SlowpokeBlogCommentary by Slowpoke cartoonist Jen SorensenSaturday, January 31, 2004Jen's Primary Elections Diatribe
In general, I prefer to express opinions through cartoons, but there's something on my mind that needs to be said. In short, I'm very, very worried about John Kerry. Suddenly, the conventional wisdom is that he is the "electable" candidate. I'm afraid this assumption is severely misguided, to the extent that Election 2004 may well be over in February if current trends continue.
Don't get me wrong: Kerry would make a fine president, and if he is the nominee, I will absolutely vote for him. And you should, too. But, as Molly Ivins said recently, he's got no Elvis. Presidential elections in the television age are, sadly, 1% policy and 99% personality, and because of this, Kerry is utterly doomed. Imagine for a moment that you don't know all the stuff about politics that you already know (I'm assuming a degree of sophistication among Slowpoke readers, of course). All that minutiae about Iraq, the economy, Bush's sickening record of environmental destruction: Erase it from your brain! Now, with your newly-emptied head, picture John Kerry. You have no idea what this guy stands for, but he seems like dead wood incarnate. He's saying something about job loss, but you're not listening, even though you've been unemployed for six months. You have too much pride to vote for some generic politician. Better go for that folksy guy instead! I won't even go into the strategic problem of Kerry being from Massachussetts. But suffice it to say, the Dems are about to screw themselves again. ARCHIVES 01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004 03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004 06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004 07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004 10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005 01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005 04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005 10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005 11/01/2005 - 12/01/2005 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006 04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006 05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006 06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006 07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006 10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006 11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006 12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007 01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007 02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007 03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007 04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007 05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007 06/01/2007 - 07/01/2007 07/01/2007 - 08/01/2007 08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007 10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007 11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007 12/01/2007 - 01/01/2008 01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008 02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008 |



