Re: Did NASA trick Kerry?

From: Rand Simberg (newsgroups_at_transterrestrial.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:25:55 GMT

Hop David wrote:

>> It won't hurt him as much as the tank helmet hurt Dukakis, but I'd say
>> it was definitely the backfire of the week, considering that the
>> primary purpose of the trip to the Cape was as a campaign photo op.

> Awhile back you were telling us we'd likely find the WMDs soon after
> Saddam & his gang were captured.
>
> When that didn't happen you resort to more substantial stuff: "Kerry in
> a bunny suit".

My point is not about Kerry in a bunny suit. It's about what I wrote
above. He went there to try to bask in whatever residual respect the
public has for the space agency, though he's never been a particular
supporter of it, and said nothing about it while there, other than to
(bizarrely) point to Apollo as a model for fixing health care.

I just think that the bunny suit is poetic justice--he got a different
photo op than he intended.

> This damages your credibility.

So unless I'm infallible, my credibility is damaged? I should never
again express an opinion?

Hokay...

> Which is a shame -- some of your efforts
> are worthwhile.

Thank you.