Choosy Moguls Choose Kerry

Let no one say Kerry has no friends in the media.

Comments

[Steve in CO]

I do believe that is when Dean "jumped the shark," when he said he wanted to break up media conglomerates. Emotionally the idea resonated but wasn't very logical. Who wouldn't want to see Rupert Murdoch crying before Congress?

[Ruthless]

Mogul shmogul.
I just wanna see Kerry in the Whitehouse.
When the Yalies have their Whitehouse reunion, I've already scheduled my mangy Vanderbilt self to crash.
I happen to have some Yalie buds.
At least we'll see.

[thingamajig]

Took a quick glance at the link, didn't really feel like reading it, because the story's not very interesting, but I swear ... John Kerry has one of the longest and most oddest looking faces that God or nature has ever inserted onto a human head.

It is completely bizarre. Why doesn't this get more attention?

Not a big fan of Bush, but honestly: Can America endure this visage for four years? I truly hope people think before they vote.

[thingamajig]

Incidentally, what in the world does this mean?

"When the Yalies have their Whitehouse reunion, I've already scheduled my mangy Vanderbilt self to crash. I happen to have some Yalie buds. At least we'll see."

Seriously -- what does it mean? I understand that an adult who spells 'White House' as one word is probably not destined to be the most lucid communicator hopping around the Web, but surely there's some way that post could have been more effectively constructed.

[thingamajig]

OK, I've reread the post several times, and I think I may now have it:

The poster "Ruthless" attended Vanderbilt University. He considers himself mangy. He has friends who attended Yale University. John Kerry is a Yale graduate. "Ruthless" hopes Kerry wins the presidency so that there will be a reunion of Yale alumni at the White House, where "Ruthless" can thus join the party.

Which all begs the question: Is "Ruthless" aware that the current White House occupant is a Yale graduate as well?

[Jacob Frell]

Just a thought, but given his comeback from oblivion about a month ago and his wife's family, why hasn't Kerry declared himself Ketchup Kerry? Okay, it sounds dumb. So why hasn't his opposition jumped on this?

After reading the article, I now understand why the media hasn't thoroughly investigated Kerry complicity in the helicopter crash that killed John Heinz.

[dj of raleigh]

"the Vietnam war veteran's"
-- the article so described Kerry...
why not the Vietnam Veteran against the war?

I thought it strange that the article gave Kerry
one of the names that his campaign would prescribe,
a name that is supposed to give him an edge on Bush,
but what will the medal chunking, Hanoi Jane Fonda associate,
Senate hearing anti-war record prefix do for him.
IF Kerry brings up thirty-something years ago,
then the republicans can too.

[dj of raleigh]

>John Kerry has one of the longest and most oddest looking faces that God or nature has ever inserted onto a human head.

[dj of raleigh]

>the current White House occupant is a Yale graduate as well?

[dj of raleigh]

> Ketchup Kerry

[Douglas Fletcher]

poor joe

I heard a sound bite of Kerry a couple of days ago saying he wouldn't take any money from special interests. Imagine my shock at the apparent contradition when I stumbled onto this post.

Silly me. I guess I should know by now that a story about Kerry taking money is really a story about Bush taking money. This news media stuff is so damned complicated.

[joe]

He accepts donations from individuals, but not lobbying groups. Or do human beings now count as "special interests?"

I suspect a lot of things are complicate for you, Doug. Clicking on a link and reading the article, for example.

[Douglas Fletcher]

Good to see Kerry isn't taking any money from 'special interests.'

[joe]

Did you read the link, Doug? It goes on to list the media executives who donated to Bush. The only story here is that Bush isn't monopolizing them.

The problem with your idea, DJ, is that most Americans think Kerry was absolutely right about Vietnam. The last think Bush wants to do is link pro-Iraq war with pro-Vietnam war.

[Jason Ligon]

I don't get it. I thought Bush had sold America out to the "corporate interests" who own all of the media we can see and hear. Why would a mogul want to help Democrats, who 'are for the little guy'? That won't help their bid to take over the world.

I hope to hear more about how the administration has Sold the Country - Lock, Stock, and Barrel to Big Business in the election.

[JimInNoVA]

Skull and Bones is a joke. The parties are fun, but they're about as secret as the glee club these days.

Now the REAL secret societies on campus, they run the place....

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[Douglas Fletcher]

Oh stop being so fucking silly.

[Dan]

He accepts donations from individuals, but not lobbying groups. Or do human beings now count as "special interests?"

What are lobbying groups composed of -- Martians?

[JimInNoVA]

Run Kang, they're onto us!!!