Posted on 09/30/2005 9:35:30 PM PDT by indcons
Inside the Bubble, a documentary that promises to reveal how the Kerry campaign lost the 2004 election, has restored a bit of campaign-season buzz to Washington. The Drudge Report called the film a "devastating behind-the-scenes look." Lloyd Grove promised despair among Kerry loyalists and snickering from Hillary's followers as the doc revealed the Massachusetts senator, who still hopes to run in 2008, as boobish and flailing. Democrats e-mailed preview clips and weighed how much exposing the underbelly of a Democratic campaign would hurt the party. Defensive quotes from Kerry staffers about the film suggested they had something to hide.
Titillating possibilities flitted through my head: grainy footage of John Kerry flip-flopping late at night in his hotel room. Strategist Bob Shrum controlling the candidate's every move from behind a glowing orb. Modern campaigns are so freeze-dried and antiseptic that one longs for unscripted moments, even after the fact. Plus, the film arrives as Democrats are still mulling the lessons of their loss. Should leaders of the party be cautious and calibrated to appeal to moderates and independents—or should they roar and stomp in an attempt to rally the base and captivate voters with authenticity?
Unfortunately, Inside the Bubble, which premiered at the New York Television Festival Thursday, doesn't do much to answer those questions. The movie overpromises the way sham politicians do. There are some amusing and entertaining moments, but there is little in it to explain why Kerry lost—no inside scoop from his senior advisers or much insight into the man himself. The strategists who may have botched the effort are either not seen or pass through in a blink. Instead, we spend a lot of time with secondary and tertiary players.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Here is a trailer: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2680651?htv=12
ping
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
ping.
ping those you think need a laugh and might be interested in twisting the knife in som Donks.
The problem may be that there is no there there. In other words, there was no insight, because there was not much to see.
LOL.....truer words have seldom been spoken before.
If this guy wasn't married to Ms. Ketchup, you'd almost feel pity…I lied…He's pathetic, but unworthy of even the minutest amount of pity…I looked up the word PUTZ in Websters and there was his picture!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
His whole campaign was a mock-umentary.
Evidently, the same people responsible for managing Kerry's failed campaign were the same ones responsible for this movie. Right?
"boobish and flailing" -- lol. Truer words never spoken.
Understated, authoritative... sure, all senior campaign guys obsess about how to get goats in lingerie into bedrooms and launch paranoid, obscenity-laced rants about vaguely unflattering magazine covers of their boy...
He even appears to have a valid point about the cameras not being allowed into the rooms where the big mistakes were made... "John, the public just *loves* war heroes! And at the convention, we're gonna play that to the hilt!"
His wearing a barn coat was stupider and more offensive than Dukakis riding in a tank. Illustrative of their contempt for ordinary people - thinking we'd buy it...
that's hilarious... "CNN's practically a f****** George Bush commercial"
yeah, ok.
Although produced by hardcore Dems, this film is decidedly anti-Kerry. The reason is simple. This is produced by the pro-Hillary crowd who want to make sure that Kerry is not a factor or a competitor for campaign funds.
I think you're right. The director is a Dim; there is no way the DNC would have allowed this film to come out w/o Hitlery's blessings.
Check out the second para in this article: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/349883p-298362c.html
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