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."
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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.
They are turning on eachother! Sit back and pop some popcorn.
stephanopolis is another idiot... does he ever have anything meaningful to say?
compared to people like ann coulter, laura ingraham, and dick morris he is a political light weight...
i think dennis miller should step to the plate, cut off that beard and be more visible as a commentator...
nick
In other news, water is found to be wet and the sky was described by onlookers as blue.
FOOL!
Regards,
GtG