HUH?!?!?
I remember a hero named ROBERT DOLE that was a candidate in 1996....or am I confused??
In additon to Dole, George Bush 41 was also a war hero with a DFC and so was George McGovern.
or George H.W. Bush for that matter. Oh for crying out loud what about Eugene McCarthey? No wonder the N.Y. Times sucked so bad, this guys a moron.
And his arrogant elitism shows through, of course. He writes of Kerry's foreign policy speeches: " The problem is that speeches that sound right at the Council don't necessarily work for an electorate schooled to respond to simple messages." That's emperial Raines telling us how stupid we voters are.
And Raines, for all his gloomy doom predictions for Kerrey, he thinks his advice is worth something, he's still towing the party line, la Dana Milbank in the Washington Times. Peddling the false notion that Bush and Rove are unfairly attacking Kerrey, with negative, untrue ads. It's spinning bullhockeydoodoo!! Raines ignores the fact that Kerry has been steadily pounding Bush for almost a year with untrue allegations.
Raines, (like his New York Times) makes glaring errors too. "As America's first war-hero candidate since John F Kennedy", he writes, obviously forgetting about (not only Bob Dole), but the first President Bush and John McCain too.
But how like Raines to go to reporters for facts. He writes, "Every time I talk to a reporter who has covered him, new doubts creep in about his ability to connect with voters." I suppose it would never occur to Raines to ask real people, not reporters, for the truth of a matter.
Oh come on, you know that a republican can't be a hero doncha? Heaven forbid! Are these people disgusting or what.
It made me so mad to read " a weakened Bush" when I know darn good and well the media is the one who has been doing everything in their power to cause it!