Dukakis II
John Fund quotes a Democrat consultant who broaches the "D" word:
"I would have called you crazy if in 1989 you would have told me that a decade and a half later this party was going to nominate Dukakis's lieutenant governor - another aloof Massachusetts liberal who would overconfidently feel he would mop the floor with this clueless guy named Bush. But I fear I've seen this movie, and it's Groundhog Day."
Some other libs didn't hide behind anonymity:
"Liberal journalists have started to pile on the Kerry campaign. 'Kerry is Dukakis, after all,' sighs Joe Klein of Time magazine. 'Deadly dull, slow to respond, trapped in Democratic banality; he actually said he was for "good jobs at good wages."'
"Craig Crawford, now with Congressional Quarterly and MSNBC, spent 1988 covering the Dukakis campaign. 'Do I see parallels? I see only parallels.' He notes that many of the same players he knew are back: Bob Shrum, a key adviser to Dukakis, is now Mr. Kerry's top strategist. A top Dukakis deputy, Tad Devine, is Mr. Shrum's deputy in the Kerry campaign. John Sasso, Mr. Dukakis's chief of staff, is Mr. Kerry's top aide on his campaign plane. Joe Lockhart, the former Clinton press secretary, got his start on the Dukakis press operation."
Sounds like a political Thriller video.
I began to see these lib pre-post-mortems on Kerry's candidacy begin trickling out in late-August. Now they're becoming a flood.
But open comparisons to "the human quelude"? That's like a sinking warship's ammunition magazine exploding - a signal from his own side of the aisle that he's as good as finished.
"I would have called you crazy if in 1989 you would have told me that a decade and a half later this party was going to nominate Dukakis's lieutenant governor - another aloof Massachusetts liberal who would overconfidently feel he would mop the floor with this clueless guy named Bush. But I fear I've seen this movie, and it's Groundhog Day."
Some other libs didn't hide behind anonymity:
"Liberal journalists have started to pile on the Kerry campaign. 'Kerry is Dukakis, after all,' sighs Joe Klein of Time magazine. 'Deadly dull, slow to respond, trapped in Democratic banality; he actually said he was for "good jobs at good wages."'
"Craig Crawford, now with Congressional Quarterly and MSNBC, spent 1988 covering the Dukakis campaign. 'Do I see parallels? I see only parallels.' He notes that many of the same players he knew are back: Bob Shrum, a key adviser to Dukakis, is now Mr. Kerry's top strategist. A top Dukakis deputy, Tad Devine, is Mr. Shrum's deputy in the Kerry campaign. John Sasso, Mr. Dukakis's chief of staff, is Mr. Kerry's top aide on his campaign plane. Joe Lockhart, the former Clinton press secretary, got his start on the Dukakis press operation."
Sounds like a political Thriller video.
I began to see these lib pre-post-mortems on Kerry's candidacy begin trickling out in late-August. Now they're becoming a flood.
But open comparisons to "the human quelude"? That's like a sinking warship's ammunition magazine exploding - a signal from his own side of the aisle that he's as good as finished.
posted by JASmius at 7:24 PM
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