Posted on 09/18/2004 1:42:45 AM PDT by PajamaGuy
Kerry's Cast of Thousands By DAVID BROOKS
Across the wine-dark sea they come, honing Kerry's message. They come from Harvard, K Street and the studios of CNN. "Once more into the breach!" they cry, as they join the conference call of thousands.
Look at them, these great, unhuddled masses, yearning to wear White House badges. They are consultants, flacks, spinners, strategists, Knights of the Palm lunch table. And yet they come as one, from all corners of the Democratic world, to figure out what John Kerry, age 60, should believe and say.
Into the valley of hope ride the 600, the inner ring of Kerry confidants. A year ago, there was just a small and hearty band. There was the campaign manager Jim Jordan. There was Gibbs, Cherny and Mellman. But under their reign, the message was not honed. The candidate did flounder. The quest for a Kerry conviction was not fulfilled.
And so the great accretion began. The call went out to pollsters, wonks and wandering wordsmiths to come gather and fill the void of Kerry's core. Brave souls emerged from the Land of Ted - the Kennedy brigades led by Cahill and Cutter are now abetting the mighty Shrum.
Boldly they rode and well, into the morass of Kerry's mind. Through the thicket of equivocations they ventured, across the paradoxical plains of Kerry's prose - all in the quest for a conviction.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
"K Street"
14th & K, maybe.
Welcome to FR! Sorry, this has already been posted tonight.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219615/posts
I wasn't aware he had one.
How can something be fulfilled which was never there to begin with?
Now you be nice!
This poster could be the mysterious leader of the FR Pajama Patrol, incognito!....;))
Uh oh.
Is this one of those unanswerable 'Zen' questions?
"Sound-of-one-hand-typing Salamander"
My beer mug is empty and the parallels to John Kerry leads me to offensive frustration.
( Kerry ),"I was in Vietnam."
Kerry was in Vietnam...really?
Pretty sure. There's a book out on it. Check your local Buck A Book in November.
Kerry was in Vietnam...really?
Anybody got more on this!? We might have a scoop!!! Let me go change into my pajamas! Someone contact sKerry to see if he confirms. This is hugh!
It appears that even the NYTimes has jumped ship. Kerry had better start looking for work.
"....... Kerry had better start looking for work...."
I guess we can fully understand why Kerry hasn't resigned his senate seat.
LOL - LOL - LOL
Fantastic. What a great true story. This sure puts the nail in.
The first David Brooks column I've ever read without saying at the end, "This guy isn't with us. HE has no core principles."
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