Sunday Show Wrap-up

Published August 4, 2008 11:36am ET



As John Kerry and Joe Lieberman dueled on Meet the Press, I had an epiphany. Many times over the past few months, people have asked me what they can do to help John McCain win the election. Often, these have been people of means. I have yet to offer any creative or even hackneyed ideas. But that all changed while watching Meet the Press yesterday. A person who really wanted to help the McCain campaign should begin a 527 whose sole purpose is making sure Obama surrogate John Kerry has absolutely unfettered access to the electorate between now and Election Day. Kerry was absolutely awful yesterday. Right from the moment he got his first chance to speak, it was a vintage Kerry train-wreck:

MR. BROKAW: Senator Kerry, by using the language that He did, saying, “I don’t look like the president on a dollar bill or a five dollar bill,” wasn’t He, in effect, saying, “They’re picking on my because I’m black”? SEN. KERRY: No. What He was saying is they’re trying to scare you. They’re trying to scare the American people. And, believe me, I’m an expert on how they do that.

Yes, Senator – it’s all about you. Much to my disappointment, Kerry didn’t use the term “swiftboating” once. Continuing his laser-like focus on himself, Kerry later volunteered his disapproval of offshore drilling (a stance that has the official Al Gore Self Righteous Seal of Approval), even though his position differs from Obama’s new one:

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