Today in South Carolina, John Kerry will endorse Barack Obama:
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Senator John Kerry is set to endorse the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama at a rally here today, the first of several high-profile Democrats expected to announce their support for Mr. Obama in his fight to win the party’s nomination.
Mr. Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat who was the party’s presidential nominee in 2004, will argue that Mr. Obama represents the best prospect for uniting a divided country, aides to both men said, as well as transforming America’s image around the world…
Still, I don’t think S.C. Democrats should hold it against Obama, even if Sen. Kerry is the least cool nominee the party has known in many a year. Remember, Oprah likes him too.
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Kerry may be “uncool” by your standards, but in any case I think Obama will have no problem accepting the endorsement of a man whom 59 million Americans (over 48% of the electorate) wanted as their President, a man who received more votes than any Democratic candidate for President in the history of this nation.
The picture above makes Obama look like he’s thinking “I can tolerate proximity to this guy–someone’s got to like him.” Probably just a transient expression, but it’s kinda funny. At least Obama has shown that he can keep on track and stick to what he said. And has anyone noticed the positive, non attack spin he’s put on his New Hampshire loss? He’s been talking about how great the high turnout was, and how so many were involved. Of course, his implication is that he is responsible for the high turnout, but that’s probably true. Meanwhile, he sounds like he’s celebrating getting so many involved. This spin may not impress you, but it sure impressed me, given how most other candidates react to a loss.
But you know he’s a geek, right (I’m addressing Phillip here)? The kid that other kids would cross the playground to avoid playing with?
Obama’s cool. Bill Clinton’s even cooler, in terms of that same playground factor (while Hillary is UNcool). I’m not talking about their moral worth here. It’s a matter of whether they are hep or not, to use the archaic term.
Oprah’s cool. Ron Paul is not. Bobby Kennedy was cool; Dennis Kucinich is not (the gorgeous new wife notwithstanding).
On the Republican side, coolness has of course always been in rather short supply; you have to lower the bar. You might trust a Republican to run your business, but you don’t expect him to be the life of the party. By this different standard, I suppose you’d say Mike Huckabee’s cool; Mitt Romney is not.
Come on, Phillip; indulge me. Let me have a TINY bit of fun in this crazy week. I won’t have time for it tomorrow. This was a "two-birds-with-one-stone" sort of post — I reported a breaking political development to my readers, and I got to link to the funny Kerry picture again. Serendipity.
Where does George W. Bush fit into the “cool” scale? Many folks thought he would be great to sit down and have a beer with. Given the state of the nation you’d need a whole bunch of beers to forget the mess we’re in.
Bud, Mr. Bush would certainly make a better drunk that he did a president. I’d have gladly bought him a beer if he stayed in a bar and out of the white house.
OK, Brad, you get a pass on running that Kerry photo again, if for no other reason than to remind the Democratic contenders to avoid wearing weird outfits in the campaign ahead.
Stiff, a little formal, a little awkward, yes, Kerry is all of those things.
But a geek?
Geeks are not awarded two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star in combat.
Cool? I don’t give a rat’s rump about cool if we’re talking about the presidency.
And how can I help but hold Kerry’s nod against Obama? Mr. Heinz might be the most arrogant candidate for president in history.
Weldon, I don’t mind honest political disagreement, but your reference to “Mr. Heinz” tells me more about you than him. And what it tells me is unpleasant, to say the least. It also bespeaks a small mind, which, unable to form a coherent argument, is left with only ad hominem attack.
All me and my small mind meant was that Kerry’s a big-money Democrat who never hesitated to think he was more important than the little people, even if he did marry his money, Karen.
All I meant by “Mr. Heinz” was that as a megabucks Democrat, he’s a hypocrite by definition, his arrogance notwithstanding.
If you want to read something sexist into “Mr. Heinz,” fine, but that’s not what I was thinking.
I would tell you the only reason Kerry got 48% of the vote was that his opponent was George Bush, an incredibly weak incumbent.
Anyway, if you want to criticize me for name calling, telling me I have a small mind unable to form a coherent argument pretty much makes you guilty of a the same sin.
Besides, I don’t ad ketchup to my hominem.
Also, Karen, I don’t take all this political stuff nearly as seriously as most of the people on here seem to.
I figure if I lived through Bill Clinton and George Bush, I could survive even Ron Paul, though I’d really rather not.
Also, Karen, I don’t take all this political stuff nearly as seriously as most of the people on here seem to.
I figure if I lived through Bill Clinton and George Bush, I could survive even Ron Paul, though I’d really rather not.