September 7, 2004
I PULL ZE STRING, I PULL ZE STRING:
Clinton Call Leak Sabotaged Kerry (NewsMax, 9/07/04)
Panicked presidential candidate John Kerry had every reason to believe that the conversation he had with ex-president Bill Clinton on Saturday - where the two discussed how to rescue his flagging campaign - would be kept confidential.But that expectation went up in smoke on Monday, when Kerry and his campaign aides found explicit details from the Clinton strategy session splashed all over the New York Times and other media.
Among the most damaging details to surface: Clinton's strong recommendation that Kerry abandon the crown jewel of presidential his campaign - his service in Vietnam.
Kerry himself was plainly mortified over the leak, desperately trying to downplay the significance of the Clinton call by describing the ensuing press coverage as "the most overblown thing."
Didn't any of his thousands of advisors work for Al Gore, to whom M. Clinton did the exact same thing? Posted by Orrin Judd at September 7, 2004 9:56 AM
"Panicked" ?
It seems unlikely.
If Bubba does go that Big Brothel/White Castle in the sky, the Democrats will be sitting around crystal balls and Ouija Boards for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Bart at September 7, 2004 10:37 AMThe unwillingness of Democrats to criticize Clinton has basically neutered them in any dealings with the former President. Even Susan Estrich's pleading for the Clintons to leave the stage (a column last winter) is buried in deep denial now.
They continue to rue the day that they did not ask him to leave office in 1998, although, given the way things worked out, I am glad they did not.
Posted by: jim hamlen at September 7, 2004 11:07 AMMichael - I hope Kerry's recent actions/statements are due to him being panicked. If this is his normal state he is worse than I feared.
Posted by: AWW at September 7, 2004 11:24 AMAWW - It may be that Kerry's normal state in a position of responsibility is panic. That would be consistent with his lifetime of avoiding responsibility.
Posted by: pj at September 7, 2004 11:45 AMIt is dubious that Clinton wanted Gore to lose. However, there is no doubt that Clinton wants Kerry to lose. His only ticket back to the White House depends on Hillary!'s chances in 2008, which, if Kerry wins, will vanish.
Remember that the Kennedy-Kerry Northeastern liberals and the Clinton-McAuliffe "pragmatists" have absolutely no use for one another.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at September 7, 2004 4:58 PMIt is dubious that Clinton wanted Gore to lose. However, there is no doubt that Clinton wants Kerry to lose. His only ticket back to the White House depends on Hillary!'s chances in 2008, which, if Kerry wins, will vanish.
Remember that the Kennedy-Kerry Northeastern liberals and the Clinton-McAuliffe "pragmatists" have absolutely no use for one another.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at September 7, 2004 4:59 PM