Reply #43: Ahm, okay, ponder the following [View All]

Kerry, talking with reporters after addressing ironworkers at a local labor hall, contrasted the media's disclosure of the spy program with the White House leak involving Valerie Plame. (12/20/05)

We have this story elsewhere, so I am only excerpting the setting. Can you imagine John Kerry (or any other good pol) going into the Ironworkers Hall and asking for the brie, cheese and wine cooler section? Do you honestly think they would have invited him?

Sigh! Just, deep fricking sigh! Once more, with feeling, John Kerry is a US Senator today because he translated well with Democrats in working class cities. He actually didn't do that well in the preppy towns. Honest-to-gawd. to wit:

1996 vote Kerry / Weld -----Wealthy, wealthy areas of MA
Andover 6,410 8,988
Boxford 1,263 2,736
Cohasset 1,700 2,332
Concord 4,803 4,342
Groton 1,832 2,325 (Fercrissakes, his parents lived here then.)
Hamilton 1,484 2,390
Lynnfield 2,370 3,891
Manchester 1,123 1,816 (Ferchrissakes, he has family here.)
Westford 3,748 5,426
Weston 2,252 3,526

Are we sensing a pattern yet?

Now let's see where Democrats kill Rethugs in MA:

1996 vote Kerry / Weld -------Working class cities and towns in MA
BOSTON 113,466 50,060
CHELSEA 4,111 1,910
EVERETT 8,226 4,810
FALL RIVER 21,162 7,100
LOWELL 13,774 11,265 (Yeah, Lowell. You got a problem with that?)
LYNN 15,307 10,416
MALDEN 12,320 7,039
MEDFORD 14,619 9,038
NEW BEDFORD 22,095 7,390
PITTSFIELD 12,188 6,821
QUINCY 19,770 14,912
REVERE 8,811 5,776

Hmmmm, he didn't win the wine and brie towns. But he friggin rolled it up in the older, working class cities. I wonder how he did it if he was a stuck up Yalie who only spoke Senatese whilst having a manicure and getting fitted with LL Bean shirts. Geesh. Give me a friggin break already.