Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Infantilizing John Kerry

So, how long does an individual remain a kid?  Until he’s the age of 16, 20, 25, 27?  Here’s former senator Bob Kerrey commenting on John Kerry’s childhood, after being discharged from the military.

"I think he’s got to go back to remember what it felt like and help people understand what it was like in 1971,” said Mr. Kerrey. “It was a terrible time, and he was a kid. And he just said some indefensible things. How unusual does that make him for a 25-year-old? Not very. Especially during that time. He served honorably, with great distinction."

From a New York Observer piece titled “Is Kerry Blowing It?"

Via Billy Beck, who also links to this piece from The Village Voice titled “John Kerry Must Go."

"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways." 1 Corinthians 13:11

For John Kerry, this time came later than for other individuals, evidently.

Posted by John Venlet on 04/28 at 07:33 AM
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