December 8, 2003
DOES W READ ROLLING STONE?:
Kerry's Profanity Gets Bush's Attention (RON FOURNIER, 12/07/03, AP)
When asked in the interview about the success of rival candidate Howard Dean, whose anti-war message has resounded with supporters, Kerry responded: "When I voted for the war, I voted for what I thought was best for the country. Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, `I'm against everything?' Sure. Did I expect George Bush to f--- it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did."The expletive drew a rebuke from White House, which suggested an apology might be in order.
"That's beneath John Kerry," the president's chief of staff, Andrew Card, said on CNN's "Late Edition."
"I'm very disappointed that he would use that kind of language," Card said. "I'm hoping that he's apologizing at least to himself, because that's not the John Kerry that I know."
That's some pretty dubious reporting. Mr. Card is after all from MA and is known to want to run for one of the big offices there--Mitt Romney scooped up the Governor's seat first, so it'll have to be a Senate seat. Hardly surprising he'd stir the pot on the self-destructing Senator Kerry, whose seat comes up in '08. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 8, 2003 12:47 AM
Wonder if Teresa scripted this for him?
Posted by: jim hamlen at December 8, 2003 8:34 AMCard should leave the wimpy "apologizing" and "disappointed" talk to Daschle.
Posted by: Jerome Howard at December 8, 2003 8:47 AMKerry's entire campaign is a mess. Hard to believe he's so inept. Must be the Shaheen touch ... that he's just inept.
Posted by: genecis at December 8, 2003 9:10 AMNot to be ghoulish but Kennedy's seat might open up before '08 and Romney can appoint Card (assuming Romney is still governor after '06)
Posted by: AWW at December 8, 2003 10:59 AMPrecisely.
Poor JFK. We really ought to be more charitable, since anyone reading this outburst should surely understand that Kerry is, in fact, referring to his own campaign:
"Did I expect myself to f--- it up as badly as I did? I don't think anybody did."
(Even though, he may be a tad off on the second sentence. Still, caritas....)
Posted by: Barry Meislin at December 8, 2003 11:00 AMHe might be practicing to be the first Senator to utter the word on the floor. Now, wouldn't that be neat for C-Span?
Posted by: ratbert at December 8, 2003 10:27 PM