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John
Kerry apologizes for himself and for George Bush by saying
"President Bush and I can do better" in debating differences in
policies and visions.·
John Kerry refuses to overtly or explicitly apologize for his harsh comments
into a still-open (microphone following a campaign event) and still refuses to
admit he intended such comments to be construed by those to whom he was speaking
as an assertion that Kerry considered President Bush and stop officials in his
administration and in his campaign to be "the most crooked, lying group
[he'd] ever seen." Given the outrage in 2000 over Bush's
open-microphone characterization of a particular New York Times reporter as an
"a_s_ole" (to which Cheney replied "Yeah, major league"), if
an open microphone were to have picked up Bush making a statement susceptible to
interpretation as characterizing his Democratic opponents as "the most
crooked, lying group [he'd] ever seen," the dominant media would be
apoplectic in pursuit of an apology from Bush rather than merely politely asking
whether an apology might be forthcoming as they have done in response to Kerry's
refusal to apologize.
Today, Kerry tacitly apologized for himself (and, presumptuously, for
Bush) by saying "Both President Bush and I can
do better"¹
by avoiding name-calling and by civilly engaging in once-a-month debates over
their competing visions for America. Bush should accept his apology and
his challenge. Such a debate would overshadow the power of the distorting
effects of slanderous advertisements by supporters on the extreme outsides of
both campaigns. For Bush and Kerry to engage in such series of would be
similar to what John F. Kennedy and Barry Goldwater had, by gentlemen's
agreement, agreed to do when, before Kennedy's assassination, both of them
expected to be their respective parties' candidates in the 1964 election.
(See my January
19, 2004, commentary making this point.) By all accounts, both
those men liked and respected each other despite their strenuous political
differences on a number of issues.
Bush's initial "retort" to Kerry's initial comments proposing
once-a-month debates between now and the election legitimately cited Kerry's
"crooks and liars" statement to question Kerry's sincerity and made
spin points by suggesting Kerry should first finish the debate with himself and
by reminding everyone that Kerry had rejected a comparable proposal by John
Edwards. Since Kerry thereafter elevated the tone and humility of his
proposal by leavening it with a tacit apology, Bush should accept the
proposal. It's the best way to enable voters to see the stark differences
between their two competing visions without either vision being obscured or
distorted by propagandists on both extremes. It would set a valuable
precedent for future Presidential campaigns. I hope Bush says
"yes," and I give credit to Kerry for the sensibleness of the proposal
and the willingness to at least tacitly apologize.
Kerry says "We're Sorry."·
Though some say my words were too dire
describing as "crooks" and as "liars"
Republican quarry,
I can't say "I'm sorry,"
so how do I exit this mire?
Says
Kerry, "I mustn't say 'sorry'
for statements both wrongful and sorry,
however I can
stand up like a man
to say 'Bush and I' should be sorry."
So
how should the Dubya respond
to halfway "I'm sorry" from John?
Say "okay" at once
to John's once-a-month
debates with the words, "Bring him on." ·
¹·When
I listened to the tone of Kerry's voice in today's news-clip of Kerry
reiterating his challenge to Bush for civil, once-a-month debates on their
"competing visions for America, " and asserting "Both President
Bush and I can do better," I construed it as a simultaneous accusation
against both himself and Bush and a simultaneous tacit apology for himself and
(though presumptuously) also for Bush. Therefore, I've added bold/italics
emphasis to the quotation to emphasize how I interpreted the tone of Kerry's
voice.
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John Kerry refuses to overtly or explicitly apologize for his harsh comments
into a still-open (microphone following a campaign event) and still refuses to
admit he intended such comments to be construed by those to whom he was speaking
as an assertion that Kerry considered President Bush and stop officials in his
administration and in his campaign to be "the most crooked, lying group
[he'd] ever seen." Given the outrage in 2000 over Bush's
open-microphone characterization of a particular New York Times reporter as an
"a_s_ole" (to which Cheney replied "Yeah, major league"), if
an open microphone were to have picked up Bush making a statement susceptible to
interpretation as characterizing his Democratic opponents as "the most
crooked, lying group [he'd] ever seen," the dominant media would be
apoplectic in pursuit of an apology from Bush rather than merely politely asking
whether an apology might be forthcoming as they have done in response to Kerry's
refusal to apologize.
