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03/19/2004: "Kerry's Rudeness"

A report about Senator Kerry's rudeness from Matt Drudge.

Dem presidential candidate John Kerry called his secret service agent a "son of a bitch" after the agent inadvertently moved into his path during a ski mishap in Idaho, sending Kerry falling into the snow.

When asked a moment later about the incident by a reporter on the ski run, Kerry said sharply, "I don't fall down," the "son of a b*itch knocked me over."

I've worked a variety of jobs in my life. On the 'lowly' side, I've delivered pizzas and cleaned toilets. On the 'respectable' side, I've programmed computers and assisted with the management of dozens of employees.

So I know that it is lowly workers that have a better chance to judge the character of others. As an assistant manager, jerks that worked for me would think twice before being jerky at me; I could make their life difficult. As a toilet scrubber, though, people were less inhibited at lashing out in their jerky ways.

It is in this context that I was going to make my initial observation. As a 'lowly' figure, the Secret Service Agent saw the real John Kerry. But then I saw the next paragraph. He repeated his slur to a reporter. He demeaned an underling in front of a witness. Does he not know the saying, "shame on you, shame on me"? He had to know word would get out. No matter. Senator Kerry did not act in a way to enhance his public image; he acted in a way which appeased his anger.

I don't think that, as a nation, we want as a president a man that lets himself be blinded by rage.

But wait, there's more. From the same Drudge piece:

On Friday, Kerry, his snowboard strapped to his back, hiked past 9,000 feet on Durrance Peak, then snowboarded down the mountain, taking repeated tumbles. Reporters counted six falls, although Kerry was out of sight for part of the descent.

Kerry said he didn't fall, reporters say they witnessed him falling. Maybe the real reason for his being upset is he perceives himself as incompetent. Whatever. He's a liar too.

I don't think that, as a nation, we want as a president a liar that lets himself be blinded by rage.