That Creepy Vibe

By now, many of you will have seen this story. Go look at the picture! Isn't that the creepiest picture you've ever seen?

The gist of the article is that in spite of the fact that President Bush was portrayed by the left as a bumbling simpleton during the election season, while John Kerry was a well-spoken, intellectual war hero, it was all a bunch of crap. In actuality, President Bush's grades were slightly better than Senator Kerry's, and Kerry got four D's in his Freshman year, five total, compared to President Bush's single D (by only one percentage point) in Astronomy.

President Bush was an average student, and he's always said that he was an average student. Senator Kerry basically ignored school his first year when he was learning to fly, and spent most of his time doing extracurricular activities.

In his Navy application, Kerry made clear that he spent much of his college time on extracurricular activities, including the Yale Political Union, the Debating Association, soccer, hockey, fencing, and membership in the elite Skull and Bones Society. Asked to describe nonschool training that qualified him for the Navy, Kerry wrote: ''A great deal of sailing -- ocean and otherwise, including some navigation. Scuba diving. Rifle. Beginning of life saving." He said his special interests were ''filming," writing, and politics, noting that the latter subject occupied 15 hours per week.

Fifteen hours per week on politics? As an undergraduate? Scuba diving as qualifications for a commission in the Navy? Sailing in the ocean? "Filming"?

Go read the article for yourself. My fears of Kerry's background have been confirmed, as has my satisfaction at President Bush's reelection. Massachusetts, if you're ignorant enough to keep electing this guy to the Senate, you can have him.