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Like Woody Allen's " Leonard Zelig", a character who "physically becomes" like those around him ( his lips get thick around Blacks, his eyes go almond shape around Asians) John Kerry also seems to "become physically" like whomever he is with. So far we have four solid Zelig/Kerry sightings: 1) With real Catholics in Iowa Zelig/Kerry temporarily became one, when he proclaimed " I believe life begins at conception." 2)With the NAACP, Zelig/Kerry became John Carlos and gave the Black power fist up salute. 3) With real astronauts, Zelig/Kerry became one and wondered are the Space Center in a space...

Twenty years ago, Woody Allen gave us a movie that now seems to be prophetic in its description of John Kerry, this year's Democratic nominee. Leonard Zelig, Allen's title character, was a coreless little fellow who stood for nothing. He could not take a position that was his alone and he would immediately change himself to fit anyone he was with. He never took a personal position on anything because he always wanted people to like him more than he wanted to stand for anything. So too does John Kerry. At one point, Zelig actually physically became like a member...