A Boston Tea Party…(Camouflage)

camouflage- to conceal or disguise

I thought it was very ironic last week to see John Kerry walking in a field in Iowa in camouflage gear. His campaign wanted everyone to know that Kerry is an avid hunter. I’m willing to bet you don’t see venison on the Kerry dinner table all that often. Like a hunter trying to fool an unsuspecting flock of geese, Kerry throughout his campaign tends to be something he is not.

He has tried to fool the public into believing he is a devout Catholic even while supporting abortion rights. He has portrayed himself as a fiscally responsible Senator rather than the more liberal of the two Senators from Massachusetts. He depicts himself as being strong on defense yet didn’t even support the military action in the first Gulf War. He even tries to explain his voting against the war in Iraq after voting for the war. Who he really is and what he represents himself to be are often at the opposite ends of the spectrum.

Pretending to be someon you are not can be done with the use of a properly staged photo-op or by speaking to an audience with a false sincerity. If used correctly, camouflage can help you bag your limit in a corn field full of birds and can help you fool enough people into helping you win an election. Like a poisonous snake disguised to match its surroundings, Kerry has duped enough voters into thinking he is someone he is not. Should he win this election, I am willing to bet he won’t spend a single vacation hunting for pheasant, geese, or any other animal. America will find out that he isn't who he says he is but rather he is who he always was, a liberal from Massachusetts willing to hold his finger in the political wind to define his position.