Quote of the Day
“Never in the course of human events have so many been so libelled by so few.”
– John O’Neill, John Kerry’s debating opponent on a 1971 episode of the Dick Cavett show (Kerry stuck firmly to his contention that virtually every GI in Vietnam was a war criminal.)
C-SPAN’s Road to the White House broadcast this episode yesterday. I hope the RNC and Bush campaign recorded it (although it’ll probably also be available on C-SPAN’s web site shortly.) Kerry made some questionable statements, like saying that he quit the navy because he was opposed to the war.
Kerry 30 years ago was very much like the Kerry of today, a “nuanced” slimeball who threw away someone else’s medals. However, his say-anything style allowed him to eventually win the debate against the passionate, but unfortunately honest O’Neill, whose attacks against Kerry were deftly deflected. The Bush debate prep team would do well to watch this debate.
— PoliPundit