Nov 2
I Started A Joke
that started the whole world crying.
I wrote this late Monday night but held off posting it until now:
I judge it time to enter my fearless prediction on the mid-term US elections next week. If I am right, I shall modestly point to it at every opportunity to demonstrate my masterly comprehension of American politics (predicted Bush win in 2000; Republican gains in 2002; Bush’s reelection and continued Republican victories in 2004).
On the other hand, if I am wrong, then this post will have safely scrolled off the front page by then, and I can arrange another “accident” with the archives to be sure that it never again sees the light of day.
I think that the GOP holds on to both the Senate and House. The latter might be by the proverbial skin of the teeth, but a victory nonetheless. The polls are tightening up (and Republicans traditionally underpoll) and the Democrats are as usual getting too complacent.
In the meantime, of course, the walking dog-doo magnet John Kerry stepped into another pile of it:
In his Monday appearance at Pasadena City College for Democrat gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides, Kerry delivered several lines, such as Bush had lived in Texas but now “lives in a state of denial.”Then he said: “You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.” There were a few polite titters from the audience.
I’ve met officers, NCOs, and enlisted men from the Canadian, American, British, and German armed forces, and they stack up very favorably against your average Massachusetts senator.
They don’t need me to defend them. But I’ll take Kerry at his word, that it was merely a botched joke (and a lame one at that).
Inexcusable. Comedy is much too serious a business to be left to amateurs. Politicians especially should be wary about engaging in it. Ronald Reagan and JFK could carry it off (the present occupant of the Oval Office is pretty good, too); John Kerry should outsource any future attempts to India, or Andrew Dice Clay, whichever is funnier.
