Kerry Blames Loss on Osama Tape

Says security issues hurt him the most

Senator Kerry blames, not moral values, but Osama bin Laden and homeland security:

Trying to recount Kerry’s words verbatim, Rivera said Kerry responded by saying:

‘It was that Usama tape – it scared them (the American people).’

Rivera said Kerry said the tape came out too late for his camp to rebut and the Democratic campaign couldn’t counteract it in time for the Tuesday election.

Perhaps. But I would be so short-sighted about the security issue. This was a chronic problem of the Kerry campaign, and their inability to repair it was the ultimate downfall. The moral issues only added fuel to the fire.

Of course, the lesson for conservatives here is that moral issues did not carry the day. A hawkish view of America in the world that attacks terrorists and promotes freedom is what carried the day. It was the revolutionary spirit of America that beat out the pacifist, passive isolationism America always contains instinctively.

The culture war rages on. . .