Kerry questioned the timing of the Bush administration's announcement late on Friday that older Americans will have to pay about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health insurance.It's all about you, isn't it, Senator? You only see the "tragedy" through the lens of how it impacts your political message getting precious airtime, don't you?
"He promised again a couple of nights ago to strengthen Medicare," Kerry told a rally at a baseball stadium in Akron. "Then you wake up when a lot of the news is being hidden by what's happening in the hurricane down in Florida, what's happening in Russia with 200 people tragically killed by terrorists."
Here's three words for you, Senator: Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
I won't editorialize further. It speaks for itself.
[NOTE: this post was originally published 9/4/2004. I was responding to a comment on 9/6/2004 and ended up posting a draft I was not happy with. I could not figure out how to delete or edit my reply, so instead republished the entire entry from scratch, comments and all.]