Has anyone read Alex Beam's column

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from today's paper?

How fauxthentic is it?
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/01/22/how_fauxthentic_is_it/

It's snarky. It's Boston - of course it's snarky. :eyes:

I'd be curious to hear what others think. He gets a lot right here, though I obviously disagree with some of the Kerry stuff (the Band of Brothers thing escapes him entirely).

The beaverish and not unalluring John Edwards recently kicked off his presidential campaign with a series of "webisodes," long-form campaign commercials posted on the Internets . In webisode one, we read, "Senator Edwards talks about remaining authentic in the political world.

During the artfully scripted "behind the scenes" video, Edwards appears in an open-neck gingham shirt and blue jeans, complaining about the falseness of political life. "I've come to the personal conclusion that I want the country to see who I really am," he says. "I'd rather be successful or unsuccessful based on who I really am, not based on some plastic Ken doll that you put up in front of audiences. That's not me."

And so begins Campaign 2008: The quest for fauxthenticity...

...Our old friend John Kerry remains the most authentically tormented presidential candidate around. He's spent a lifetime running headlong from what he really is: a decent, ambitious, preppy Ivy Leaguer with a laudable record of public service. In 2004 , he morphed into NASCAR John, so eager to pose with a cam o jacket and hunting rifle that you half-expected to see Dick Cheney holding his grouse bag...

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1. That's a rave from Alex Beam

This must be softy week in the Boston media. Everyone is being nice to Sen. Kerry. Mabye it was the giddiness when people thought the Patriots might win. Keller, Beam, huh!

Alex Beam called Kerry a decent and laudable public servant. OMFG!

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2. That was what I thought too.

Thanks for the validation!! It seems so strange - first Keller, now Beam? I guess they're sizing up the field too, and
finding it lacking.

Oh and P.S. I've always found Edwards to be a tad beaverish, myself.

[TayTay]

3. I decided he vaguely reminds me of

Matthew Broderick. They have the same hairstyle.