The Clark Of The '04's

Soundfury on why John Kerry is the new Wesley Clark.

One of several money quotes:

In an electronic age further buttressed by the Internet evolution and the later blogosphere revolution, his record caught up to him at warp speed. He just couldn't outrun what he had said on camera. All the discrepancies between what he claimed he hadn't said and what he, in fact, had said finally collapsed under their own weight.
And much like Wesley Clark's sworn testimony became the weapon used against him, I have to wonder if today doesn't spell the end of John Kerry's presidential aspirations.
John Kerry has become, at least for the blogosphere if not for the GOP, the gift that keeps on giving. You know all the waffling, the reversals, the "I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it" nonsense that we must actually treat seriously because, well, he is the de facto Democratic nominee.
He can try to finesse the vote for war in Iraq and later voting for against the aid package, to give all the pie-in-the-sky promises for $10 million new jobs, middle-class tax cut, balanced budget.
But three decades of obfuscation just came due. Getting caught red-handed with your own words, on camera, over three decades ago--and giving a haphazard, resentful, annoyed reply--just rings of NIGYSOB.

While this campaign is far from over, I have to say at this point that I have to feel for the people - some of them friends - who started the campaign believing that Howard Dean was the it candidate, then switched to Clark, and finally swore Kerry was the guy.

It's gotta be rough.

(Via The Professor)