I had just wanted to post a small note to the effect of mine and many others vindication in the polls this past election. As John Kerry suffered his defeat his friends that tried so hard to ensure his victory finally broke their self imposed silence on his character and campaigning. Newsweek broke out with a multi-series story about the behind the scenes of each campaign. Senator Kerry's flaws which most people and myself pointed to relating to character can now rest much mopre comfortably. My original posts reflected a concern for how he would treat those serving him.... he was shown to treat some of those around him as servants and above others. Newsweek reported this example of Kerry and his staffers enroute to a TIME interview and photo op:
"The morning after the Feb. 3 primaries, which vaulted Kerry into a virtual-ly insurmountable lead, the candidate was fuming over his missing hairbrush. He and his aides were riding in a van on the way to a Time magazine cover-photo shoot. Nicholson had left the hairbrush behind. "Sir, I don't have it," he said, after rummaging in the bags. "Marvin, f---!" Kerry said. The press secretary, David Wade, offered his brush. "I'm not using Wade's brush," the long-faced senator pouted. "Marvin, f---, it's my Time photo shoot"
Did anyone bother to ask stopping at a convenience store for a brush??? Is TIME not going to wait on the candidate who has a history of being late anyway??
The fact that people attacked his inability to make decisions and flip flop on issues became a leadership concern.... the press and his campaign had wanted us to believe he had his developed skills from being a Leiutenant and a Senator;Newsweek reported staffers hiding his phone to keep the Senator from continually calling for opinions before making decisions.
Newsweek also reported the offer to McCain of a Vice presidency that would give McCain Secretary of Defense duties. McCain rebuffed his offer with: "You're out of your mind. I don't even know if it's constitutional, and it certainly wouldn't sell."
Though we must now suffer through the reactions of the Democratic whine squad who will continue to screech about why they have lost, we can rest a little bit easier with the fact we have a determined leader in the White House.
I will be adding a story of some of the reactions we have suffered with since the election next.
