Reply #185: Where in the world do you get that idea?

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I seem to recall Terry McAuliffe saying on February 1, 2004, while the primaries were still in full swing, "I look forward to that debate when John Kerry, a war hero, with a chest full of medals, is standing next to George Bush, a man who was AWOL in the Alabama National Guard." Kerry had only won Iowa and New Hampshire at that point; he didn't have it sewn up.

Look, there are plenty of things to admire about John Kerry, and I think he would have made a fine President. But this latest talking point from the Kerry backers that he's some sort of Beltway outsider is just weird and border-line Orwellian. He was *the* Beltway choice for the Democratic nomination in 2004. And he lost. Against the worst President ever.