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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:35 AM Original message |
Kerry's 'wooden aloofness' |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Kerry is from New England |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. From a NYTimes letter today: |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Sorry, those two speeches couldn't be further apart in tone or purpose. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I think that Dowd was comparing appearances, not content of both |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Even then, as I said the tone was very different. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. I dunno. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Look. It concerns me too, but people do connect with him |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. One could say that about all the candidates, however. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Then there's a challenge |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Your feelings don't soothe my fears. |
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WiseMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Unfortunately, a lot of DU knocks on Kerry part of Repub Portfolio |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. And the attacks on other candidates aren't? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Sorry. For Kerry it started in Nixon WH. It''s on the Nixon tapes. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. How does that change the reality of my statement? |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. The example was set and reinforced right |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. And if Dean is attacked for his temper and is written off |
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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I'd argue that being not emotive enough is better than being too emotive. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. After Bush, "the guy you'd like to have a beer with" is no longer on |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I've had a beer with John Kerry....and he is a cool dude |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Kerry will have a much easier time selling himself than Gore in 2000 since |
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robsul82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. It isn't that he's boring (although that hurts too), it's that... |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. It is no different that what the repubs were doing to Gore |
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dreissig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Four Years of Boredom |
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Merlin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kerry aloofness and arrogance is still a big concern of mine. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Lucky you. If it was '71 he was 27. |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sorry, but Kerry IS aloof, bland, boring and, at times, pompous |
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ACPS65 (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Edwards and Clark |
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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Clark has a legitimate shot. |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. We need to be honest: Kerry is succeptable to the Gore meme |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. To the apolitical voter, looks, personality and celebrity are central |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Our sheriff (A Democrat) said... |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Stevenson was bald hence the 'egghead' references |
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Native (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. As a Kerry supporter, I truly appreciate your diligence in countering |
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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Somehow I think the egghead story 'shared' above... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. Aloof |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's media hype |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Not in my experience. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. I think Kerry comes across as serious |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oh, let them call him wooden and aloof. This is NOT 2000. |
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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Good point, but I'm not 100% in agreement. |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Oh, they absolutely *will* try to make '04 about character. |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. "Friendly Fire" from CLARK Fans!? |
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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yes, I am a friend, and I really did not mean it as friendly fire. |
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