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Are you ready for Secretary of State John Kerry?

posted at 3:56 pm on May 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Just when I thought I couldn’t like Obama more, the ultimate pot sweetener.

Kerry aides insist he’s not angling for the job and point to his long involvement in foreign affairs. It started with his famous testimony as a 27-year-old veteran questioning the Vietnam War before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It continues today, at age 64, as the No. 3 Democrat on the same panel.

But envisioning him in the post would hardly be a stretch given Obama’s chances at securing the Democratic nomination, a general election shaping up as a “change” campaign and Kerry’s relationship with the Illinois senator.

Kerry would likely face competition from Sen. Joseph R. Biden of Delaware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a former Peace Corps volunteer who also sits on the panel, and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, a top Obama adviser.

In a strange way I’d find it reassuring to have Waffles lead the delegation to Tehran, and not just because of the comic potential of him posing for photos with a guy he once claimed he wanted to push off a cliff. Thanks to his infamous “global test” for U.S. military action, his preoccupation with the moral high ground he believes we’ve somehow lost to, ahem, Iran, and his willingness to undermine American foreign policy by hobnobbing with assorted enemies (an old habit), he’s become the exemplar of the sort of groveling, negotiation-from-weakness posture that conservatives fear Obama will take. If that’s what Obama’s planning, he might as well name Kerry and own it.

An interesting subplot here: Because of Kennedy’s illness, if Kerry’s appointed it could conceivably lead to both senate seats in Massachusetts being vacant, a remarkable coincidence considering that they only seem to be earnestly contested once every 30 or 40 years. Exit question: Do we stand a chance at picking one up or are they just going to plug Caroline and Patches in there and ride that out until 2040 or so? I’m guessing the latter; as it is, we can’t even get on the ballot.

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Oh…

My…

God…

Corky on May 28, 2008 at 3:57 PM

its scary how many people voted for Lurch last time around.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 3:59 PM

ThePrez on May 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Is it possible to be so comical that it’s no longer funny?

tbradshaw on May 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM

“I saw, first hand, the ears fall off of our military leaders as I bored them to death with my ever droning tone of stupidity and lies. It was unspeakable torture.”

right2bright on May 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Seems about right. They’ll need just one suit between them.

JiangxiDad on May 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM

I used to dream about Kerry…..he was screaming: “I’m melting!!! Melting!!!”
he-he-he

kcd on May 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM

How much worse than Condi would a Kerry/Obama State Dept. be????

it worries me just how much I would rather be governed by the Hildabeast over these clowns.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Ahhhhhhhh!

I am not ready for Enemy of State John Kerry.

But this appointment might very well seal Obama’s own fate knowing how much veterans disliked him from the previous campaign.

shick on May 28, 2008 at 4:01 PM

Attorney General John Edwards. Secretary of State John Kerry. Oh brother. Second look at McCain?

SoulGlo on May 28, 2008 at 4:01 PM

it worries me just how much I would rather be governed by the Hildabeast over these clowns.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Me too. I’m thinking about seeing a therapist.

kcd on May 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM

Time for Hillary to run as an independent…Go Hillary!

right2bright on May 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM

Kerry would likely face competition from Sen. Joseph R. Biden of Delaware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a former Peace Corps volunteer who also sits on the panel, and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, a top Obama adviser.

Seriously, now I`m scared.

Remember, stay home in November.

ThePrez on May 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM

I still say he looks like the tree from the Wizard of Oz?

Smooth Rooster on May 28, 2008 at 4:03 PM

OMG! Why don’t he just go ahead an appoint Larry, Moe & Curley as heads of the FBI, CIA & DHS? Oh yeah, he essentially would be…wouldn’t he….

kcd on May 28, 2008 at 4:05 PM

It started with his famous testimony as a 27-year-old ~~veteran~~ traitor ~~questioning~~ lying about his comrades in the Vietnam War before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

It started there, too bad it didn’t end there. Thanks Massachusetts (dopes).

Akzed on May 28, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Apparently God has a sense of humor.

