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November 10, 2004

John Kerry, We Hardly Knew Ye

 I come not to bash thee John Kerry.

But I do come to bash thy campaign.
  • How could you not expect and be prepared for John O'Neill and the Vermin Vets to re-surface with their obscenities about your character?
  • How could you not expect and be prepared your voting record, particularly on the Iraq War, to be twisted against you?
  • How could you not expect and be prepared for too much of the public to find you wanting when you failed to display any visceral passion and demonstrate your core beliefs?
  • How could you not expect and be prepared for your opponent to define you, once you failed to do so yourself?
  • How could you not expect and be prepared that your silence in August would create an insurmountable obstacle?
This was a Karl Rove-run opponent you faced and Rove, if need be, could and would indict Jesus himself with a litany of failings and character defects. Decency in the pursuit of victory has never and will never be a Rovian consideration. For remember the Alabama judge, reknown for his work with youth, who was blasphemied in a Rove-induced whisper campaign as a pedophile? And that was the high water mark for Rove.

John, you simply were the wrong candidate, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Sometimes we cannot choose our moment in time and I do not hold that against you.

You are a decent and honorable man, one I'm sure I would be proud to call a friend. Your integrity remains intact. But now is the time to invigorate yourself with the fire you displayed in your early twenties and become the force that was never visible in 2004. This country needs that.

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