July 12, 2004
DAN QUAYLE REDUX:
Kerry defends Edwards against claims of inexperience: Says running mate more fit to lead than Bush was in 2000 (Patrick Healy, July 12, 2004, Boston Globe)
Democratic presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry, in a national television interview last night, compared the youthfulness of his running mate, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, to that of President John F. Kennedy, and said Edwards was ''more qualified" to lead the nation than George W. Bush was four years ago.
The Kennedy comparison is apt and his presidency was disastrous, as has been that of almost every other legislator to achieve the presidency. The Bush comparison is obviously inaccurate, since the President had governed a state that is larger than most countries. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 12, 2004 10:47 AM
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Orrin,
There's no doubt that picking Edwards and comparing him to the original JFK opens Kerry up to Lloyd Bentsen's slam against Dan Quayle.
But between the worshipful acolytes of Democrats who consider Kennedy the gold standard of modern presidents, and Republicans who see him as more conservative than LBJ, how many Americans view Kennedy's presidency as "disastrous"?
Ed
Posted by: Ed Driscoll at July 12, 2004 2:27 PMAll the GOP has to do is run ads qouting Kerry from the primaries saying Edwards wasn't qualified to be president. Then finish by asking what kind of President would Kerry make if he makes decisions like this?
Posted by: AWW at July 12, 2004 8:29 PM