Kerry's Conundrum

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David Corn, Editor of The Nation

By John L. Barlett
11/03/04

The Nation, a left wing political publication, has widely been regarded as a bellwether Liberal talking points rag among the U.S. intelligentsia, in addition to being useful & practical for fish wrapping or lining your child's birdcage. David Corn, editor of The Nation, checks on the Kerry presidential loss with this bit of twaddle from his website at www.davidcorn.com.

Reading this nonsense irritated me at first, but then the greater irony of the situation became obvious, having been subjected to the disingenuous promises of Kerry & Edwards to "reunite" the "Two Americas" for the past few months.

David, so sorry to see that you & your pointy headed friends will continue to celebrate the great divide in our nation...but here's something you need to pay close attention to....

Kerry has one chance...and only one...to exhibit a modicum of statesmanship during his concession later today..by expressing precisely the opposite of your diatribe when he addresses his followers and the American public.

We can continue living in a society with abject hatred of Bush, with would-be intellectuals like yourself fanning the flames of discontent, or we can take a deep breath and consider Kerry's two options:

Option 1: Kerry will appeal to all Americans to heal the rift, get behind Bush, move forward together as ONE nation...and enjoy prosperity and security moving forward..as Americans first. If Kerry correctly chooses this option, then he will not only live to fight another day, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that we could see him run again and (gasp..) possibly even win at some future date.(unlikely, but I'm trying my darndest to be benevolent).

Option II: Kerry will "pull an Al Gore" and self immolate, reducing himself into a parody of his once dignified persona...and Searing..SEARING the memory of this ordeal to the American conciousness.

So stop crying in your cornflakes...(no pun intended), you pathetic, small minded little man.

John L. Barlett
Palm Beach County, FL