As Nick Gillespie hypothesizes:
Kerry may well be the first presidential candidate in history whose supporters—yes, supporters—have likened him to a feminine hygiene product.He's referring to this website: www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com. I can understand why some might believe that Kerry is a hopelessly inadequate candidate and would make a terrible chief executive -- Mark Steyn gives us some reasons here, so does this limp WaPo attempt to portray Kerry as not such a bad guy after all.
But a douchebag? Come on.
Surely there are other feminine hygiene products that describe Kerry more accurately. How about any one of the following --
a) a Tampax
b) an antipanti
c) a tube of Monistat 7
d) a disposable nursing pad
e) a Magic Clean bidet
But to be perfectly honest, this comparison with feminine hygine products is just plain insulting and dumb. All of the above products (douchebags included) deliver important health benefits to millions of women every day. A more apropos metaphor for John Kerry would be an annoying and/or dangerous medical condition. For example --
a) a urinary tract infection
b) an ectopic pregnancy
c) morning sickness
d) pre-menstrual cramps
e) acute mastitis
f) a bleeding hemorrhoid
I was going to vote for Kerry, but your persuasive argument has one me over. I could never vote for an ectopic pregnancy. I guess I'll have to vote Repubelickin' instead.
Posted by: Simon on May 11, 2004 10:39 AMHow about Toxic Shock Syndrome?
Posted by: timekeeper on May 12, 2004 11:29 AM