Monday, April 26, 2004

The A.B.K. Party - enroll now!

As I mentioned in the "Brahmin Noodle" post below, I'm hoping the impending self-implosion of John Kerry doesn't take place until AFTER he gets the official party nod this summer at the DNC. But when ABC News (CLEARLY just another neo-con Bush-apologist media outlet) starts running stories like this, calling Kerry to the carpet over the "thrown medals" controversy...
    Discarded Decorations
    Videotape Contradicts John Kerry’s Own Statements Over Vietnam Medals

    By Brian Ross and Chris Vlasto
    ABCNEWS.com

    April 26— Contradicting his statements as a candidate for president, Sen. John Kerry claimed in a 1971 television interview that he threw away as many as nine of his combat medals to protest the war in Vietnam.
...the conspiracy theorist in me wonders if it's part of a larger plan by the media, and the Democratic Party to accelerate the torpedoing of his campaign so that they can crown someone else at the convention, taking the Bush campaign by surprise.

Might we just be witnessing the genesis of the ABK (Anybody but Kerry) Party here?

Personally, I couldn't care less what Kerry said or did 33 years ago. In 1971, I wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex when I grew up. It's what Kerry's done (or hasn't done) in his near 20-year Senate career that will prove to be his undoing.