The Kerik story just gets weirder & weirder

[Osamasux]

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"Mr. Kerik, a high school dropout and prostitute's son whose mother abandoned the family when he was 2 years old and was possibly murdered by her pimp, could not have had a more different upbringing than the Yale- and Harvard-educated son of privilege who became the 43rd president."


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/politics/19kerik.html?hp&ex=1103432400&en=aee4f76925d797ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Different upbringing, but they're cut from the same cloth.

[DS1]

2. And the reason why you'll never see him without a shirt on is...

"Quaid... Start the reactor"

[CatWoman]

11. LOLOLOLOL

I just got it!!! :D

[DS1]

33. Consider yourself unique

I've posted that numerous times before, and you're the only one that's at least replied to it in some form of recognition :7

[acmavm]

3. A Yale and Harvard educated son who was never any more than an

average (at best) student with a nasty chip on his shoulder and a knack for scheming and a penchant for brutality. They have a lot more in common than they do differences.

[Bucky]

4. Huh? I thought Dubya was a prostitute's son, too

Wasn't it his dad who got him into the family business?

[lcordero]

5. I see that he got AHEAD BY GIVING HEAD

The guy is a bootlicker.

[medeak]

6. "Bush was in awe"

But Mr. Kerik, Republicans said, was just the kind of plain-talking law-and-order man held in awe by the president.

"The president loves cops," said a Republican close to the White House who insisted on anonymity because he did not want the president and his advisers to know he was talking about an embarrassing blow-up of a cabinet nomination.

well... that cinches the scrutiny Bush does of cabinet.

[Nordic]

14. "Bush loves cops".

I think he thought Kerik had a "real pretty mouth"

Bush is so gay.

[0007]

21. Perhaps



[Zen Democrat]

22. There's only one decent Texas governor in that picture --- Sam Houston.

It's a shame Sam has to share the photograph with Govs. Goodhair and Georgie.

[goclark]

24. Who is that with georgie?

Who ever it is, Georgie is trying to impress him by straigtening his tie.

Real eye contact, something Bush rarely has - eye contact.

[Zen Democrat]

26. That's Texas Gov. Rick "Goodhair" Perry back when he was Lt. Gov.

[goclark]

27. Did Bush promote him to Gov.?

Bush seems to be really impressed with the now Gov.

[Zen Democrat]

32. You could say that. He was handpicked to stand for election with W.

in 1998 -- after The Family was already committed to a presidential run in 2000.

There is that common denominator between them -- former cheerleaders.
Rick Perry was a cheerleader at Texas A&M. In fact, Rick Perry's Democratic opponent in 1998 was John Sharp. Sharp was the President of the Student Body at A&M during the same years that Perry was cheerleader. The sleepwalking voters elected the Cheerleader in a landslide.

[Lucille]

7. Wow. Bumiller noticed that Bushy is a son of priviledge

That kinda escaped her when she covered John "who among us doesn't like Nascar" Kerry. In fact, she invented the phony Nascar quote to illustrate just how out of touch Kerry was/is. Only problem: He never said it. The Times didn't bother mentioning this until after the RW press, with an aid and assist from Bumiller colleague, Maureen "I hate every one" Dowd repeated every chance they got.

When Bumiller originally covered the Kerik story, she took dictation from the WH, complacently repeating the anonymous white house sources who told her how tough the vetting process was for Kerik.

Now she's a day late and a dollar short. Since she doesn't do any real reporting, you know, where she has to go a find stuff out, ask questions, review records...what is it called again?...investigate...she has to come up with this bs of comparing personalities and backgrounds. The kind of stuff a 19 year old sophomore does at the last minute for for the class he's required to take but doesn't really care about. Sorry Liz, you still get an "F."

Anyway, it looks like the boy prince is morphing into Bernie "Dawg" Kerik. What a tough guy mobster...Too bad about the video showing him wetting himself for 20 minutes when the planes hit.

[medeak]

9. how many accessories does he need?

all he needs is a cig holder...oh..he smokes cigars...

[billbuckhead]

12. What a get up! Chimpy looks like he just walked out of Doonesbury

At least the leader of the not so free world isn't abusing that poor dog.

[DS1]

13. I love the smell of pancakes in the morning

...it's the smell of breakfast..

/* profound

[Nordic]

15. Good God! Is that Herr Bush? Or Busholini? Is it Halloween?

where'd you find that photo?

Can we rate it on Yahoo somehow?

[medeak]

16. impressed by uniforms

typical 4 yr old mentality.

[matt819]

17. Re that weird photo

Don't you just wonder about everyone in the WH today looking around and saying, "Hey, I thought you were supposed to look after POTUS today. Who let him out in that get-up?"

Of course, all the red staters are salivating. "Golly, he's just like one of us!" Yeah, right. With $1,000 boots, a $500 hat, and that seriously weird overcoat, he's wearing more than those clowns make in a month. One of us? I don't think so.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Looks more like a pimp

[Zen Democrat]

25. Don Georgio Busheone?

[cliss]

8. That's just.......weird.

Weird people....

On the other hand, maybe not so weird to the Bush Administration. Notice Bush picked HIM. What does that tell us? That the cream rises to the top? That we choose the very finest people this country has to offer to lead us? Darwin's Law of the Fittest?

Hardly.

It tells me that Bush wants THUGS ONLY. Smart people, ethical people, people with a conscience and brain need not apply.

And it's going to come back to haunt Bush, very soon.

[UTUSN]

10. Rudy: Shrub "acted on his OWN instincts"-----Stab, Stab HAH!

GIULIANI sez it wasn't JUST his recommendation on KERIK, that Shrub "acted on his own instincts." Yup, we know about those "gut feelings" of Shrub's. When intelligence about an impending attack is given him, what to do?-------why, go to the pig farm for 30 days.

[Placebo]

18. Well considering his situation, it's amazing that he made it...

as far as he has. But I still despise the man.

[Must_B_Free]

19. He should just pretend to be "saved" and put it all behind him

then he would be perfectly fit for the job.

[autorank]

20. While thei come from different economic class, their status is the same.

Disgraceful.

[goforit]

28. Wierd?, Well, not unless Osama could be *'s long lost brother.

Now wouldn't that be something.

[imenja]

29. Classism at work in Kerick backlash

First I want to make it clear that I am no fan of Kerick, Giuliani, or Bush. I'm always glad to see W with egg on his face.
This onslaught of media criticism against Kerick, however, seems to have an element of class prejudice. I've heard more than one reporter say, "how did he think he could possibly rise to that level..." etc... They seem to be punishing him for not knowing his place, not staying where he belonged, in the gutters of New York.
I'd like to see the focus move back to the Bush administration and Alberto Gonzales, who was responsible for vetting Kerick.

[Placebo]

30. I agree, some definite classism at work.

It's like "Oh well no wonder he's such a disastrous mess, he came from that background. :puke:"

[Catherine Vincent]

31. I understand what you're saying.

And I think you're right.