Listening to it now. Incredible!
I can't believe they put that on the air!
Wed. column ping (btw Ch 7 11 pm newscast took 11 min to get to Romney win. First they had cotton candy news items
about the Patriots.Well, they hope to cash in as the
game IS on 7NBC.
raccoonradio, yours truly, hits the big 5-0 Thu. :)
Just follow my advice, gov, & you won’t tank
By Howie Carr | Wednesday, February 1, 2012 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Columnists
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Is it my imagination, or have almost all of the inept candidates for president over the past 30 years had some major connections to Massachusetts?
After last night in Florida, it appears there’s going to be another Bay State pol in this year’s finals. So let’s hope Mitt Romney doesn’t run the same type of lame-o campaigns that everyone else from the Bay State has unleashed on the nation over the past 30 years or so.
First of all, Mitt: No tank rides.
And no dressing up in the space suit like John Kerry did, so he looked like a sperm in Woody Allen’s “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask.” What was the headline that ran with that John Kerry picture: “Houston, We Have a Problem!”
Learn from Liveshot, Mitt. No condescending sentences that begin, “Can I get me,” as in “Can I get me a waiver from Romneycare here?” And no, “You know, I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against the $87 billion.” No giving out baseball scores like a tennis match: “Tigers 3, Red Sox [team stats] 5.”
But why pick on Liveshot Kerry? At least he can pronounce the state he represents. How about Barack Obama, who spent three years in what he calls “Massa-TU-setts.”
This recent star-crossed tradition of local presidential candidates began with Ted Kennedy in 1980. Remember how Roger Mudd asked him why he was running and Teddy forgot?
Then there was 1988. Both candidates, Mike Dukakis and George H.W. Bush, were born in Norfolk County. Bush moved away early and thus was able to salvage his political career. As for Dukakis — where do you begin with that clownish 1988 campaign of his? Think Willie Horton. (Thanks, Al Gore!)
Hey, Mitt: If you’re ever asked in a debate about some female member of your family being raped, just leap across the table and throttle the moderator.
Then there was 1992 and Paul Tsongas. He was doing OK until his campaign treasurer absconded with his entire campaign account. That won’t be a problem with Mitt.
Next comes 2000, and two more candidates with local connections, George W. Bush and Al Gore. You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can’t tell him much.
Massachusetts candidates all seem to have serious problems with sports. In 2004, Kerry claimed to have stalked a 24-point buck and run in the Marathon (but couldn’t recall the year). As for Mitt, he too is a veritable Nimrod, an Elmer Fudd. He claimed he’d taken out ... varmints.
Somehow, I’d feel a lot better about Mitt’s chances if his middle name were “Adams” or “Coolidge.”
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Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1400289
The NOT “lovely” Mrs. Carr requested (demanded?) to be on the air...twice.