Posted on 11/05/2004 8:29:01 AM PST by truthandlife
As the Kerry campaign disintegrates into oblivion, the finger pointing in the Democratic ranks has already begun.
The New York Post's must-read Page Six reports that numbers of notable figures in the 2004 campaign are being roasted by party insiders.
These include:
# Alexandra Kerry: The paper said John Kerry's daughter "made a splash at the Cannes Film Festival last spring when she appeared on the red carpet in a see-through dress."
Campaign "insiders snipe that all she did was rack up major expenses. 'She had an entourage of five people with her everywhere she went.' A hairdresser, makeup artist, publicist and two assistants. It ended up costing something like $8,000 a month. And she didn't exactly do anything."
# Sean Puffy Combs: The rap mogul made national headlines with his "Vote or Die" effort to get young voters to register and vote. But they never materialized at the polls.
"He was just a nuisance," the Post quotes one Kerry aide as saying. "The whole thing was a joke. No one outside of New York or L.A. gives a hoot about this guy. All he did was get himself press."
# Terry McAuliffe and Bill Clinton: The Post says Clinton and his top fundraiser who heads the Democratic party caused the disaster. The Post has reported that some analysts say Clinton's emergence in the closing days of the campaign "energized" the Republican base.
LOL!!! Thanks for that report! Hillary Clinton is loathed in Oklahoma and the rest of the Red States -- can only imagine how many conservatives we can bring out to vote in 2008 if she runs. Bet we see a lot of Oklahoma Democrat Conservatives finally make the switch which has been ongoing.
JOHN Kerry campaign insiders are blaming some of the high-profile people surrounding the candidate for helping President Bush win re-election.
A prime target of the finger-pointers is Kerry's filmmaker daughter Alexandra, who made a splash at the Cannes Film Festival last spring when she appeared on the red carpet in a see-through dress. She then hired a pricey publicist at powerhouse agency PMK — on her dad's dime, sources say — and went on the campaign trail.
But insiders snipe that all she did was rack up major expenses. "She had an entourage of five people with her everywhere she went," one Kerry confidant sniffed to PAGE SIX's Jared Paul Stern. "A hairdresser, makeup artist, publicist and two assistants. It ended up costing something like $8,000 a month. And she didn't exactly do anything."
"These accusations are categorically false," Alexandra's rep retorts. "The campaign is accountable to taxpayers and would never pay for anything inappropriate. And the candidates' children would never be sent on the campaign trail by themselves."
Hip-hop hero Sean Combs and his much-ballyhooed "Vote or Die" campaign has also come under fire after young voters stayed away in droves.
"He was just a nuisance," sneers our Kerry snitch. "The whole thing was a joke. No one outside of New York or L.A. gives a hoot about this guy. All he did was get himself press."
Meanwhile, TV pundit George Stephanopoulos says Kerry's main problem was a failure to connect with the common man. Speaking at Women's Wear Daily's CEO summit at the Ritz Carlton in Battery Park City yesterday, Stephanopoulos cracked, "He has seven houses, is married to a billionaire and has French relatives."
Of course, a fair amount of bile is being directed at Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz, while others blame the fact that Kerry did not get rid of Bill Clinton loyalist Terry McAuliffe as Democratic National Committee chairman despite his top advisers' wishes.
McAuliffe was seen as too loyal to Clinton, who is also being fingered as a detrimental influence. As The Post's Vince Morris reported yesterday, some analysts say Clinton actually "energized" the Republicans. Of course, the same experts said Al Gore would have won four years ago if he had only used Clinton more on the hustings.
He may not want it, but it's part of their "death pact". I believe it's one of the things she demanded for standing by him during the intern scandal. They have too much information each other to turn back now.
I'll just take a shower.
Safest.
AND decontaminate the Mac.
That's what I think too -- I worked countless hours here in OK for all the campaigns, but I can guarantee anyone that I will work even harder to defeat Hillary. She will be defeated in Oklahoma by the largest amount of ever so next time I just may go to another State to help out!
Interesting that there is no mention of mistakes by Kerry. Wasn't it the campaign that made issue that Bush never admitting to making mistakes ?
iMPLICIT IN THIS CRITICISM ARE TWO THINGS:
1. Clinton/McAuliffe, etc. couldn't have really
cared less and only put in a token effort on
a lost cause candidate, because they want to
see Hillary up there in four years, because it
is just too early now for her.(they're right in
believing this.) By extension this leads to #2.
2. The candidate himself just didn't measure up to
George W. Bush. Kery at best was all wishful thinking, hypotheticals, and theory. Bush has defined the
reality of the American position since 9/11.
BLAME THE CANDIDATE AND ALL THE DIRT HE CARRIES WITH HIM.
All of the above is true.
"How like a Democrat. Have a problem, pick and excuse."
This proves what we've been saying: the left will not analyze where it went wrong. They will grow more angry, say "we didn't get our message out" and move further to the left. What's bad for Dems is GOOD for America :)
Hehehehehehe! Serves the dingbats right! They blew it.
I agree.
I really do think if she tries though, she will not make it and it will be the final nail in the "Progressive" coffin.
Probably couldn't figure out the first line of the form...
(Name: (last)___________ (first)_______________(mi)____________
Um... how old are these people?!
If a dame wears that kind of outfit... she'd better have the 'assets' to make viewing, a worthwhile endeavor. Kerry's 'awkward', coltish daughter did not!
I wonder if "Puffy" is the same kind of nuisance that Kerry thought the terrorists should be.
Licorice: "I agree with you, TomGuy.
My Savior, Sen. Kerry, will blame everyone except himself and the Widow Heinz because he fears her.
On the hamster hand, Alexandra WAS a draw to all Democrats."
Alexandra to media (fawning over Affleck):
"I am told there are entire Web pages devoted to my breasts."
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