..., Bob Kerrey's got to go.
That's the gist of this Michelle Malkin article.
Catapulted back into the limelight thanks to the mass murder of 3,000 innocent men, women, and children, Kerrey took advantage of his terrorist-induced celebrity to appear on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.Now, it would be one thing if Kerrey used his privileged position to inform Stewart's younger audience of the gravity of the 9/11 panel's task. But instead, Kerrey yukked it up. First, he dished with Stewart about President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney's upcoming private meeting with the commission. When Stewart mocked the president's "buddy system," Kerrey guffawed: "He is bringing his buddy, that's exactly right, for safety." Emboldened by audience applause, Kerrey riffed that it was more like "Screw you, buddy." Asked by Stewart whether people were really blaming each other over the terrorist attacks during closed hearings, Kerrey snorted: "Oh, [***-***], yeah." More audience approval. (Taking the Lord's name in vain is always good for a few cheap laughs.) (Kerry's referenced taking of the Lord's name omitted by me because I'm not going to print that kind of thing.)
Malkin's right to say that Kerrey needs to go. This commission is supposedly designed to find out why we were unable to prevent 9/11 and make recommendations about how to prevent future attacks. This is a serious matter. Kerrey has proven himself a fundamentally unserious person.
Check your consistancy of spelling 'Kerrey'.
Otherwise good post.
Posted by: SpaceMonkey | Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 01:07 PM
SpaceMonkey, thanks and I've fixed the spelling.
Posted by: Jeffrey Collins | Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 03:00 PM
hey, spacemonkey, editing jeffrey's blog is my department!! oh, um, i guess that would mean that i either didn't read the post or missed it. since i don't miss mistakes, sorry i didn't read your post, jeffrey.
Posted by: sarahk | Friday, April 30, 2004 at 12:37 AM
you're forgiven sarah.
Posted by: Jeffrey Collins | Friday, April 30, 2004 at 01:16 AM
That's the attitude to have Jeffrey.
Posted by: SpaceMonkey | Friday, April 30, 2004 at 11:50 AM
thanks.
Posted by: Jeffrey Collins | Friday, April 30, 2004 at 12:02 PM
i appreciate the forgiveness.
Posted by: sarahk | Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 09:31 PM
I forgive you too Sarah.
Posted by: SpaceMonkey | Tuesday, May 04, 2004 at 10:30 PM