[Rodney King]

Credit for this research goes to FReeper Stingray51.

[Rodney King]

bump

[wideawake]

Very interesting theory. Well done.

[Shery]

Hhmmmmm!

[savedbygrace]

From Merriam Webster Online:

Main Entry: scar·a·mouch
Variant(s): or scar·a·mouche /'skar-&-"müsh, -"müch, -"mauch/
Function: noun
Etymology: French Scaramouche, from Italian Scaramuccia, from scaramuccia skirmish
1 capitalized : a stock character in the Italian commedia dell'arte that burlesques the Spanish don and is characterized by boastfulness and cowardliness
2 a : a cowardly buffoon b : RASCAL, SCAMP

[KC Burke]

sweet

[PoorMuttly]

I understand that Mr. Kerry traded his V.N. bring-back AK-47 to a mob killer who really needed it "right away," for the yacht, the legal owners of which had "thrown it away"...or something.

[skinkinthegrass]

HA! ha! hehehe :D ...touche'

[Spok]

A perceptive and well reasoned theory. The only flaw may be that it assumes John Kerry has read a book.

[Ozone34]

I thought Graham Greene was a devout Roman Catholic...

[neksterbor]

From etymonline:

Scaramouche

1662, name of a cowardly braggart (supposed by some to represent a Spanish don) in traditional Italian comedy, from It. Scaramuccia, lit. "skirmish," from schermire "to fence," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. skirmen "defend"); see skirmish. A vogue word in late 17c. London due to the popularity of Tiberio Fiurelli in the part (his company of It. players arrived in London 1673).

[Izzy Dunne]

John Kerry's yacht...

[camle]

is that like french for "sacred moose"?

[Enchante]

Could well be, but it could also evoke the movie itself or the original novel. From this review of the novel, it sounds like Scaramouche was John Kerry's inspiration for his political career:

"He becomes Scaramouche, a master manipulator"

http://www.rafaelsabatini.com/scara.html

[stylin19a]

um....the last French troops left Indochina in October 1954.

[Cicero]

I have no use for Jean Kerry, but I find this a stretch.

"Scaramouche" is the name of a novel, and the hero of that novel, by Raphael Sabatini. It used to be a fairly popular book. What it suggests to me is that Kerry associates himself with a Frenchman (a handsome duelist, wit, actor, and general all-around Douglas Fairbanks type).

Scaramouche is mistreated by his aristocratic relations, but he gets back at them by proving his superiority. Like most of Sabatini's novels, the plot involves a hero who is mistreated and resentful but gets back at his enemies by proving he is better than they are, winning the duel and the girl. That pretty well fit's Jean Kerry's personality, I think. Except that he is delusional in thinking that he will win in the end.

[jpl]

Yes, but can he do the Fandango?

[msnimje]

What a Pompous Arse! He thinks he is so much smarter than everyone else that no one would ever figure that out.

[Stingray51]

Excellent synopsis. There's zero doubt in my mind that Kerry named the boat after the book. It is a short book and I recommend it to all Freepers as background for Kerry's ongoing attempt to resurrect himself poltically.

[Nick Danger]

24-beers-in-a-case ping.

[theDentist]

Kerry long ago admitted that Scaramouche was his "favorite" movie, and hence the boat's name. But, like all else he states, it depends upon his audience and the votes he is seeking.