Just to give you a snapshot of the current Democratic Party, in the primaries this week, Dennis Kucinich got three times as many votes in North Dakota as Joe Lieberman did.
After that, Lieberman quit the race. In sympathy with Lieberman and facing similar odds, I'm quitting the race too. To my supporters: Hey, we didn't go all the way, but just look how much we accomplished!
Former front-runner Howard Dean sat out this week's primaries, but still managed to make news by ridiculing the FCC's plan to investigate MTV's halftime show at the Super Bowl. Dean pronounced the proposed investigation "silly." He explained that, as a doctor, a naked breast is "not exactly an unusual phenomenon for me."
That's an interesting standard. Presumably a prime-time exhibition of Janet Jackson having a full pelvic exam and pap smear would not be "exactly an unusual phenomenon" for Dean either. Let's be grateful Dean's not a proctologist.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country was not so copacetic about being flashed with what The New York Times called Janet Jackson's "middle-aged woman's breast." Even CBS executives were enraged by MTV's halftime show, saying they could have gotten the identical show from National Geographic for a fraction of the price.
Trophy Husband
Speaking of boobs, after sustaining his first losses in two primaries, Senator and trophy husband John Kerry has said he's going to concentrate on solidifying his base. People like David Gest, Claus von Bulow and Tom Arnold. Liberals laughed at George Bush for citing Jesus Christ as his favorite philosopher, but are impressed that John Kerry's favorite philosopher is Louis Prima ("Just a Gigolo").
Kerry thinks people are dying to hear his economic plan. In fact, the only economic plan most male voters want to hear about is how Kerry snookered two babes worth hundreds of millions of dollars into marrying him.
Kerry may as well start giving out dating tips. He's running out of other ideas. A few weeks ago, The Washington Post reported that Kerry has taken more money from lobbyists than any other senator over the past 15 years. In a face-saving move, Sen. Botox has quietly dropped the part of his stump speech where he inveighs against Washington special interests: "We're coming, you're going, and don't let the door hit you on the way out." Interestingly, these were also Sen.Kerry's words to his first wife after he hooked up with Teresa Heinz.
Not only that, but according to Kerry's principal cheerleaders??¢â???¬ ¦quot;Teddy Kennedy and the New York Times??¢â???¬ ¦quot;Kerry refuses to talk about his Vietnam service. Kennedy insists that Kerry "just won't talk about" Vietnam. Apparently Vietnam was a brief, death-defying interlude that Kerry would simply prefer not to discuss. You might say it's his Chappaquiddick.
In the objective part of a factual news story, The New York Times reported that Kerry "has been careful to avoid being seen as exploiting his service politically." He simply will not do it. This came as a shock to most Americans who were discovering for the very first time that Kerry had served in Vietnam.
While there is indisputably nothing cooler than having fought for your country, John Kerry's status as a Vietnam veteran is unlikely to change a single vote. Military guys will support Bush, and liberals don't admire bravery. The only reason Democrats will tolerate someone who fought on the same side as the United States is to fuel their rage against Bush.
After starting the Vietnam War, the Democratic Party suddenly decided it was an illegal, immoral, undeclared war, and soldiers like John Kerry were baby killers. Today, vast majorities of Democratic primary voters tell pollsters they opposed the war in Iraq??¢â???¬ ¦quot;which their darling Kerry voted for. Kerry's sole appeal is that he gives pacifist cowards cover to fume about Bush.
Just a few years ago, the Democrats thought a pot-smoking draft-dodger would make a splendid President. But now they are enflamed at the thought that Bush didn't fight in Vietnam! In other words, it's honorable to march in anti-American protests in Europe when America is at war, but not to be a fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard.
Democrats know they can't beat Bush, but they intend to enjoy being hysterical about him throughout the campaign. Calling Bush a draft-dodger, which he is not, will join the Democrats' list of other cogent, reasoned arguments, such as "You're stupid" and "Halliburton!"
Democrats think they invented war heroes, but being a war hero didn't help Bob Dole. It didn't help George Herbert Walker Bush. It didn't help John McCain. The Democrats didn't invent war heroes. What they invented is the scam of deploying war heroes to argue for surrender.
