Reply #93: The problem was not Kerry [View All]

That would have been a non-story if the DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS had not chickened out on supporting him.

Howard Dean supported him. Bob Casey, Sherrod Brown, and Joe Sestak supported him. (Note how they all won.) Hell, even Jim Webb said it was a joke, and he was in what ended up being the tightest race in the nation. In the meantime, the Hillarys of the world were puffing out their lips and sneering, "it was INAPPROPRIATE," the mealy-mouthed DLC consultant brigade were making the media rounds trashing a member of their (alleged) party, and the media hacks were able to run with the meme "even Democrats condemn it."

The Republican Party is in a tailspin in part because they started to eat their own. As much as it irritated and frustrated us all when they would defend anything Bush said, no matter how inane and offensive, it gave the appearance of strength. When Democrats backstab their own, it gives the appearance of weakness.