KERRY'S SO-CALLED NOMINEES FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

I am reminded by Demagogue in his latest post that the Wall Street Journal as well as countless other media outlets have been mischaracterizing remarks John Kerry recently made on the Don Imus show.

"John Kerry could be our next president, so like everyone else we're eager for clues to what his government would look like. One revealing indication came this week when the Massachusetts Senator floated the names of four possible Defense secretaries: GOP Senators John McCain and John Warner, Democratic Senator Cark Levin, and former Clinton Defense Secretary Bill Perry."

I happened to be listening to the I-man that morning, and that's not at all what John Kerry said. Kerry was speaking about the argument that Don Rumsfeld shouldn't resign or be fired because we're in the middle of a war and can't afford to be without a Secretary of Defense. Kerry said that was nonsense, that there are quite a few qualified people who could step right into the role, SUCH AS McCain, Warner, Levin and Perry. He wasn't talking about his own potential nominees at all.