“John Kerry Must Go!,” screams the headline of an article featured in the Village Voice. It’s by loony Washington correspondent James Ridgeway, and in it he suggests that because Kerry “doesn’t have what it takes to win,” the Democratic party elders should toss aside their democratically-chosen nominee and pick someone else- preferably John Edwards or Howard Dean.
Yes, the “progressive” Village Voice, which reminds us every week that Bush “stole the election” and is “unelected,” is advocating a backroom coup d’etat by the Democrats, which would install at the top of their ticket one of the candidates who got a couple hundred thousand fewer votes than the actual winner. Sounds like Ridgeway was writing his usual rehashing-Florida column, only forgot which side he was on.
The punchline of the piece pretty much writes itself: “If things proceed as they are, the dim-bulb Dem leaders are going to be very sorry they screwed Howard Dean.” Because Dean would be doing SO much better now than Kerry is- and besides, didn’t Dean “screw” himself?
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 28, 2004 11:15 PMA-men, Steve. Dean was a trainwreck. Kerry may not be shining right now, but at least he hasn't imploded. I'm not sure Clark or Edwards wouldn't have been a better candidate, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to shellack on Kerry bumperstickers everywhere. We need to stick together!
Posted by: Batgirl at April 30, 2004 02:20 AM