Lileks (not the bleat)
In this newhouse column, Lileks explains better than I can exactly what is wrong with John Kerry crowing about all the love he's getting from foriegn leaders.
"I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy they look at you and say, 'You've got to win, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy,' things like that," Kerry said in Florida.
...it's a telling remark. Sen. Kerry might be surprised to discover that foreign opinion doesn't concern your average NASCAR dad, who would prefer America to be strong and disliked than weak and beloved.
...On another level, though, Kerry's remark sounds pathetically naive. Why does he think the Unnamed Foreign Leaders like him best -- because they have America's best interests at heart? They want to mire the United States in the tarpit of the United Nations again, and Kerry looks like the man to wade right in.
The fact that Kerry would boast about this is almost beyond my comprehension. Why should we care what Chirac thinks about who occupies the office? And furthermore, why should we agree with his choice for us, given his behavior towards the US over the last couple years? Remarkable.
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Agreed, agreed, agreed.
Agreed, agreed, agreed.
The only good thing to come from Kerry's run is that we have an outside chance up here in Massachusetts to finally see Senator Barney Frank or Senator John Tierney.
Because I hate Kerry so much I hope he slinks away like vermin in the night. Of course, I feel similarly toward Bush, so I'm kinda skewered in the pooper either way come November.
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This comment requires immediate correction. Please">http://www.drudgereport.com/kerrybo.htm]Please read the reporter's own admission of error.
Actually, no. In another
Actually, no. In another article from the Drudge Report, Kerry defends the statement:
" Kerry has accused Republicans of "trying to change the subject" from jobs, health care and other issues when they demand that he name the world leaders he claimed want to see him as president and question whether he was telling the truth.
"I'm not making anything up at all," Kerry told The Associated Press in an interview Monday. He said "it's no secret" that some countries are "deeply divided about our foreign policy. We have lost respect and influence in the world."
He continued: "I stand by my statement. The point is not the leaders. What's important is that this administration's foreign policy is not making us as safe as we can be in the world."
Kerry said at a Florida fund-raiser last week that he's heard from some world leaders who quietly back his candidacy and hope he is elected in November. Kerry has declined to identify them, saying to do so would betray confidences.