The Boston Fog Machine (Don't Miss This One)

New York Times ^ | 3/14/04 | David Brooks

[William McKinley]

From left to right, Terry McAuliffe, Ted Kennedy, John Edwards, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton (or is that Teresa?)

[cripplecreek]

We're DOOMED!

[230FMJ]

Looks like I picked the wrong year to quit drinking!

[alnitak]

Is that the movie where the sh!t hits the fan - literally?

[DoctorMichael]

One Word: Nuanced
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[FormerACLUmember]

Roger Murdock: We have clearance Clarence.
Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector Victor?
Tower voice: Tower's radio clearance, over!
Captain Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur! Oveur.
Tower voice: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: Roger, over.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Captain Oveur: Huh?

[Lando Lincoln]

I'm "foragainst" bumping this great article to the top. Thanks!

Lando

[Spok]

This essay is brilliantly oblique in it's clarity, yet translucently definitive, while achieving random dissonance. Unfortunately, it IS vintage Kerry.
This having appeared in the NYT, I'll be retiring with my ice skates to Hell, which has certainly frozen over.

[hellinahandcart]

Kerry established himself early as the senator most likely to pierce through the superficial clarity and embrace the miasma.

David Brooks shure talks purty. :D

[SuziQ]

One Word: Nuanced

Nope, LIAR!

I laughed out loud when I heard that 'overheard' remark of Kerry's the other day. He must have been asleep during x42's time in office!

[Condor51]

"the realm of Post-Cartesian Multivariate Co-Directionality" Bwaaahaha!!!

AND, "which admittedly sounds better in the original French, Kerry exclaimed: (well since no-one has done it yet, I'll oblige);

"Nous savons de nos tentatives en grande partie non réussies de enrôler la coopération d'autres nations, particulièrement nations marchandes industrialisées, dans les efforts d'imposer et imposer des normes légèrement positif ambitieuses sur des nations telles que l'Iran, la Chine, la Birmanie et la Syrie, ces la bonne volonté de la plupart des autres nations - y compris un nombre qui sont associés aux sanctions à l'isolat Irak - n'est ni au loin ni s'associer profondément aux sanctions imposer sur une nation souveraine pour la stimuler à haut propre de ` son acte 'et comport ses actions avec des normes internationales admises."

Gee, I don't know? Maybe the english version is MORE nonsensical - or is it just more of his 'nuance'?
Which BTW is the french word for 'moderate'.

[hellinahandcart]

As Kerry noted, "I think that the president today made the right decision to try to establish a process which will maintain the capacity of our forces, protect them, and to disengage while simultaneously upholding the mission we have set out to accomplish."

[Centaur]

oxymoronically gifted junior senator from Massachusetts

From the NYT? Made my morning! Thanks...

[Aquinasfan]

Kerry has made clear that if he is elected president, the nation will never face a caveat shortage.

Great article. Painfully true.

It's telling that the one issue where he gains clarity is in killing unborn babies.

[Khuey]

Excuse me while I go PUKE!

[PackerBoy]

Kerry sucksrules.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

In a characteristic sentence, which admittedly sounds better in the original French

Touché. That'll leave a mark.

[Unicorn]

Home run.

[tet68]

the realm of Post-Cartesian Multivariate Co-Directionality

ROFLMAO!

[Laserman]

Well, I needed my nose cleaned out by my coffee this morning. But how do I get it off my keyboard and monitor?

What a great article. A classic to be sure.