Empty Suit

Hewitt also linked a wonderful piece from USA Today, by Judy Keen, that did something no Democrat seems to want done; analyze John Kerry's voting record:

Kerry and his advisors express confidence," writes Balz, "that his background as a decorated combat veteran in Vietnam and a voting record that occasionally deviated from liberal positions shield him from such ideological pigeonholing." Hard to hide 6,000+ votes over 19 years in the U.S. Senate, especially when the total of those votes,as scored by the Americans for Democratic Action, put Kerry to the left of Teddy Kennedy.

Keen's piece picks up on a Howard Dean point about John Kerry: He has done nothing but talk on Capitol Hill: "Dean's campaign did the research and e-mailed the results to reporters: Kerry has sponsored 371 bills. Nine became law and six of those were more ceremonial, such as renaming a federal building, than substantive. The other two bills related to marine research and one providing grants to women who own small businesses."

Kerry may look like a senator, but he hasn't acted like one.

Remember when the Dems were running the frivolous Mark Dayton against Rod Grams in 1990? The Dems claimed that Grams, a former TV anchor-turned-Republican politician, was an empty suit (a hilarious claim coming from the vacuous Dayton). But it looks as if Rod Grams, in one term in Washington, sponsored more, and more important, legislation than John "Gravitas" Kerry has in his entire interminable career.

Posted by Mitch at February 18, 2004 07:10 AM