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Posted on 06/14/2004 8:36:54 AM PDT by Pikamax
Kerry + Wilgoren--Perfect Together!
Can the Democratic nominee really be this charmless?
By Mickey Kaus
Updated Monday, June 14, 2004, at 12:15 AM PT
Does Even John Kerry Deserve Jodi Wilgoren? Jodi Wilgoren's Sunday front page NYT piece goes beneath the surface to uncover the
"many facets of Mr. Kerry's style and personality that [are] all but invisible to most voters in this era of stage-managed politics, where authentic insights into the people who would be president are precious few." [Emph. added]
There's a self-puffing, expectations-raising billboard graf! And what does Wilgoren come up with after her "observations on the campaign trail over several months, combined with interviews with politicians and aides who spend time by his side"? Kerry polishes his speeches. He talks a lot on the phone. He went to an aide's wedding! Wow! That's journalistic gold. ... P.S.: If these are "authentic insights," I'll take the "one dimensional portraits of Mr. Kerry as war hero or waffler proffered by the two sides' television advertisements" any day. One dimension is better than, you know, zero dimensions! Knowing whether Kerry waffles is a lot more illuminating than knowing he talks on the phone. The question Wilgoren's piece raises: Is Kerry really this flat and charmless or is Wilgoren just this weak a profiler? My guess: Even Kerry isn't as deadly as Wilgoren unintentionally makes him out to be. ... P.P.S.: I forgot--Kerry also bowled an orange down the aisle of his campaign plane! Gee, no candidate's ever done that before. When a reporter resorts to describing the "orange bowling" ritual that's been going on since at least the Hart campaign of 1984, it's a sure sign of desperation. ...P.P.P.S.: Wilgoren quotes Kerry's ex-speechwriter Andrei Cherny to the effect that Kerry's "read all these books by people whose names I can't pronounce." I don't believe it. Name one. [You don't think he's read them or you think Cherny can pronounce them?--ed Either way! Cherny's statement reeks of boss-hyping B.S. and false-prole modesty. For that matter, Wilgoren doesn't tell us any of the "multisyllabic uppercrust" phrasings she says Kerry uses, or any of the "pop culture" he's "up on," or any of the "unfamiliar words" a campaign intern had to look up (as his "main responsibility"--another "authentic" detail that reeks of B.S.). Doesn't the NYT have an editor with the power to write "Example, pls"?]
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.msn.com ...
Catch the fever!
Aw, c'mon, catch it! C'mooooooonnnn!
Actually, Nancy Reagan started the orange-rolling thing in the 1980 campaign.
I know what you mean, Ketchup boy makes Gore look chrismatic.
VOTE KERRY- Free Arabic lessons for everybody....
JOHN KERRY IS A BOOB. stop DOES DUMB THINGS. stop KERRY CAMPAIGN CRASHING! stop
John Kerry went to Philly last August and ordered a cheese steak with swiss,
then, when locals started busting his stones, he told the photographers to
stop taking photos (they did anyway). He rides $5,000 road bikes with
matching spandex suits (yes, plural). He pays $1000 for a haircut. He
falls snowboarding and says of his secret service detail "the SOB cut me
off." He epitomizes to me a fancypants: the guy who gets all the best gear
but doesn't have enough sack to really use it, the guy who had the bread
crusts removed from his sandwiches, the guy who has the vanity of a 16 year
old girl.
That he's "nuanced", served in Viet Nam, went to Yale, etc., doesn't
overcome those other issues.
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