Oh, good heavens. He's a Jew!
Mar. 17th, 2004 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weaktwosMichael Graham writes about John Kerry misrepresenting his ancestry. Of course, he rose to power in a place where being perceived as Irish helped your career politically.
He's actually Jewish. Graham acts like this is a big deal. Yet Graham seems to have no problem with the Kennebunkport Bushes moving down to Texas and acting like they are down home countryboys. He has no problem with having a leader with duis and drug use acting like he's a humble, religious man. He has no problem supporting a man who never could run a successful business venture on his own being a leader of a country that used to pride itself on hard work and success, not partying, being AWOL, and overall mediocrity. And finally, he has no problem with such leaders putting our soldiers on the line over falsified intelligence.
Who are we kidding here. Character pissing contests are fruitless. Our politicians are going to lie. But I'd rather their lies didn't cause the deaths of others, and the loss of freedoms. Kerry fibbing about his Irish descent didn't kill 500 soldiers.
He's actually Jewish. Graham acts like this is a big deal. Yet Graham seems to have no problem with the Kennebunkport Bushes moving down to Texas and acting like they are down home countryboys. He has no problem with having a leader with duis and drug use acting like he's a humble, religious man. He has no problem supporting a man who never could run a successful business venture on his own being a leader of a country that used to pride itself on hard work and success, not partying, being AWOL, and overall mediocrity. And finally, he has no problem with such leaders putting our soldiers on the line over falsified intelligence.
Who are we kidding here. Character pissing contests are fruitless. Our politicians are going to lie. But I'd rather their lies didn't cause the deaths of others, and the loss of freedoms. Kerry fibbing about his Irish descent didn't kill 500 soldiers.
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Date: 2004-03-17 10:30 am (UTC)Name and faith are two different things right?
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Date: 2004-03-17 08:59 pm (UTC)it never ceases to amaze me the crap they seem to ignore on gee dubya. i was not a resident of the US during the election, but moved back mid 2001ish and i still can't get over they total hypocrisy and how they would never let any of these things go if it had been... say... clinton or somebody. not having been here for the election, i only saw it from a far-away p.o.v. and never got to hear the political dishing leading up to, but it just seemed like none of the crappy things about him made any difference.
(sorry, i'm tired and that didn't come out exactly like i wanted it to, i hope it still made sense).