JiangxiDad on May 28, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Lurch should be Ambassador to Cambodia. Then he could visit the Pol Pot museum and see first hand what genocide his aid and comfort to the enemy enabled.

viking01 on May 28, 2008 at 4:06 PM

I’m a princpled conservative, I will vote for Bob Barr over the RINO mccain and stick to my guns. So what if that will help seal the deal for President Obama, Sec. of State Kerry, AG John Edwards and putting idiots like Zbieniensky back in power in the Jihadist world in which we live. So what if this administration will also have large majorities in the House and Senate and plenty of SCOTUS picks….

Whats the worse that could happen?

/”principled conservative”

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:06 PM

Think of it this way………….

Two open Senate seats in Mass. No waiting. Or would Deval get to hand pick successors?

Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM

Down memory lane.

Around this time in 2004, Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts had all but locked up the Democratic presidential nomination and was beginning to think about his vice presidential choices.

You may recall there was a strong push for him to consider a “unity ticket” and choose the leading maverick in the GOP as his running mate — a “dream team,” as onetime Kerry strategist Chris Lehane put it.

The same name was also the first one Kerry offered when asked by radio host Don Imus in May 2004 whom he would name as Secretary of Defense.

Who was this inspiring individual? “Our good friend John McCain,” as Kerry described his fellow Vietnam veteran on the Imus show.

Yes, the same John McCain who’s now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM

With Dukakis, McGovern, Carter, and Kerry on your side, how can you possibly go wrong?

amerpundit on May 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM

Time for Hillary to run as an independent…Go Hillary!

right2bright on May 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM

wouldn’t it be odd if her and Bill broke off from the Dem/libs and started a new party or caucus going after the blue dogs and scoop jackson dems?

I can almost see the scenario, especially given obama’s pathetic showing in Penn, Kentucky, Ohio…..he got less than 10% in some parts of Kentucky while her majesty got 90%+

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM

He can send his wife on a diplomatic mission to the “continental Africans.”

WisCon on May 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM

I hope the hell you know, you just made me burst into tears! Thanks a lot! : (

kcd on May 28, 2008 at 4:10 PM

makes sense. This whole Barack thing is the non-violent realization of all the 60s Marxist dreams. It’s really sad how Reagan won the cold war, and now less than 20 years later we’re becoming them.

kirkill on May 28, 2008 at 4:11 PM

Jesus Christ! That’s it. We’re ***ked.

RWLA on May 28, 2008 at 4:11 PM

REM
Document
Track 6

yo on May 28, 2008 at 4:12 PM

More down memory lane.

WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser Samuel Berger stepped aside from his work as a foreign-policy adviser to Democrat John Kerry’s presidential campaign Tuesday, after Berger acknowledged that he had mishandled classified documents that were under review by the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks.

“Mr. Berger has a lot of explaining to do,” House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said. He said Berger had “pilfered documents.”

Some Republicans, including White House spokesman Scott McClellan and Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz. and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., were more restrained than their party colleagues. McCain called Berger “a fine and honorable man who we should presume innocent until proven guilty.”

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:13 PM

I’m not ready for McCain being my President… why in the heck would I ever be ready for Kerry as Secretary of State….. I have such a freakin headache!

MNDavenotPC on May 28, 2008 at 4:14 PM

Two open Senate seats in Mass. No waiting. Or would Deval get to hand pick successors?

Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM

From what I understand, they would hold special elections. (I’ll bet they would be “special” too.) I can see the headlines no:
KENNEDY”S WIFE WINS SEAT! AND SHE WASN”T EVEN ON THE BALLOT!

All of the left wingnuts would say it was “karma”.

kcd on May 28, 2008 at 4:14 PM

Ahhh, so this is the McCain strategy…it’s working. I may hold my nose, give up all personal principles and pull the lever for McCain and then take a month long bath in scalding water and bleach.

ihasurnominashun on May 28, 2008 at 4:14 PM

In a word: NO.

God help us if this pack of clowns winds up in charge….

Jill1066 on May 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM

As Secretary of Peace, Dennis Kucinich would run the table in Tehran. Go for the gusto.

a capella on May 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM

Akzed on May 28, 2008 at 4:05 PM

Crap. You stole my thunder.

It’s funny how the media spins. And how stupid, inattentive, and memory-less the media thinks Americans are.

“Questioning the Vietnam War.” Check.

misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM

Are you ready for Secretary of State John Kerry?

NO!

