"...And don't make no wise remarks about that there Catherine the Great and donkeys,...now jes,jes-jes-jest git away from here!
Posted on 10/09/2005 10:06:01 PM PDT by pcottraux
10/9/2005 John Kerry’s Winning Strategy
“Go long!”
Our friends at Newsmax recently sent out an email alert that deals with, among other issues, a new behind-the-scenes documentary about the ‘04 Kerry campaign. This film looks hilarious, in large part because it was originally intended to reveal the winning strategy behind Kerry’s White House run. Here are some delightful details:
It may surprise you, but both John Kerry and Ted Kennedy believe Kerry is the frontrunner for the Democratic nod in 2008.
If the pair had any prayer of this, their hopes have been dashed with the release of a new documentary film made during John Kerry’s presidential campaign. Pundits say it has torpedoed any remaining chance he has of running for the White House again.
Kerry allowed filmmaker Steve Rosenbaum to film the inner workings of the Kerry campaign and what Kerry’s team believed would be a victorious run for the presidency.
“Hut …”
Now Rosenbaum has released the documentary, Inside the Bubble - and Democrats are likely to give it a decisive thumbs-down. “The film has made such painful viewing that many Democratic insiders - especially those close to rival 2008 candidates - feel Kerry’s hopes of the White House have been forever ended,” The Guardian newspaper reports.
Unflattering clips from the film show Kerry pretending to interview himself, and babbling in Italian as he waited for a real interview to begin. Senior aides are shown cursing and shouting at reporters. One shot shows Hillary Clinton rolling her eyes after Kerry slips up during a TV debate against George Bush.
In a bizarre moment, top Kerry aide Jim Loftus rants about an advance team’s inability to get a pony into a hotel room for a birthday celebration. He fumes: “When I was an advance guy, if someone said ‘get a pony on the 10th floor of this hotel in four hours’ … I would have said: ‘What color eyes should it have?’”
“He rolls out of the pocket …” On election day, as early exit polls pointed to a Kerry victory, Loftus hands over the data and remarks: “They have a word for that, and they usually write it in big black print on the front of newspapers and they call it a (expletive deleted) landslide.” Another aide comments: “I hear they are crying in the White House.”
Bush went on to win by three million votes.
The Guardian states: “There is little doubt that many Democrats (or many potential Democratic voters) will watch the film in horror. The impression is of a campaign and a candidate who did not really know where it was going or trying to say.”
Naturally I’m curious about the pony Kerry needed for his birthday party. Did Theresa know about this?
"...And don't make no wise remarks about that there Catherine the Great and donkeys,...now jes,jes-jes-jest git away from here!
I believe this gives credence to Evan Thomas' quote the the media was worth up to 15 points to the Democrats - Kerry was a real clunker of a candidate who got an amazing number of votes as a challenger.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.