Gephardt: Foiled Again
In the TNR roundtable discussion, Jonathan Chait has the best line I’ve seen so far:
In fact, here’s my ideal plan for the Kerry campaign. At an upcoming rally, an anti-Kerry protestor starts to burn an American flag. Kerry leaps down from the podium and starts strangling the protestor with his bare hands, then hurls him to the ground and rescues the flag. In the course of putting out the fire, he suffers minor burns that, the campaign announces, will force him to be hospitalized and inaccessible to the media and the public until mid-October. In the meantime, Edwards is dispatched to present the Democratic message for the next three and half months.
Meanwhile, the surprising thing is not that kerrypicksedwards.com was picked up by the RNC; it’s that kerrypicksgephardt.com points there as well. Poor old Dick.
Am I the only one who can’t stop thinking of that “Crossing Over with John Edward” show every time you hear about John Edwards?
And on that note… wouldn’t it be awesome if John Edward was nominated for the VP spot instead? It would make the debates a lot more interesting:
Edward: “When considering both the economic and social ramifications of… wait, I’m hearing something. Do you have an uncle whose name begins with the letter ‘C’? Maybe an ‘H’? He says he can’t believe your position on Medicare. Also, call your mother more often. Are you trying to break her heart?”