HELL NO!!!

hillbillyjim on May 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM

Reporting for duty… /gack

CP on May 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:13 PM

Stop it! Your a mean, mean person! : ( sniff, sniff

kcd on May 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM

Another chance for a Senator Mitt Romney?

Brat on May 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM

a capella on May 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM

That table would need two booster chairs.

yo on May 28, 2008 at 4:17 PM

Kerry would likely face competition from Sen. Joseph R. Biden of Delaware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a former Peace Corps volunteer who also sits on the panel, and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, a top Obama adviser.

That is a tough choice. It’s like reading a Failed Politicians Memorial at the National Mall.

Flyover Country on May 28, 2008 at 4:17 PM

Rev. Wright for head of Health and Social Services.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:18 PM

I’m not very excited about John McCain, but stories like these are going to make me vote for him in November!

Reaganite84 on May 28, 2008 at 4:18 PM

That is a tough choice. It’s like reading a Failed Politicians Memorial at the National Mall.

Flyover Country on May 28, 2008 at 4:17 PM

HAHAHAHAHA!!

kcd on May 28, 2008 at 4:19 PM

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:13 PM

I’ll have the Sandy Berger and a side of lies

misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 4:19 PM

Are you ready for Press Secretary Al Franken?

Ptui.

hillbillyjim on May 28, 2008 at 4:19 PM

Another chance for a Senator Mitt Romney?

Brat on May 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM

thing is Romney would have to go back to being pro-choice and for gay marriage and stuff to get elected.

then if he served he’d be the most liberal Republican, atleast near election year we’d have.

if he hadn’t run for POTUS, maybe

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:19 PM

Kerry would likely face competition from Sen. Joseph R. Biden of Delaware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a former Peace Corps volunteer who also sits on the panel, and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, a top Obama adviser.

We’re screwed either way if BO wins.

Rick on May 28, 2008 at 4:20 PM

William Ayers to head up Department of Homeland Security.

RushBaby on May 28, 2008 at 4:20 PM

Impossible. Imagine the confirmation hearings with Kerry having to answer for his treason and explaining why he won’t release his records.

Buddahpundit on May 28, 2008 at 4:21 PM

Sec of Treasury: Tony Rezko

yo on May 28, 2008 at 4:22 PM

Ron Paul for Secretary of Defense

now a minor sub-Department of the Department of Peace ran by his pal Kucinich

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:22 PM

In a word: NO.
God help us if this pack of clowns winds up in charge….
Jill1066 on May 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM

There one way to make this not happen.

wise_man on May 28, 2008 at 4:22 PM

Buddahpundit on May 28, 2008 at 4:21 PM

Hmmph…who pray tell would have the nads to ax him that?

Brat on May 28, 2008 at 4:23 PM

Pile it on

Asher on May 28, 2008 at 4:24 PM

This is becoming so tragic it’s actually funny. Good Lord.

jewells45 on May 28, 2008 at 4:24 PM

N A U S E A and fear.

ParisParamus on May 28, 2008 at 4:24 PM

Look at the bright side, the jihadis will stop trying to kill us once we’re all dead.

trubble on May 28, 2008 at 4:25 PM

has lurch released his military records yet…???…just checking…I’m still waiting…tic toc

areseaoh on May 28, 2008 at 4:26 PM

There will always be reasons to give up your convictions if you dig deep enough. The question is “are you principled”?

tgillian on May 28, 2008 at 4:26 PM

While he’s at it, Obama should reach across the aisle and appoint Ron Paul to head up homeland security.

Rick on May 28, 2008 at 4:27 PM

Back in 1999 when he was running for POTUS, candidate McCain promised that in his WH, people like John Kerry would have an input in to US foreign policy.

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:29 PM

Jimmy Carter for Ambassador to Israel.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:29 PM

Please . . . dear . . . God, . . . No . . .

ToddonCapeCod on May 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Meet Secretary of Defense Louis Farrakhan

faraway on May 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Imagine the confirmation hearings with Kerry having to answer for his treason and explaining why he won’t release his records.

Imagine his friend John McCain insisting that he does not have to release them.

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM

He and his wife TurAYza will move the State Dept. to Davos, Switzerland.

Brat on May 28, 2008 at 4:31 PM

How could he deny the Sec of State job to Jimmy Carter?

