Rico567
March 16, 2005, 09:33 AM
In case anyone wonders about John Kerry's attitude toward our Constitutional liberties, this quote from P.J. O'Rourke's article in The Weekly Standard, March 21, 2005 edition:
Addressing the audience of tame Democrats, Kerry explained his defeat. “There has been,” he said, “a profound and negative change in the relationship of America’s media with the American people. . . . If 77 percent of the people who voted for George Bush on Election Day believed weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq—as they did—and 77 percent of the people who voted for him believed that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11—as they did—then something has happened in the way in which we are talking to each other and who is arbitrating the truth in American politics. . . . When fear is dominating the discussion and when there are false choices presented and there is no arbitrator, we have a problem.”
O'Rourke goes on to say:
"America is not doctrinaire. It’s hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable. Henry Wallace never quite managed, or George Wallace either. But Kerry’s done it. American free speech needs to be submitted to arbitration because Americans aren’t smart enough to have a First Amendment, and you can tell this is so, because Americans weren’t smart enough to vote for John Kerry."
Let me see....can I guess who Kerry would approve as the "arbitrators" of the First Amendment. Might there be nine of them, and do they wear black robes while at work? For the entire article, see:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/350fnrnt.asp?pg=1
Addressing the audience of tame Democrats, Kerry explained his defeat. “There has been,” he said, “a profound and negative change in the relationship of America’s media with the American people. . . . If 77 percent of the people who voted for George Bush on Election Day believed weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq—as they did—and 77 percent of the people who voted for him believed that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11—as they did—then something has happened in the way in which we are talking to each other and who is arbitrating the truth in American politics. . . . When fear is dominating the discussion and when there are false choices presented and there is no arbitrator, we have a problem.”
O'Rourke goes on to say:
"America is not doctrinaire. It’s hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable. Henry Wallace never quite managed, or George Wallace either. But Kerry’s done it. American free speech needs to be submitted to arbitration because Americans aren’t smart enough to have a First Amendment, and you can tell this is so, because Americans weren’t smart enough to vote for John Kerry."
Let me see....can I guess who Kerry would approve as the "arbitrators" of the First Amendment. Might there be nine of them, and do they wear black robes while at work? For the entire article, see:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/350fnrnt.asp?pg=1