Interesting WP assessment of Bob Kerrey ("channels outrage")

[DeepModem Mom]

On 9/11 Panel, Bob Kerrey Seconds The Emotion

By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 25, 2004; Page C01

....The witnesses -- top officials of the Clinton and Bush administrations -- take it like a breaking wave that briefly knocks them speechless. But family members of the Sept. 11 victims in the front rows break into applause after another display of Kerrey's passion. They trust him to get at the truth of what led up to the terrorist attacks and how future attacks might be prevented.

Not that the nine other commissioners on the panel -- formally called the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States -- haven't been asking tough questions. They, too, have expressed skepticism toward both administrations' efforts to meet terrorist threats. But the other nine are just a little more . . . Socratic: Question-answer, call-and-response, and the truth will out.

That style seems just a little dry for the subject at hand. C'mon commissioners, tell us what you really think! The role Kerrey has adopted is to channel the outrage, pain and astonishment that much of a smarting nation still feels about Sept. 11....

***

The Democrat is bipartisan in his criticism. He manages to lodge his complaints without making it personal, and the witnesses -- most of whom he praises for their overall service -- don't seem to take it personally....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22302-2004Mar24.html

[leftchick]

1. Bob the Bomber Kerrey is an egomanic.....

The applause I saw and heard was for when he requested condi-liar's appearance before the commission. It seemed to me the hearing was all about him and what he wanted to do in 1998.

[JI7]

2. tim roemer got applause also

when he credited clarke with giving an apology for not being able to prevent the 9/11 attacks. and for when he credited clarke for appearing unlike others(condi rice) who are attacking clarke's credibility yet refuse to appear before the commission itself.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Posted early, and still curious what others are thinking...

about Kerrey's leadership --