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on May 28, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Back in 1999 when he was running for POTUS, candidate McCain promised that in his WH, people like John Kerry would have an input in to US foreign policy.
flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:29 PM

It’s 2008.

wise_man on May 28, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Jimmy Carter for Ambassador to Israel.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:29 PM

We have a winner.

Rick on May 28, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Meet CIA Director William Ayers

faraway on May 28, 2008 at 4:35 PM

I always thought Kerry was No. 2.

Kafir on May 28, 2008 at 4:36 PM

If Kerry makes it to this position, I think Jesus will come back and complain.

Travis1 on May 28, 2008 at 4:36 PM

Meet Budget Director Al Franken

faraway on May 28, 2008 at 4:36 PM

this is the Dems, whats to stop them from appointing a Foreigner to something?

oh yeah, the constitution.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:37 PM

The Obama Dream Team just got another quality draft pick. Well if all these guys are a part of his cabinet then maybe there could be some fresh blood in the Senate….NOT!

appst38 on May 28, 2008 at 4:38 PM

McCain and foreign policy.

Much scorn deservedly came Governor Mike Huckabee’s way when, in his own Foreign Affairs piece, he scalded the “Bush administration’s arrogant bunker mentality,” so “counterproductive at home and abroad.” Yet McCain’s very similar (if less-bracing) riffs have drawn little attention. The Bush years, he says, have left us in desperate need “to restore and replenish the world’s faith in our nation and our principles.” “America” thus “needs a president who can revitalize the country’s purpose and standing in the world.” Even as such important European governments as France and Germany have become more conservative and drawn closer to American leadership, McCain laments that President Bush has “frayed” the “bonds we share with Europe” — thanks, no doubt, to “the kind of abusive tactics properly prohibited by the Geneva Conventions” that he intimates have been standard fare.

Close your eyes, and you can hear these same lines regurgitated by any conventional Democrat, whether it’s Sen. Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama, or even Sen. John Kerry — the Democrats’ last standard-bearer who, you may recall, entreated McCain to be his running mate, the extent of their common ground being patent. Contrary to the assurances of McCain’s admirers, his own essay tells us the senator is still the same guy who in 2000, upon being asked what he would do immediately upon being elected president, said he would turn, among others, to Sen. Kerry, Sen. Joe Biden, and Zbigniew Brzezinski (President Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser) to “to get foreign policy, national security issues back on track.”

flenser on May 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM

Supreme Court nominee Rep. William Jefferson

Press Secretary Michael Moore

faraway on May 28, 2008 at 4:40 PM

You have managed to mess up a really nice day for me. No, make that the rest of this year!
Our country would be so screwed…..

Jimmybob on May 28, 2008 at 4:40 PM

This would probably be a good thing, really. If Obama wins, the more incompetent the people he puts in power the faster the nation will metaphorically drop its pants and get hit again, which is apparently the only thing that serves anymore to wake the populace from its increasingly deep, socialism-induced slumber. 9/11 shook the bed briefly, though it’s largely been forgotten amidst the media whitewash and partisan noise of the subsequent years. While it’s an ugly thing to think, maybe having a city or two wiped off the map by a foreign power is actually what’s required to leave a lasting imprint in the public mind.

Blacklake on May 28, 2008 at 4:41 PM

CIA Director George Soros

Surgeon General Jack Kervorkian (dead or not)

Ambassador to United Nations Maxine Waters

EEOC Commissioner Jeremiah Wright

Attorney General Alcee Hastings

FEMA Director Ray Nagin

viking01 on May 28, 2008 at 4:41 PM

Whats the worse that could happen?

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:06 PM

With the dangerous state of the world today, you bring a whole new meaning to the term “suicide voter”.

db on May 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM

While it’s an ugly thing to think, maybe having a city or two wiped off the map by a foreign power is actually what’s required to leave a lasting imprint in the public mind.

Blacklake on May 28, 2008 at 4:41 PM

Holy $)(%&*#!! What’s wrong with you?!

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on May 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM

IRS Commissioner Mark Rich

viking01 on May 28, 2008 at 4:44 PM

Secretary of Reparations Al Sharpton

faraway on May 28, 2008 at 4:44 PM

Kerry would likely face competition from Sen. Joseph R. Biden of Delaware, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee;

I think the term “face off in a cage match competition” would be more apt. If true, Biden must be spitting with rage this afternoon.

