Reply #143: I absolutely agree

[sybylla]

You've delineated the exact same problems I had with Kerry and even Al Gore - who his handlers didn't allow to be himself. It comes across phony, out of character, and they eventually lose a grip on what a real reaction to events should look like. I saw Al Gore at a state party convention 2 years later, he was a completely different person - himself. And I wished so badly that the real Al Gore had run. I knew he would have won had he just been genuine about why he was running and what his goals were.

Unfortunately, their handlers haven't figured out yet that a "packaged" candidate comes across as disconnected from reality and even, as one poster says here - batshit crazy. The package looks a little different (sometimes alot different) every day.

The public has no trouble spotting a phony.