Not suprise of the day: Kerry makes a fool of himself

But he did succeed in puting a smile on my face:

(from the New York Times)

A Roman Catholic who has struggled at times to talk about his own faith, Mr. Kerry also told the group that he believed "deeply in my faith" and that the Koran, the Torah, the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles had influenced a social conscience that he exercised in politics.

My, that's quite a list - you sure covered your bases. I'm happy you remembered two seperate groups of books from the bible! By the way, though, the Koran isn't in the bible (just a heads-up).

"I will tell you, nowhere in there, nowhere, not in one page, not in one phrase uttered and reported by the Lord Jesus Christ, can you find anything that suggests that there is a virtue in cutting children from Medicaid and taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich," Mr. Kerry said.

Brilliant exegesis! Now about those phrases uttered and reported by the Lord Jesus Christ on abortion... yeah, I thought so.

A spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, which skewered Mr. Kerry's speeches relentlessly during 2004, responded with a verbal shrug yesterday.
"John Kerry deserves credit for continuing to take himself so seriously, despite the fact that no one else does," said the spokeswoman, Tracey Schmitt.

Skewered? Perhaps they just presented Senator Kerry's words and he did all the work for them.

What a hoot.