But kids, keep in mind that Kerry is actually one of the better choices Obama could make.

Tony McPeake, the AF Chief about whom no AF officer has anything good to say, would be SECDEF. With a whole gaggle of Bush-hating fired generals to fill out the ranks of DOD.

There is a special envoy role in the offing for Jimmy Carter.

BUT…… and here is the interesting part…….. John McCain vows to stuff his cabinet with liberal Democrats in the name of reaching out. Who’s to say that Kerry (who almost got McCain to abandon the GOP in 2004) won’t be McCain’s SECSTATE?

highhopes on May 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM

hence the tag I placed at the bottom of the post:

/principled conservative

or atleast a crank who thinks that anyway.

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Attorney General John Edwards. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Secretary of Peace, Dennis Kucinich

Rev. Wright for head of Health and Social Services.

Press Secretary Al Franken

William Ayers to head up Department of Homeland Security.

CIA Director William Ayers

Meet Budget Director Al Franken

Secretary of Defense Louis Farrakhan

Sec of Treasury: Tony Rezko

Jimmy Carter for Ambassador to Israel.

These things will lead to a permanent Republican majority.

Best arguments yet for not voting for McCain.

misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:06 PM

We will never win by voting against something. It didn’t work in 2004 either.

Mock those who want to stay home all you want, but people get off their butts and to the polls to vote for something/someone, not to vote against something/someone.

If McCain loses, it’s on him for failing to unite the party.

Esthier on May 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM

jp on May 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Yes. I got that. Just adding my $0.02 to what you pointed out.

db on May 28, 2008 at 4:50 PM

How about ambassador to the South Pole?

Hening on May 28, 2008 at 4:50 PM

If McCain loses, it’s on him for failing to unite the party.
Esthier on May 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM

If Mccain loses, and Obama is the next president, it is on all the people who could have voted but did not, who will bear the blame.

The Obama supporters are going to vote for him anyway, so there’s no sense in blaming them.

wise_man on May 28, 2008 at 4:51 PM

This is going to be just like Saturday Night Live… 24/7 .!. Pop some corn and get ready for total Republican domination in 2010. If we can get them to get their thumbs out their azzes and get up off their azzes long enough to… oh, nevermind. What the heall am I thinking?

Griz on May 28, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Al Gore, head of the Dept. of Energy

kirkill on May 28, 2008 at 4:51 PM

BUT…… and here is the interesting part…….. John McCain vows to stuff his cabinet with liberal Democrats in the name of reaching out. Who’s to say that Kerry (who almost got McCain to abandon the GOP in 2004) won’t be McCain’s SECSTATE?
highhopes on May 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Stop lying about McCain.

That’s what democrats are for.

wise_man on May 28, 2008 at 4:52 PM

Supreme Court nominee (one) Rep. William Jefferson

Press Secretary Michael Moore

faraway on May 28, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Updated (one), and

Supreme Court nominee one, or two, Bill Clinton
Supreme Court nominee two, or three, Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Defense: G_Gocht or MB4

These things will lead to ~~a permanent Republican majority~~ the destruction of our country, as we know it, in rapid succession.

Best arguments yet for not voting for McCain (and to watch the destruction happen fast, furious, right in front of our eyes for us, the kids, and grandkids. Good luck to all of us).

misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM

Entelechy on May 28, 2008 at 4:54 PM

Ugh,

I’m on enough pain meds as is.

Sekhmet on May 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM

highhopes on May 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Beat me to it. When I read the headline, I thought it was for the McCain administration, rather than Obama. I thought Kerry would be too butch for Obama but since him and McCain have flirted before…

austinnelly on May 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM

Al Gore, head of the Dept. of Energy

kirkill on May 28, 2008 at 4:51 PM

I think there will be a new post for the Goracle: Climate Czar.

Rick on May 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM

Al Gore, head of the Dept. of Energy

kirkill on May 28, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Are you kidding me? They’ll create a whole new Dept. of Environmental Security for him. I someone reports seeing an incandescent bulb at your place, you go on a watch list. Didn’t file your carbon offset tax return — huge fine and possible jail time.

db on May 28, 2008 at 4:56 PM

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