[dirtboy]

Does it have something to do with growing up wealthy and handsome, the son of a powerful politician, breezing through Yale under the protection of his Skull and Bones confreres?

Well, John Kerry has a very similar pedigree, and when he fell off his snowboard he jumped up and called the Secret Service agent an "SOB" - so I don't think that's the causitive effect here.

[Howlin]

Ah, but Kerry is a pretender; sort of the Blanche DuBois of prep schools and the social circles; always having "an uncle" pay for those things, because his parents were not wealthy.

As for this remark,

Does it have something to do with growing up wealthy and handsome, the son of a powerful politician, breezing through Yale under the protection of his Skull and Bones confreres?

When people actually put pen to paper and write crap like that, I always know one thing: they were blackballed by some fraternity or sorority along the way.