Andrew got his wish from one Mr. Kaus! Predictably, his take on the Swift Boat Veterans for Taking Down Kerry is... that it's disasterous for Kerry. BIG SHOCK.
After bringing up pertinent issues such as whether Kerry was actually across the physical Cambodia-Vietnam border, or just very near the border, 35 years ago, Kaus swiftly un-dismisses the Swifties using his trademark, the totally un-annoying P.P.P.P.P.S. postscript.
P.P.P.S.: Respectable big-time journalist friends who met with the anti-Kerry vets recently found them a lot more credible than expected. Sorry, Note! 3:21 A.M.
I love it when political blogs do this. You should believe something told to Mickey Kaus by his unnamed, big-time respectable journalist friends. But not, you know, actual, researched news articles contradicting their credibility, which he hasn't bothered mentioning.
I think the proverbial shark has been jumped.
Never before has our blog been so relevant. Props to us.
How silly is that, anyway? The Bush campaign (if it in fact does have anything to do with the Swifts) must be desparate if it's decided to attack Kerry on his war record of all things. They can't possibly win this way; it can only be good for Kerry. (Well, that's how I see it anyway.)
By the way, check out this Snopes article for a summary of the actually-pretty-exciting circumstances behind each of Kerry's medals.
I'd comment on this posting, but anything I say is sure to be proven wrong by mocking my insufficently clever writing style.
Umm, probably so.
The shark isn't proverbial - there's no proverb about jumping over sharks.
Other than.. right on, Jimbo!
Well, actually, both the American Heritage Dictionary and Princeton University's own Wordnet agree that "proverbial" can refer to something that is "widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb" or "widely spoken of." So the existence of a proverb containing the idea is not neccessary for an idea to be considered "proverbial."
And that means that Sir James' entry is indeed without flaw!