Posted on 10/14/2004 1:22:48 PM PDT by David M. Brooks
He was just a little ahead of the rest of the party leaders at the time. There's "leadership" and then there's "the rest" of the party. The rest is not equal to the leadership. This is why Berger, Clintons and Rather don't have the same line to toe as the commoner rest of the public.
How odd that the Jewish, Arabic, Black, Union and Hispanic voters haven't even perceived the dichotomy. They seem not to have a clue that they wouldnt be acceptable at the same table with their vaunted party select because class standards have to be observed.
Its not hard to wonder whether that perception has also made inroads into GOP thinking.
Could you for one minute imagine this happening in the Bush household?
What a test of character (or lack of it): what you say when you think that no one else can see or hear you.
Remember the story about Gore, when his family was traveling by car with their Nanny, and went in to eat and left the Nanny in the car.
BUMP for your consideration.
Algore would have remembered when some of his long ago relatives were also hired help...And he would have said, "But they were good people, even though they had to work for a living".
Kerry-Edwards:It's their country, the rest of us just work here
About 5 years ago, she and a small group of friends were skiing at Loon Mountain in N.H. down a trail called "Upper Walking Boss" when they came upon a group of four people, two men and two women. A young woman in the group had seriously hurt a leg, was extreme pain and they requested a sled be sent down.
My mother and her friends recognized that John Kerry was one of the two Men and that he obviously was involved with the injured woman some how. Kerry, seeing that he'd been recognized, said to his friend "I can't be seen here" and then skied away.
The best thing about Kerry's "ways" is that he came from a branch of the family that didn't have money. Imagine the burning that caused within him throughout his youth and early adult years, surrounded by the luxury of his relatives and only getting to enjoy it by their largess. It explains a lot about his character, attitudes and life choices.
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Yep. It looks right in line with everything you've written.
Between wives, Kerry, chartered a sailboat in the Caribbean for a week for himself, his date and another couple.
It is custom and the charter service explains that the crew gets tipped at the end of the week.
At the end of the week, Kerry walked off the vessle, stiffing the captain and crew.
Well I guess they know who Kerry is....an elitist pig.
Good article.
Hi Tacis,
This is my first posting on Freerepublic. My sister Jane told me my column was posted on the site. This is exciting for someone living in Lovell, Maine, population 998.
I think Kerry went to Boston College Law School because it's kind of an "Irish Harvard." Kerry is astute enough to know that it helps to be perceived as Irish to get ahead in politics in the Bay State. He was just coming off a loss in the 5th district after everyone thought he was a shoe-in. The primary was thought to be the big contest back then. He won that in June and was cruising, only to be beaten in November by a Nixon Republican from nowhere. He had to re-group and pay his dues. That's why he did the Assistant DA thing with John Droney the DA, an old Irish Pol. He attended the St. Patrick's Day Breakfasts on Southie and tried to tell jokes. He ran for Lieutenant Governor, etc. Now he's in our faces every day. I sure hope he loses, because I won't be able to stand looking at him for four years.
Hope this helps.
Tom
Hi Tom,
Thanks for writing this, and a warm welcome to FreeRepublic.
(from a former Dem as well - but no more!)
Thank you bootless. It's nice to be here.
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