John Kerry flies in secret to Boston, where he throws out the first pitch in a Red Sox-Yankees game. He failed to get the ball across the plate. He was roundly booed. Security around the visit was tight, with the press on board his plane ordered not to talk about the trip, to protect Mr. Kerry's photo op.
Gearge W. Bush flies in secret to Baghdad, where he serves turkey to the troops on Thanksgiving. He got a rousing ovation. The turkey made it over the plate and to the hungry service members. Security around the visit was tight, with the press on board his plane ordered not to talk about the trip, to protect the president's life.
Posted by Rich at July 27, 2004 4:18 PM | TrackBackThis comparison is particularly telling because as we all know, Bush never campaigns, and especially never stages photo-ops.
I mean, it's not like the turkey was just a prop, while the soldiers were served pre-packaged cafeteria food.
Posted by: Chris Wage on July 27, 2004 9:09 PMYou got me Chris. Because the turkey was plastic, Bush risking his life to fly into Iraq to serve dinner to the troops was no braver than John Kerry hopping into a cab, going to the Red Sox game, and tosing a ball to the catcher.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Posted by: rich on July 27, 2004 11:50 PMI remain perplexed as to why you see value in comparing the "bravery" of two arbitrary events.
Is this really what you're using as your value judgements in choosing a president? The risk-factor in their photo-ops?
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