As I read the Rolling Stone piece everyone is discussing, I kept playing in my mind the scenario of taking the article and showing it to John Kerry and hearing what he had to say in regard to his quick concession and more to the point the fact that what went down has stirred such emotions in us all - how much more amplified it should be in the man who was our candidate.
I was glad then when I got to the last page of the article and read the sentence stating that Rolling Stone had an in depth chat with Kerry about the findings of the article.
It all went downhill from there however as instead of passion or straight talk we got this:
Sen. John Kerry -- in a wide-ranging discussion of ROLLING STONE's investigation -- expressed concern about Republican tactics in 2004, but stopped short of saying the election was stolen. ''Can I draw a conclusion that they played tough games and clearly had an intent to reduce the level of our vote? Yes, absolutely. Can I tell you to a certainty that it made the difference in the election? I can't.
Inspiring, isn't it? For a second there I thought he had brought in a press secretary to give his answers. But it gets better
Kerry conceded, however, that the widespread irregularities make it impossible to know for certain that the outcome reflected the will of the voters. ''I think there are clearly states where it is questionable whether everybody's vote is being counted, whether everybody is being given the opportunity to register and to vote,'' he said. ''There are clearly barriers in too many places to the ability of people to exercise their full franchise. For that to be happening in the United States of America today is disgraceful.''
What's disgraceful is politicians who run back to their office after a shameful national election loss who refuse to make waves and talk in anything but politician-speak while our democracy suffers.