An unserious choice
Although I feel somewhat vindicated by boldly predicting the VP slot would never go to Gephardt, I was also wrong by dismissing Edwards. I found it hard to believe that Kerry would pick another Senator, another Washington insider, another lawyer (hello? balance?) for his ticket. Above all, even Kerry has stated that Edwards is unprepared for the Presidency – why is he now fit to be a heartbeat away?
In fact, this choice should be wholly unsurprising because it goes to the very heart of why I dislike Kerry so much. We live in perilous times. We’ve been catastrophically awakened to the fact that, long before our “cowboy” president was elected, there’s a group of fanatics who want to destroy America. But John Kerry says the terrorist threat is overstated, he offers contradictory proposals to fight the war on terrorism, and always seeks the approval of other nations leaving America’s safety to chance. Now, he feels no compunction about putting a one-term trial lawyer in the #2 spot, for the purely political reason of injecting some life into his flagging campaign. John Kerry is an unserious candidate during serious times.
Extra reading: Real Clear Politics has a very good commentary on the Edwards pick. The Poliblogger and Vodkapundit weigh the pros and cons. Byron York has a piece called “Why Edwards Hurts Kerry.”
Plus: A flashback to John Edwards’ appearance on Meet the Press in May 2002. I couldn’t find the transcript, but here’s the Howard Kurtz roundup of negative reviews. Edwards has been getting by with his chipmunk smile. Will he fold like a cheap card table under the withering media attention? It could happen.
6 comments:
Indeed. Agreed 100 percent Eric.
No current or former Governor.
No current or former Cabinet member.
No current or former Vice President.
No current or former general election *candidate*, for God's sakes.
This ticket literally is a joke.
Best,
J.
Instapundit thinks that Republicans risk overestimating the public's distrust of trial lawyers. I think he's dead wrong on this one. The possibilities for campaign ads are endless for the Repubs now - and how is Kerry going to seriously discuss many domestic issues, especially the "spiralling costs of healthcare," when he's got one of the #1 reasons for burgeoning costs standing next to him on the dais? This is a another big mistake for the Dems, but the horse is already out of the barn.
Oops.
My fourth point should have read "no *former* general election candidate." Obviously, they're both general election candidates from *this latest* primary cycle.
Well, Eric, re: Instapundit, law professors are not exactly known for their direct ties to the real world, you know. Indeed, merely by having Edwards on the ticket, they instantly will loose hundreds of thousands of small-business owner votes and medical professional votes. Plaintiff's attorneys, like Edwards, are considered a disgrace is those circles.
"Will he fold like a cheap card table under the withering media attention? It could happen."
Eric, that assumes he gets "withering media attention" from our esteemed mainstream talking heads. As if.
Now, if Bush had replaced Cheney with an Edwards clone, then we'd see some withering.
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