Posted on 09/25/2010 2:20:32 AM PDT by billorites
It’s the electorate, stupid!
A testy U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday blamed clueless voters with short attention spans for the uphill battle beleaguered Democrats are facing against Republicans across the nation.
“We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what’s happening,” Kerry told reporters after touring the Boston Medical Center yesterday.
Conservative political blogger William Jacobson, who writes Legal Insurrection, immediately pounced on Kerry’s comments, saying that attitude is why voters are looking to shake up Capitol Hill by electing upstart candidates such as U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.
“It just continues the Democrats’ theme that the reason people are upset is because they don’t understand. They’re not smart enough. That sort of rhetoric just gets people even more upset,” said Jacobson.
Democratic consultant Phil Johnston, former chairman of the state party, jumped to Kerry’s defense, saying, “That’s absurd. He’s just making the point that people have real lives to lead and most people are not spending a lot of time worrying about politics, particularly in a tough economy. I’ve known John Kerry for 35 years and he doesn’t look down on people.”
Kerry made the remarks on voters following questions about U.S. Rep Barney Frank’s re-election campaign and queries about securing federal funding for the Hub hospital.
“I think a lot of the anger today - while it’s appropriate because Washington is broken - is not directed at the right people,” said Kerry. “Barney is prepared, as others are, to explain what we’re doing. I think when people hear the facts and they see what we’re doing, it frankly makes sense.”
In the interview, Kerry added that voters should be mad at stonewalling Republicans and “big money” in politics instead, referring to a bill blocked by Republicans Thursday that would reveal corporate and union leaders who fund big-bucks political ads.
He went on to blame the legislative logjam in Washington, D.C., for fewer federal dollars sent to the state.
John Feehery, a Washington D.C.-based Republican consultant, said Kerry’s comments mark yet another embarrassing stumble for the gaffe-prone senior senator. In 2006, the former presidential candidate had to apologize for a statement he made at a California college that U.S. students who did not study hard and stay in school would end up “stuck in Iraq.”
“I think that arrogance sums up why John Kerry didn’t get elected president,” Feehery said. “He’s out of touch.”
“We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what’s happening,”
Hanoi John, like many professional politicians today just doesn’t get it. Our electorate is paying attention to what’s going on - and ignoring simple political slogans.
The social experiment is over, time to run the Kenyan out of office.
VOTE THEM ALL OUT IN NOVEMBER.
Look out Zer0, the hope and change is a coming... but not from you.
It was “uninformed voters” that put the traitor-in-chief in the White House.
I guess skerry (he’s been to Vietnam) is right: we are all uninformed, drooling hicks who just need more education on how intelligent he and his fellow moonbat assclowns are. I must sign off now as I have to go hunt some squirrels, go buy some good stuff at Walmart, go to a mud bog with some good ol’ boys and have some cool ones.
“people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth”
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You mean that dopey hopey-changey thang?
We are too dumb to know that we really do have good jobs, our pensions are increasing, our free health care has made our lives soo much better and has allowed us to live healthier and more prosperous lives.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
“I’ve known John Kerry for 35 years and he doesn’t look down on people.”
Really? Let’s not forget his little lecture a few years ago to an assembly of college students. He told them to stay in school and get an education or else they would likely end up in the military and fighting in Iraq.
Any voter that consistently votes for him and other liberals is stuck on stupid.
I think he was in Cambodia on Christmas.
I hope the "voter is stupid" defense gets him in the ass next to that rice grain.
John Francois Kerry still hasn’t released his service record for public scrutiny. I’m glad I didn’t hold my breath waiting for it.
And in 2008 the American people were all brainiacs when they voted in Zero.
Get a new Schtick Kerry. the American people are getting really tired of being called stupid. As you will find out in NOV, 2010.
“Didn’t John Kerry serve in Vietnam?”
Yes, and he had a body guard for the four months he was there for his photo ops.
Photograph of John Kerry meeting with Comrade Do Muoi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Vietnam, July 15-18, 1993.
Photo taken in the War Remnants Museum (formerly the "War Crimes Museum") in Saigon in May 2004.
from http://www.wintersoldier.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20040531140357545
John F. Kerry = Traitor! and is still one.
At least I agree with him in part,this time. IMO the electorate in his State of MASS. do indeed need be reeducated.
They keep re electing him so the rest of America will have to
deal with the “other”JFK form MASS.” so they won’t be the
only ones having to deal with him.
Honestly, that was the most entertaining election season I can remember.
Kerry said and did so many stupid things that there was, at least, an average of 1 a day to make us laugh.
Only reason that election was close at all was because of the same "uninformed" voters he's complaining about now!
Kerry....still a putz!
Note to juan skerry: Those federal dollars are taxes collected by the government. We taxpayers are madder than ever. By the way juan, how about that "hope and change" slogan from 2008? Look at the senior DUmmie of your party for more stupid slogans.
And he order a cheesesteak with swiss!
You know, I think I heard that once too!
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