Bob Kerrey uncorks yet another masterpiece of mealymouthed antipartisan concern trolling:
This election is not over. But it's not too soon to envision the dangers and opportunities should Obama win.
My worry is not with increased threats from abroad. I am convinced those threats will be reduced with Obama's election and the beginning of a much more sensible and trustworthy American foreign policy.
By my lights, the primary threat to the success of a President Obama will come from some Democrats who, emboldened by the size of their congressional majority, may try to kill trade agreements, raise taxes in ways that will destroy jobs, repeal the Patriot Act and spend and regulate to high heaven.
Yes, simply because Obama and congressional Democrats may be elected on a theme of "change," that is hardly a reason to, you know, actually change anything.
But below is what elevates Kerrey's op-ed to the giddy heights of all-time classic concern trolling:
Obama understands that to succeed, he must make peace with John McCain just as he has done with Hillary Clinton. When this historic election concludes, I expect the two to sit down, without precondition, and negotiate an agenda of reform.
Hell, this election is just so horribly divisive, let's just cancel it and let Obama and McCain share the presidency on alternating weeks. Then everyone will be happy and we can all have cake and candy and soda. (Note to Kerrey: Obama and Clinton belong to the same party. Really. I looked it up.)
Visigoth that I am, I have this vulgar notion that in a democracy the results of the presidential election should determine the policies taken by the executive branch of government. I hope this attitude, which may in fact be so widespread as to cause a lot of people to vote for the Democratic party this year, does not shock Mr. Kerry unduy. I'd hate for him to have to grope for his smelling salts as he swoons on the settee.
If Americans wanted "bipartisanship" right now the Republican Party would not be in the shitter it's in. And if the Democratic party follows Kerrey's advice, the Democrats won't have a majority anymore after November 2010.