“But after puzzling over it, I finally decided that J.F.K. had the sort of magnetism that could ensorcell big crowds, so he did not need to squander it on mail boys. Nixon, on the other hand, lacked large-scale magnetism, so he needed to work hard to charm people one by one, even mail boys.”
It’s possible that Kennedy was just a horse’s ass at the personal level, and Nixon wasn’t. I don’t think she considered that.
Nah - it couldn’t be that?!! (could it?)
Nixon grew up dirt poor whereas Kennedy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Nixon could relate better with the working man and woman of America because he was one of them. Kennedy’s relationship to working people extended to the people who cooked his meals, washed his clothes, and cleaned his homes in Hyannisport and Palm Beach.
LOL! Just what I was thinking. This is a prime example of how liberals excuse Democrats not to mention how incredibly arrogant they think “Didn’t need to squander it on mail boys”..You can just picture Dowd flicking her hand while saying that “Didn’t need to squaaaaander it on mere MAIL boys! tsk tsk!” Dowd is the same arrogant bitch who wrote a column right after 911 saying “The firemen we women wouldn’t give a second glance towards now caught our eye”.. Oh so in other words, because 343 of them died as the towers collapsed, NOW they are worthy of Maureen Dowd! Unreal. She is the absolute epitome of the arrogant liberal, every time I read her column it’s more of the same. Just utter arrogant gutter trash.
Yeah, that perfectly displays the complicated mythologies liberals have to invent to avoid confronting simple human truths.
Certainly the case.
EXACTLY
Dowd basically said that, she just couched it in overly polite terminology.
The Kennedy men tend to save their affection for the female of the species.They're known to shower them with praise and,as we know,more than one has drowned in those showers.
That was my first thought.
Yep, for the Kennedys, the little people were crap to be used for their gain. I’m sure he was taught to not engage the hired help, unless they looked good in a skirt. NIXON on the other hand was genuine, so he engaged on the personal level, but didn’t like politics.