Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the media's conventional wisdom brigade predictably examines another conventional liberal and concludes... gosh, he's more complex than all that.
"In Kerry's Record, A Liberal Strain With Complexities"John Kerry may look like a tax-and-spend liberal and a Washington insider at first glance, but an inspection of the Massachusetts senator's record reveals a man who hasn't been afraid to swing to the right and who many believe has the heft to challenge Bush.
Via The Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
Note that Kerry's lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union is a 5, only slightly ahead of Ted Kennedy with a 3 (score of 100 = a perfect conservative).
Conversely, Kerry's lifetime "Liberal Quotient" from the leftie Americans for Democratic Action: 93, versus Kennedy's 88 (score of 100 = a perfect liberal).
One would like to expect better than pathetic hooey from the WSJ, but, alas, it is often not to be. Their political reporting is as conventional as the rest of the herd. The reality gap between the WSJ's news coverage and their perceptive editorial page is often striking.
Posted by Alan at January 29, 2004 12:44 AM