Sunday, May 28, 2006

Delayed Reactions

There's a scene in the movie "An American President" where Michael Douglas, finally growing weary of the slanders being hurled at him and his girlfriend by Richard Dreyfuss, stands up at a press conference and delivers a nice, definitive verbal ass-whooping. He stares at the cameras with powerful determination and declares, "You wanna fuck with me, assface? Bring it on, 'cause I'll stomp you like a narc at a biker rally and send you crying back to obscurity. It is a nice, well enough written scene in keeping with the fantasy nature of the rest of the film. But I was reminded of it when I heard that Kerry was finally standing up to refute the swift boat allegations that took so much wind out of his campaign's sails.

There have been countless articles and several books written on the swift boat campaign that emerged during the '04 elections to slander Kerry's war record. It was a ballsy move, considering Bush's lack of any military record of note. You would think a guy who ran off into the "Champagne Unit" of the Texas Air National Guard to avoid service- who, according to many sources, didn't even show up for his full tour- would do everything possible to keep the focus away from military service. But instead, the Republican slander machine went wholely in the opposite direction. And the amazing thing, they pulled it off. They were actually able to make a man who volunteered to serve his country in one of the most dangerous assignments of the Vietnam war seem more cowardly, less patriotic than a spoiled rich kid who ducked any real commitment.

So thank you, Mister Kerry, for looking to set the record straight two years later. We shall be sure to tack that footnote on to the dustbin of history where you, and every other milquetoast, politically triangulating Democrat are rightly deposited.

Someday, one of you guys will have the balls to look Rove and all his weaselly disciples in the eyes and say, "Is that all you got? Some unsubstantiated allegations and slimy rumors. Well, bring it on, fuckers, and I'll wipe the floor with your asses." And then, oh then, things will get really interesting. Because the day you do that is the day the country realizes these guys have nothing else to hide behind. And that's the day we will start winning again.

Until then, Mister Kerry, enjoy your delayed reaction.

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