John Kerry-Heinz and the botched joke

I don't fault John Kerry-Heinz for trying. Dubya is trying to make a huge issue out of him blowing the punch line of a joke some staffer wrote for him. I guess that's fine in the "all's fair" world. If the roles were reversed, I'm guessing the same hoopla would be generated from some muckity-muck in the Democratic party. Whatever, it's all smoke and mirrors and enough hot air to get your balloon from Monterrey to Maryland...on all sides. John Kerry-Heinz just tried to stretch the envelope a bit, ignoring the famous Clint Eastwood line, "A man's got to know his limitations."

The simple fact is, people with a quick wit deficiency or that are completely witless should not attempt jokes of any kind. That went for Dan Quayle, it goes for Dubya, but it also goes for John Kerry-Heinz. Disaster looms in every attempt.