Kerry bombs on Letterman
I don't watch Letterman - or network TV at all for that matter, other than NFL and NBA telecasts (unless UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise counts). But I read transcripts and reports of same when it tickles my fancy.
Jim Geraghty watched it and says that Kerry basically gave his stump speech:
"Now he's talking about the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. The audience is dead quiet...This is a drier policy discussion than you'll find on Nightline....
"Now he’s talking about the beheading of the American in Iraq today. It’s a topic worth discussing, but I’m not sure the Letterman show is really the right format for Kerry to lament the inability of the United Nations to deploy more than twenty-five percent of the staffers necessary to organize an election.
"Now he’s citing the Iraq criticism of Chuck Hagel and Dick Lugar — and finally, the crowd reacts with wildly enthusiastic applause and boisterous cheers.
"No, I’m kidding, they’re silent for that, too. They probably think Dick Lugar is a porn star’s name..."
ROFLMAO!!!
"Oh, God, he’s bombing. Letterman asks him a direct question — 'If you were elected in 2000, and you had the same intelligence information Bush had, would we be in Iraq right now?' Kerry is incapable of giving a yes or no answer. Turns to his 'Bush rushed' stuff. Talks about how it isn't a true multilateral coalition. Now he's into a how he wants to double the number of special forces. 'I want to do better intelligence.'
"I'm going to have to get the full transcript. This is a stunningly bad performance. Senator, you go on Letterman, you just give Dave a straight answer and he'll love you. Leave the usual political caveats and spin at home.
"Overall: Wow. Maybe the rest of the country will love what they saw. Maybe my taste and sense of humor is out of whack from everyone else's. But frankly, I thought this was a pretty darn bad performance. Kerry could have done himself a lot of good here, and he just came across as a bore."
He did on Comedy Central's The Daily Show as well, as I recall. Meanwhile he still won't sit down face-to-face with a real journalist like Tim Russert or Brit Hume and face the Swiftboat (and, now, Rathergate) music.
This is why no Bush supporter should have any anxiety about the upcoming debates.
For two more lib pre-post-mortem pieces, click here and here.
Jim Geraghty watched it and says that Kerry basically gave his stump speech:
"Now he's talking about the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. The audience is dead quiet...This is a drier policy discussion than you'll find on Nightline....
"Now he’s talking about the beheading of the American in Iraq today. It’s a topic worth discussing, but I’m not sure the Letterman show is really the right format for Kerry to lament the inability of the United Nations to deploy more than twenty-five percent of the staffers necessary to organize an election.
"Now he’s citing the Iraq criticism of Chuck Hagel and Dick Lugar — and finally, the crowd reacts with wildly enthusiastic applause and boisterous cheers.
"No, I’m kidding, they’re silent for that, too. They probably think Dick Lugar is a porn star’s name..."
ROFLMAO!!!
"Oh, God, he’s bombing. Letterman asks him a direct question — 'If you were elected in 2000, and you had the same intelligence information Bush had, would we be in Iraq right now?' Kerry is incapable of giving a yes or no answer. Turns to his 'Bush rushed' stuff. Talks about how it isn't a true multilateral coalition. Now he's into a how he wants to double the number of special forces. 'I want to do better intelligence.'
"I'm going to have to get the full transcript. This is a stunningly bad performance. Senator, you go on Letterman, you just give Dave a straight answer and he'll love you. Leave the usual political caveats and spin at home.
"Overall: Wow. Maybe the rest of the country will love what they saw. Maybe my taste and sense of humor is out of whack from everyone else's. But frankly, I thought this was a pretty darn bad performance. Kerry could have done himself a lot of good here, and he just came across as a bore."
He did on Comedy Central's The Daily Show as well, as I recall. Meanwhile he still won't sit down face-to-face with a real journalist like Tim Russert or Brit Hume and face the Swiftboat (and, now, Rathergate) music.
This is why no Bush supporter should have any anxiety about the upcoming debates.
For two more lib pre-post-mortem pieces, click here and here.
posted by JASmius at 9:18 PM
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