Reply #17: Is it really about credibility? [View All]

[Moochy]

When Kerry threw in the towel, no matter how irrational contesting the results might have been, it just caused me to lose a great deal of faith in Kerry. The contrast between Edwards promise to count all the votes on election nite, and the concession was striking.

Re: Rawstory & Kerry, I feel that it's possible that this was a misreporting of information given to Miller on a backgrounder.

But I dont feel that it's a he-said he-said thing. I know politicians have to finesse opinions, especially so with Senators, being generally elected from the finest elites of the elite establishment.

It's well withing my expectations for even my favorite senator (Boxer) to have to make corrections to statements made that are "misinterpreted", or that something given on background is used out of context.
I guess I'm cynical/realistic that way and allow for even my heroic senators to "weasel" out of, or "parse words." In other words the realpolitik of the situation forces me to consdier that if Kerry did this its not shocking, out of form for senators or even wrong.