Whew. That was close. Earlier this week, Hanoi Johns campaign looked like a goner.
First was the disastrous interview with Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America, where HJ came off as a truculent, arrogant jerk lying through his teeth.
Then came the $1,000 Haircut, with HJ flying his personal hairdresser from Washington to a speaking event in Pennsylvania in Tuh-RAY-zuhs $35 million private jet for a hair touchup. (Note: Thats what the press calculated -- flying a Gulfstream V from DC to PA and back costs thousands of dollars alone.)
The third whammy came when the Village Voice ran an op-ed titled John Kerry Must Go. Heres an excerpt:
With the air gushing out of John Kerry's balloon, it may be only a matter of time until political insiders in Washington face the dread reality that the junior senator from Massachusetts doesn't have what it takes to win and has got to go.
When the Village Voice -- that ultimate bastion of chi-chi-goo-goo liberalism -- pronounces a Democrat politically deceased, call for the hearse.
And these are only three examples of a legion of doom and gloom articles permeating the liberal alphabet media. I was beginning to panic. Theyre figuring it out that Kerry will be lucky to carry Massachusetts, the Dem power boys are going to dump him for sure, hell never make it through the nominating convention in late July... these were the worry-wort thoughts racing through my brain. And then the Gray Lady came to the rescue.
Kerry Turns Tables on Bush and Cheney Over War Records blared a front page headline in the New York Times on April 27, just in the nick of time. This puff piece, touting a provocative four-page handout headlined, Key Unanswered Questions: Bush's Record in the National Guard passed out by campaign staff, was a signal to all the Kerry-doubters in the liberal ranks to keep flogging Kerrys dead horse.
As long as the NYT keeps flogging away, theres still hope the Dim Dems wont recognize Kerry is DOA, even in the face of evidence like op-eds popping up all over the country describing Kerry and his wife as The Gigolo and the Gold Digger.
Or try this on: Without irony or sarcasm, the Democrat-leaning The Hill magazine (as in Capitol Hill, a report that goes out to all Congressional offices) ran this item today, April 30:
Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) presidential campaign is assembling a "Team B" group of advisors to craft a political strategy for catastrophic events, such as a terrorist attack on the United States before the election, the capture of Osama bin Laden, a vast improvement in the economy, or any other event that could alter the political zeitgeist in 2004.
So -- the Democrats look upon the capture of Bin Laden or a vast improvement in the economy as a catastrophe, equivalent to a terrorist attack on their country.
Rest assured. As long as the New York Times remains blinded by bitterness towards the Bush Presidency, the resolute march of the Democrats to Kerry Hara-Kiri in November will continue.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/4/30/170640.shtml
First was the disastrous interview with Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America, where HJ came off as a truculent, arrogant jerk lying through his teeth.
Then came the $1,000 Haircut, with HJ flying his personal hairdresser from Washington to a speaking event in Pennsylvania in Tuh-RAY-zuhs $35 million private jet for a hair touchup. (Note: Thats what the press calculated -- flying a Gulfstream V from DC to PA and back costs thousands of dollars alone.)
The third whammy came when the Village Voice ran an op-ed titled John Kerry Must Go. Heres an excerpt:
With the air gushing out of John Kerry's balloon, it may be only a matter of time until political insiders in Washington face the dread reality that the junior senator from Massachusetts doesn't have what it takes to win and has got to go.
When the Village Voice -- that ultimate bastion of chi-chi-goo-goo liberalism -- pronounces a Democrat politically deceased, call for the hearse.
And these are only three examples of a legion of doom and gloom articles permeating the liberal alphabet media. I was beginning to panic. Theyre figuring it out that Kerry will be lucky to carry Massachusetts, the Dem power boys are going to dump him for sure, hell never make it through the nominating convention in late July... these were the worry-wort thoughts racing through my brain. And then the Gray Lady came to the rescue.
Kerry Turns Tables on Bush and Cheney Over War Records blared a front page headline in the New York Times on April 27, just in the nick of time. This puff piece, touting a provocative four-page handout headlined, Key Unanswered Questions: Bush's Record in the National Guard passed out by campaign staff, was a signal to all the Kerry-doubters in the liberal ranks to keep flogging Kerrys dead horse.
As long as the NYT keeps flogging away, theres still hope the Dim Dems wont recognize Kerry is DOA, even in the face of evidence like op-eds popping up all over the country describing Kerry and his wife as The Gigolo and the Gold Digger.
Or try this on: Without irony or sarcasm, the Democrat-leaning The Hill magazine (as in Capitol Hill, a report that goes out to all Congressional offices) ran this item today, April 30:
Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) presidential campaign is assembling a "Team B" group of advisors to craft a political strategy for catastrophic events, such as a terrorist attack on the United States before the election, the capture of Osama bin Laden, a vast improvement in the economy, or any other event that could alter the political zeitgeist in 2004.
So -- the Democrats look upon the capture of Bin Laden or a vast improvement in the economy as a catastrophe, equivalent to a terrorist attack on their country.
Rest assured. As long as the New York Times remains blinded by bitterness towards the Bush Presidency, the resolute march of the Democrats to Kerry Hara-Kiri in November will continue.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/4/30/170640.shtml
