{"id":2354,"date":"2004-12-23T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2004-12-23T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulhuntre.com\/items\/date\/2004\/12\/23\/we-lost-on-purpose-really\/"},"modified":"2004-12-23T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2004-12-23T09:00:52","slug":"we-lost-on-purpose-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/2004\/12\/23\/we-lost-on-purpose-really\/","title":{"rendered":"We lost on purpose, really…."},"content":{"rendered":"

You know, the elections have been a funny and informative time. I am, obviously, happy that the president was re-elected and I have been enjoying some of the resultant thrashing about greatly. You might remember that “screw ’em” Kos<\/a> was a huge supporter of Kerry, raising money and promising all and sundry that mana woudl fall from the sky (in a non-religious way) and that the world would instantly love us again, even the French. Or maybe not…<\/p>\n

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“Of course, there’s a silver lining to all of this. A Kerry presidency would’ve been an unmitigated disaster, with a hostile congress, budget woes, the mess in Iraq, etc. Not a good time to be in charge. Those Supreme Court seats would’ve been nice (whoever we would’ve been able to push through a hostile Senate), but we’ve got an opportunity for long-term gain.” – <\/em>quote in context<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I get it, it’s actually better<\/em><\/strong> that they lost. It’s just too bad though because Kos was so sure that Kerry would have been the right man to lead this nation…<\/p>\n

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“But what makes me angry was Kerry and his gang’s inability to take advantage of the situation. I may regret saying this later, but fuck it — they should be lined up and shot. There’s no reason they should’ve lost to this joker. “I voted for the $87 billion, then I voted against it.” That wasn’t nuance. That was idiocy. And with a primary campaign that consisted entirely of “I’m the most electable”, Kerry entered the general without a core philosophy or articulated vision for the job.” – <\/em>quote in context<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Or maybe not \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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