what he said then (or is it the other way around?)

[jaykay]

Not so spooky. I'll bet a lot of people saw the headline "Where is the real John Kerry" and thought "Real Slim Shady." Slim and Shady describe John Kerry so well after all.