pudge's Journal: Pull The Other One

John Kerry said today on Fox News Sunday that he lost in 2004 because people didn't have the correct information about his record.

WALLACE: We've got a little over a minute left, and I want to ask you a little about politics, because it's no secret that you are actively considering the possibility of running for president in 2008.

And you said in a recent article, "Next time I would campaign in more states, next time I would respond more aggressively to the swift boats." But why shouldn't Democrats say look, here was John Kerry in 2004, he had a great chance, he was running against a president who had gotten us into war for reasons, for intelligence that turned out to be wrong, he had his chance and he blew it?

KERRY: Well, some will ask that question, and they have a right to. But there's an answer to that question. The fact is that in the course of a campaign, you make some judgments.

Our judgment was that the truth was out there, that enough newspapers, enough people had the truth about my record. That was a misjudgment, a miscalculation, but I don't think that a tactical miscalculation necessarily eliminates you from whatever basic policies, basic experience, basic life commitment and ability to be president.

Yeah, that's why you lost. Because there's no way you would lose if people knew the truth about your record.

Again I say: reality-based community, my ass.

cute

[Bill Dog]

So he did everything he could to avoid talking about his record (rated by some group as the most Liberal voting record in the Senate), because he felt enough people already knew about it? That's just bizarre. Was he trying to win or not? What politician stops campaigning seriously and intentionally holds back getting out his message, figuring that enough people already know it?

Bull effing manure. The miscalculation was that he (/his handlers) thought he could win by not engaging the ideas, but just remindin

they're reality-based

[eglamkowski]

for certain definitions of reality... ;-)

Salvador Dali's remains for President

[RailGunner]

Surreality-based community is a more fitting term for that crowd.