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Another Brahmin eruption (Why Kerry is Toast)
Arizona Republic ^
| 3/19/04
| Phil Boas-Editor of "Plugged In"
Posted on 03/19/2004 10:18:59 PM PST by zarf
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:22:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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I was trying to recall the exact moment I lost interest in the 2004 presidential race. It was March 7, the day The New York Times published Maureen Dowd's gushing paean to John Kerry.
Dowd gloried in the "vast palette of cultural preferences" that paint the Kerry persona. Why, he not only reads Keats and Shelley and T.S. Eliot, he writes his own verse on the "barren desolation of the desert."
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; butter; crumbs; dowd; elitists; jam; kerry; kerrydowninflames; snobs; toast; wehatesnobs
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To: zarf
Interesting analysis.
Personally, I thought Kerry's demise began when folks started saying he looked French.
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posted on
03/20/2004 6:39:52 AM PST
by
keats5
To: NYCVirago
"I'm really disappointed that even the New York Post didn't mention it in today's paper. What's up with that?"
I don't know but i'm very annoyed. Maybe theyve just bought into the NYtimes/Washpost line that any story that's bad for Kerry is just "sensationalism" or "tabloid journalism".
62
posted on
03/20/2004 6:40:27 AM PST
by
Betaille
("I voted for the 87 billion dollars before I voted against it." -John Kerry)
To: GailA
I agree. I'll never forget the day I saw George Bush debating Al Gore. It was a town meeting type debate. I thought to myself....wow, this is a guy who I can relate to. I like him. I still like him. God Bless you President and Mrs. Bush. There will always be snobs in the crowd. But this is one Conserative Massachusetts girl who is casting her vote in November 2004 for President George W. Bush. As I did in November 2000 too. We waited a long time for a down-to-earth man to become our President and I want four more years, no eight, twelve and so on.....Jeb get ready.
63
posted on
03/20/2004 7:34:34 AM PST
by
jhw61
To: kevao
The biggest thing now will be that clip I saw on Fox News tonight, the interview he had last fall when he said it would be "irresponsible" for any senator to vote against the $87 billion for our troops in Vietnam. Devastating. Our troops where? Did Kerry say that, or is your computer suffering from the dangerous johnkerry virus in which it inserts the word Vietnam in any sentence mentioning Kerry?
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posted on
03/20/2004 8:19:49 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Bill Clinton is the Neville Chamberlain of the War on Terror.)
To: sultan88
It should be considered. I have no confidence in the 'rats at all. They are hungry for power and the hell with anything else that doesn't accomplish that end.
65
posted on
03/20/2004 9:08:20 AM PST
by
Adrastus
(If you don't like my attitude, talk to some one else.)
To: Howlin
How can you not like somebody who loves Van Morrison?It seems Pres. Bush has been "misunderestimated" even in his musical tastes! Can we please get Van the man for the next inaugural celebrations?
To: SupplySider
Suits me!
67
posted on
03/20/2004 9:20:53 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: zarf
"Americans are stupid enough
to believe I'm humble!"
68
posted on
03/20/2004 9:24:36 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(It's in the bag)
To: Helms
(I'll take a Harvard MBA and Jet Pilot over bs and a swift boat anyday) Thank goodness, finally a president who thinks like a manager instead of a win at any cost lawyer.
Still laughing at your last post. Marseilles or bust!
To: zarf
Excellent article! Thanks.
To: Savage Beast
Leftists see themselves as Ubermenschen who, because of their moral and intellectual superiority, have undertaken the protection of the inferior--intellectually and otherwise--Untermenschen peasants. What really cracks me up is where these folks obtain all their supposed moral and intellectual superiority.The Ivy league and Oxford/Cambridge! And they read Marx and Keynes there! They will save us from the barbarians of flyover country! What a joke.
To: Tax-chick
John Kerry is such a goof. The more people learn about him, the less they will like him. Some will vote for him, but only because they hate Republicans, not because they like Kerry. That's what a lot of journalists are saying. They never talk to anyone who's enthusiastic about John Kerry, only those who support him because they think he can win. That's why Kerry looked sure to lose at the beginning of his campaign: he didn't light any fires in anyone. The funny thing is that Kerry seems to be convinced himself that he is a charismatic politician in the John Kennedy mold -- or maybe it's the sad thing.
It's hard to believe that Kerry could ever win, but since Clinton did twice, it's a good idea to keep one's fingers crossed. I figured anyone would be able to see through Clinton, toom, but so many didn't. Maybe the difference is that Clinton could connect with ordinary anxious voters more. This time, at least, there won't be a Perot running.
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posted on
03/20/2004 10:16:54 AM PST
by
x
To: zarf
"Dowd gloried in the "vast palette of cultural preferences" that paint the Kerry persona. Why, he not only reads Keats and Shelley and T.S. Eliot, he writes his own verse on the "barren desolation of the desert." That of course is when he's not in "his Fellini stage" or gracefully plucking Segovia on his classical guitar. Of course, sometimes Kerry slips into manly moments of Hemingway, but Dowd reassures us he's no "simple brush-clearing, ESPN watching fellow" - an oh-so-cunning clever to the guy in the White House." AARRRGGGHHHH!! it's enough to make ya puke!
To: x
They never talk to anyone who's enthusiastic about John Kerry, only those who support him because they think he can win. Actually, they'll support John Clod Kerry only because he's not GWB. Their hatred for Bush trumps all else.
To: Britton J Wingfield
Hugh Hewitt has been doing a great job of beating him up with it.But he's only preaching to the choir. Without the alphabet news reporting it, the rest of the country won't have a clue.
To: goldstategop
What else can we expect from one of Ted Kennedys' best freinds but a liberal, elitist snob?
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posted on
03/20/2004 10:51:30 AM PST
by
Bullish
To: Howlin
You know, I think that Dowd was trying to put the President down with her report of his likes and dislikes...
Now, I think that I actually like him even more as a person than I did before... He's the sort of person that I'd like to hang out with. Maybe I'm too boring for Dowd too... Of course, that suits me fine.
Mark
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posted on
03/20/2004 11:23:16 AM PST
by
MarkL
(The meek shall inherit the earth... But usually in plots 6' x 3' x 6' deep...)
To: thegreatbeast
Secondly, you don't want Kerry to assume room temperature until sometime after Labor Day, too late for the very imaginative and conniving dems to regroup. Remember the Torch? There is no limit to how far they will bend the rules. None.
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posted on
03/20/2004 11:54:31 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(crime would drop like a sprung trap-door if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
To: Howlin
He hasn't gone out to see a movie in the last five years.
Praise the Lord. W is as "crazy" as I'm. The only movie my wife and I have seen in the last ten years is "Passion!", recently!!
I would not spend a dime to line Hollywood's "Guru's" pocket with their slimy productions!!!
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posted on
03/20/2004 12:16:19 PM PST
by
danamco
To: Britton J Wingfield
I just wished he realized he lives in So Cal now. Hello, we don't care about the Browns or the Buckeyes!
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