A Small Defense of John Kerry

I spend a lot of time, electrons, and disk space taking shots at John Kerry, but there are times when I think some things are crossing a line that shouldn't be crossed without deep introspection.

JB Corrigan is reporting on an article that indicates that the Kerry Kampaign in Florida may be considering hiring a man who, during Vietnam, explicitly advocated political assassinations. The post ends with:

So tell us Senator Kerry, is this how you plan to 'stop' George W. Bush from being re-elected?

That's a heavy duty charge. One that should require some decent substantiation. But that seems to be lacking in this case.

Simply because this man, Scott Camil, once advocated political assassination does not mean that he is a political assassin. The fact that he is unrepentant does not mean that he is going to go assassinate the President. The only thing we know about Scott Camil is that he is an unrepentant Machiavellian idiot. To imply anything otherwise is intellectually dishonest.

Kerry is a menace to this country that has to be kept out of office, but come on. We got to do it right.

Now back to our regularly scheduled Kerry bashing.