The yacht vs. the pickup truck

Boston.com ^ | Sunday August 1, 2010 | Joan Vennochi

[jpl]

DEMOCRAT JOHN Kerry sets sail in a $7 million yacht built in New Zealan d. Republican Scott Brown hits the campaign trail in a GMC pickup truck with 200,000 miles on it.

From Newport, R.I., — where Kerry’s “Isabel’’ was berthed before heading to Nantucket — to Rhinebeck, N.Y. — where Chelsea Clinton will marry in a mansion modeled after Versailles — today’s Democrats are looking more like Louis XVI than Tip O’Neill.

[Kenny Bunk]

But I agree with the earlier post that he’s much better than Kennedy.

Well you got a better chance of getting home dry, anyway.

[lentulusgracchus]

[T]oday’s Democrats are looking more like Louis XVI than Tip O’Neill.

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[DPMD]

I know. I understand what you’re saying; but you be happy with him. To me, he’s a McCain, and I’m not satisfied with that. Early messages work best with wobblers like him, and he needs a message. Letting him wander and hoping for the best isn’t the way to go. Remember, we’re supposed to be the ones in charge, not the ones in the nursery.

[DPMD]

so he’s not an opportunist. So what? That makes him good? At best, he seems to be another liar, who knows either how to go along, how to get rich like the others, or how to set up his re-election.

Some non-opportunist.