Nuclear destruction is inevitable.

Is there any hope? There is only this: the people under discussion tend to do most things by accident.

— Daniel Pinkwater, Young Adults page 84 … 1985

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Russert: This is what John Kerry had to say last year. He said that his colleagues are appalled at the quote “President’s lack of knowledge. They’ve managed him the same way they’ve managed Ronald Reagan. They send him out to the press for one event a day. They put him in a brown jacket and jeans and get him to move some hay or move a truck, and all of a sudden he’s the Marlboro Man. I know this guy. He was two years behind me at Yale. I knew him, and he’s still the same guy.”

Did you know him at Yale?

President Bush: No.

Russert: How do you respond to that?

President Bush: Politics. I mean, this is—you know, if you close your eyes and listen carefully to what you just said, it sounds like the year 2000 all over again.

Russert: You were both in Skull and Bones, the secret society.

President Bush: It’s so secret we can’t talk about it.

Russert: What does that mean for America? The conspiracy theorists are going to go wild.

President Bush: I’m sure they are. I don’t know. I haven’t seen the websites yet. (Laughs)

Russert: Number 322.

President Bush: First of all, he’s not the nominee, and I look forward

Russert: Are you prepared to lose?

President Bush: No, I’m not going to lose.

Russert: If you did, what would you do?

President Bush: Well, I don’t plan on losing. I have got a vision for what I want to do for the country. See, I know exactly where I want to lead. I want to lead us I want to lead this world toward more peace and freedom. I want to lead this great country to work with others to change the world in positive ways, particularly as we fight the war on terror, and we got changing times here in America, too.

Russert: Biggest issues in the upcoming campaign?

President Bush: Who can properly use American power in a way to make the world a better place, and who understands that the true strength of this country is the hearts and souls of the American citizens, who understands times are changing and how best to have policy reflect those times.

And I look forward to a good campaign. I know exactly where I want to lead the country. I have shown the American people I can lead. I have shown the American people I can sit here in the Oval Office when times are tough and be steady and make good decisions, and I look forward to articulating what I want to do the next four years if I’m fortunate enough to be their president.

Just to let you know. Gary Tradeau. Yale Graduate. I hear he’s of a member.

Maybe that’s what was behind his good natured ribbing of John Kerry back in 1971.

And maybe that’s what was behind his cruel attacks on Howard Dean. Tear him down. Replace him with the Skull and Bones replacement for the Skull and Bonesman he’s pretending to not like.

Or… something to that effect.

Michael Ruppert said, during the rise of Howard Dean’s candidacy, that the Democratic Candidate would probably be John Kerry. “We always see these candidates that aren’t going to actually win.”

Either Alex Jones or him — I don’t remember– say that the powers that actually control the country are not happy with George W. Bush, and that if he’s elected we can expect him to be promptly kicked out of office … ala, say, Richard Nixon. (Though if that’s the case, we still have the problem with Cheney. But then again, everything Cheney touches seems to be tainted with corruption.

Now, as anyone who has seen the Portland Public Access presentation of old Michael Parenti lectures can tell you: pretty much every Washington politician, by definition of the fact that they’ve gotten so far up, has financial or other dirt on them that can be used to tear them out of office or leadership if … necessary.

But that’d be after the election, y’see. Though in this case, remember: John Kerry too is a Skull and Bones alumni as well as George W. Bush. Skull and Bones being the new FreeMasons, the new Council on Foreign Relations, the new [fill in the blank].

Jump over to Washington Representative Jim McDermott’s comments about Saddam Hussein’s capture, and consider them in light of the sudden bizarre certaintude of Bin Laden’s impending capture, all echoing Madeleine Albright’s off-the-record joke about “timing Bin Laden’s capture”, as well as the recent capture rumour and things get a little…

Silly, maybe?

Meet the Press

MR. RUSSERT: You both were members of Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale. What does that tell us?

SEN. KERRY: Not much, because it’s a secret.

MR. RUSSERT: Is there a secret handshake? Is there a secret code?

SEN. KERRY: I wish there were something secret I could manifest there.

MR. RUSSERT: Three twenty-two, a secret number?

SEN. KERRY: There are all kinds of secrets, Tim. But one thing is not a secret. I disagree with this president’s direction that he’s taking the country. We can do a better job. And I intend to do it.

MR. RUSSERT: And we’ll be watching. Be safe on the campaign trail. John Kerry, thanks for joining us.

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