[uglybiker]

"I took a shellacking," he said in an interview this summer...."But I didn't take a shellacking..."

Classic flip-floppin' Kerry.

[SAJ]

This dorkasaurus al-Qerry recalls EXACTLY nothing more to me than ''On The Waterfront'', to wit, and specifically:

Brando(to Rod Steiger):
'' It wasn't him, Charley! It was you. You remember that night in the Garden, you came down to my dressing room and said: "Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? "This ain't your night!" My night! I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors in the ball park -- and whadda I get? A one-way ticket to Palookaville. You was my brother, Charley. You shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me - just a little bit - so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money.''

Does anyone else here see al-Qerry in JUST this role (without, of course, the personal honour that Brando displayed later in the film)?