The great Lurch has spoken! Us dumb rubes in flyover country just don't appreciate the benefits of socialism yet.
Posted on 05/26/2010 12:09:34 PM PDT by presidio9
Times are tough, especially among those still looking for good jobs, but Sen. John Kerry doesn't think Washington's to blame. In fact the former Democratic presidential candidate, concerned with the anger voters are aiming at Washington, says that his party and President Obama are doing a ship-shape job. [See which industries contribute to Kerry campaign.]
"We've come back," he says of the nation, Wall Street, and the economy. "This is an amazing resurgence."
Kerry talked about the voter anger during a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor called to give him time to pitch his expansive climate and energy bill. He was asked if he's ever seen such anger with Washington, in part inspired by the Tea Party movement named after the Boston Tea Party in his home state.
With many expecting him to say no, the 26-year Washington veteran said yes, citing the turbulent 1960s and the Watergate era. "Yes, I have seen it," he said, but while those were focused on the Vietnam War and Richard Nixon's power grab, he said "I think this is less focused."
It wasn't a slam at the Tea Party movement and those upset at Washington as much as a frustration he feels that Congress and the president aren't getting the credit he thinks they deserve for pulling the country out of a second depression.
"I think there's a comprehension gap," said Kerry. His point: While people may not be feeling the benefits of the bailouts and healthcare reform yet, Congress has been working with Obama to right the economic ship. Still, he sounded sympathetic to those kicked around by the economy. "There's a sense of some things unraveling" to them, said Kerry.
But he said that the D.C.-directed attacks are hypocritical, since many of those attacking Washington spending presumably want to keep their Social Security and Medicare and want Washington to play a big role in the Gulf Oil cleanup. "There's a huge contradiction on a daily basis," he said.
Maybe, he concluded, the Democrats should change their communications strategy "to better sell what we've done."
And, he displays a breath-taking condescension gap.
Pompous gasbag.
Elitist assholes in power think they really do know better.
As far as I’m concerned, Kerry’s “on the list”... of elitists that have to be dealt with.
Hey c’mon - Steve Martin doesn’t deserve that!
Nah, he's 'Bomb Voyage' from 'The Incredibles.'
But Washington should watch at least one of those "debt reduction" seminars they often show on TV, including PBS (so they can't miss it) and heed their advice...
On those shows they always talk about how to reduce the spending, and somehow I never heard this type of advice: "All you have to do is to keep spending and just charge more for your services, especially the people who don't use your services, and you will have surpluses instead of the deficits and debt"...
Yet this is exactly what John Kerry seems to be advising us, talking about comprehension gap.
it is truly amazing! unemployment is at 10%... taxes are up... private sector wages are down... and the government is taking money from one group and handing it to another.
he is right, times are tough... and when times are tough, people are less inclined to take money from their wallet and pay for someone else’s home/meal... when they themselves are in danger of starving or losing their home
and now we see them screw up the gulf, thereby hose industry, by not dealing with it properly (i personally think they had a hand in the event itself... timing and political gain are waaay to convenient)
of course, the only way to insure we never have to deal with progressives again is to allow them to do what they want... show it to be the total failure it is... and hope we survive long enough to take it back.
Didn’t John Kerry serve in Vietnam? I mean, as opposed to Richard Blumenthal?
Was John Kerry the one who was sent by Nixon into Cambodia on Christmas Day, 1968, before Nixon took office?
“his party and President Obama are doing a ship-shape job?”...WTF?
More like a shi!-shape job you asshat!
Actually, John, no. Give me back what I paid into Medicare and Social Security over my lifetime and let me invest it.
And as to the oil spill, it's clear the feds don't have a clue what to do about that. Best they just keep their nose out of it.
LOL
Exactly. The liberal elites think we’re all stupid.
John Kerry Says Voter Anger at Washington Is Hypocritical
Let me fix this
John Kerry’s Brain Is Hypocritical
There!
That was priceless! Thanks for the laugh.
Is this the same John Kerry that served in Viet Nam?
Removes any doubt that Kerry is “nuts”.
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