"Who'd have thought Kerry could be a worse loser than Nixon?"

[Atman]

Tucker and his guests are laying it on THICK tonight! They are doing everything in their power to ridicule Kerry and marginalize him. Totally dismissing any claim of election irregularities in Ohio, and attack Kerry for questioning Blackwell.

The CIA Media Center is in full swing tonight!

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. WHY DO DEMOCRATS WATCH THESE REPUB SHOWS?

Is there a reason you like to tune in and watch them bash Democrats for an hour?

The longer people, yes....including people from DU.....continue watching this GARBAGE, the longer they will be on the air and able to spew CRAP.

[The Jacobin]

5. I DON'T

That's why I'm happy!

I agree - don't waste your time.

[CatWoman]

6. as soon as he started talking about Kerry

I changed the channel. I knew what was coming. You should have seen the previous love fest for Haley Barbour, and the shredding of Blano the preceded it.

[ComerPerro]

22. some want to see how we are being attacked, so we can defend

but, its not as though the media will ever actually represent Democrats who want to defend themselves or the party.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

26. Only listening to people you agree with is a recipe for ignorance.

I make a point of reading the Telegraph and the Economist, as well as the Guardian.

The people most worth talking politics to are the ones who *don't* already agree with you, and before you can talk to them effectually you have to know how they think.

[Cha]

32. You're right..I'm just glad

they're others out there who are willing to do it so I don't have to hear that shite anymore.

[Nozebro]

29. Exactly right. Talking about ideas requires thought. It's easier for

most people to just talk about other people.

[WI_DEM]

2. Tucker Carlson? who the hell cares what he thinks? He'll probably

even get booted off of "Dancing with the Stars" when he appears this season.

[Nozebro]

3. Did they mention his "the son of a bitch tripped me" comment? And, did

they bring up the NY Times Sunday Magazine article of a few years ago? In it, among other things, the Kerrys were protrayed as being supremely arrogant and "entitled", and several examples were given which are hard to explain away. One tiny incident I recall in the article concerns the Kerrys going to the movies and breaking in line. Whenever someone objected, he allegedly said: "Do you know who I am?". He did come across as a jerk (in the article), but that shouldn't be surprising to anyone that knows how rich, connected people follow a code of conduct that is different than what most people were taught at home and in Sunday school.

[LittleClarkie]

7. Why do you ask?

They appear to have been talking about Kerry's election comments. Your question seems like a non sequitor. Why bring that up?

[acmejack]

9. Because this poster has been trying to cause trouble here

For the last few days. Ignore it & it will go away eventually.

[Nozebro]

10. The subject of this thread is what reminded me.

Kerry's past conduct and comportment in other situations helps provide a more nuanced understanding of his character.

BTW - it's non sequitur (not sequitor)

[CatWoman]

11. oh, grow the fuck up

:nuke:

[LittleClarkie]

23. By repeating a story I first heard on Rush Limbaugh? Horsehockey.

I could do without that kind of "nuance"

As for sequitur vs sequitor, the spell checker doesn't like either. Whatchagonna do.

[karynnj]

31. BTW - it's TROLL

A more nuanced understanding of his character would carefully look at sources - and if stating something bad about a Democrat - include a link.

I know people who have met Kerry - and thought he was a warm, funny person.

[Sydnie]

8. blah, blah, blah

Sell crazy somewhere else ... We're all stocked up here.

:eyes:

[Nozebro]

12. I'm afraid you'll have to lower your asking price, CAT WOMAN.

Sorry, this was meant for CatWoman.

Otherwise, maybe you should just find someone else to represent you.

[Sydnie]

13. What the hell are you babbling about?

Who represents who? :wtf: Spit it out already and get it over with.


BTW ... :loveya: to CATWOMAN all the same!

[blm]

18. You're messing with CatWoman? HAH! If you're gonna fuck with the eagles

You better learn how to fly.

[Sydnie]

21. amazing, isn't it?

:rofl: Turn on a fan and watch it fly when it hits it! :rofl:

[blm]

24. Pulling up a seat.

.

