
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE WEEK: MARTY PERETZ
by
KH4K
on Mon 04 Oct 2004 04:03 AM EDT
From the Oct. 4 WSJ:Kerry Haters for KerryBy MARTY PERETZ
October 4, 2004; Page A16
In 1991, the racist demagogue David Duke won the Republican nomination for governor of Louisiana and was running against the incumbent Democrat, Edwin Edwards, a certified swindler. Suddenly there appeared all over the state bumper stickers with the desperate plea, "Vote for the crook: it's important."
I was reminded of this little piece of anecdotage when a colleague called my attention to a fresh Web site, Kerry Haters for Kerry. I don't know how popular KH4K is, but the sentiment is certainly widespread. My impression actually is that people on both sides of the presidential divide are despondent about their candidate, although I am really only expert about Democrats. I am the editor in chief of a (neo) liberal weekly and live in Cambridge, Mass., where I watched last week's debate with (not neo) liberal friends. Almost no one among such supporters of John Kerry really likes him, it seems, and no one especially respects him either. But they are panicked that he will lose.
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