The Sound of Markers Being

The Sound of Markers Being Called In - As word of John Kerry's complete absence from voting starts to circulate, it only makes sense that his biggest supporters - the media - are closing ranks.

In a prominent place on this morning' s Today show commercial interview, Katie Couric noted "So, you're heading back to Washington to vote?"

Kerry: "Yes, if a vote looks like it's going to be close or very important, I will fly back to Washington to take part".

Couric: "What are you voting on?"

Kerry: "I'll be voting on the gun show loophole, and on the ban on assault weapons..."

And on, and on. It was as if it was done off a script written by Terry MacAuliffe.

Why would Couric be so concerned about Kerry's itinerary?

As Powerline notes in quoting the BoHerald:

The Herald reports: "During his run for the presidency, Kerry has missed every one of the 22 roll call votes in the Senate this year and was absent for 292, or 64 percent of the roll call votes last year, according to a Herald review of Senate records." Isn't this one Bush campaign commercial that writes itself?

True - which is why Kerry, with the seeming connivance of the media, is making such a deal out of these votes.

This is what we're up against.

Posted by Mitch at March 2, 2004 11:38 AM