[CatWoman]

28. thanks for the hat tip

and having my back :hi:

[CatWoman]

25. LOL

OK -- I'll pay to tutor .50 to teach you how to respond correctly on a message board.

[BlueCentrist]

15. lol

Sounds like a right wing talking point if ever there was one:Rich, connected people... aka "elitist" in certain circles.

No,Tucker while bashing Kerry/Democratic Party in general didn't bring that up but thank you for doing so. :nopity:

[karynnj]

34. RW, but it may come from their experience. Bush is elite and a snob

[blm]

17. HAH....the RW has been planting antiKerry stories in the media since Nixon

and then they ramped it up in Reagan and Bush1. Bush2 outdid them all.

You really believe the crap when so many have described the Kerry's exactly the opposite? Even if they had a bad day here and there, it doesn't rise to what the RW claims.

Guess you didn't know that Kerry was rated as the nicest, most thoughtful of all the candidates by the Iowa service workers at hotels and restaurants. You can't keep up a fake consideration with those people for over a year.

[flpoljunkie]

20. I don't believe for a minute that Kerry would break in line. NYT bought

this slander, and irresponsibly, printed it--but hey, we all know the NYT, like other main stream newspapers, will print anything nasty about a Democrat. It is what they do best--f*ck Democrats! They did it to both Gore and Kerry, and don't get me started on Whitewater!

[karynnj]

30. There is nothing called the NY Times Sunday Magazine

there is a NYT Magazine. The only Kerry article did NOT include that story. It was an excellent interview on Kerry's view of the War on Terror. It is one of the things that led to George Will's comment that Kerry was right. The comment you refer to has circulated in RW circles and is something that Howie Carr and similar RW people in Boston have pushed.

People who know Kerry have referred to him using words like; gentleman, polite, kind, and caring. There was a recent story in a Boston paper of Kerry and a young injured serviceman who was returning to MA after undergoing rehab in DC. By chance, he was next to Kerry on the plane. Kerry immediately stuck up a conversation with him, after talking about Iraq, they spoke of the Red Soxes. Hearing that the soldier, a huge Red Sox fan, had never had the money to get tickets, Kerry made a phone call and invited the man to join him at a game which he did. The soldier's description of Kerry was a that he was a very nice doen to earth guy who was easy to talk with.

There was also the story where Kerry was on Jury duty. His fellow jury members all liked him and said he encouraged everyone to speak and was a very nice guy. One woman told the reporter that she regretted her vote for Bush.

It is very clear that Kerry was smeared in many ways - but if you look back at his life, he had to be an incredibly nice guy. It is pretty rare when an ex-wife refers to an ex-husband as "having incredible compassion and committment" and being a "very good man" as Julia Thorne did several years ago when interviewed in the Boston Globe when she published a book on depression. How do you explain that Kerry was elected as both a Junior and Senior at Yale to head the (bipartisan) political union which brought in political speakers - even though he was a passionate Democrat in a mainly Republican school? How in high school is a not extraordinarilly talented boy become part of a rock band? How do you explain all the comments in his Navy fitness reports - where several superior commented on how devoted his sub-ordinates were to him.

Kerry might not be an extroverted charmer like Clinton, but between the two I think it's obvious who would be the better friend.

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. Ah....that sounds more like GW than Kerry. The pic of dumbya

pushing past Pres. Clinton at the opening of his library comes to mind.

[LittleClarkie]

4. He must have struck a nerve then

Good for him.

This would have happened in 2004 as well, I think.

[politicasista]

14. Not suprised

They will do it to any dem that speaks out against Bush and his cronies. They did it in 2000 and 2004, and they will do it again in 08.

[Nozebro]

16. That knd of thing is bipartisan, unfortunately.

nt

[AtomicKitten]

19. the Rs are no more advanced than gossipy junior high school girls

bitchy, snotty, snide, rude, whiny.

[blm]

27. Which is exactly why the media is so sympatico with them. That works out

well for fascism, but isn't exactly good for democracy.