Did you know JK was a fan of Pink Panther movies?

[Mass]

NPR has another of these articles where they discover Kerry as if he had never done anything before. There are however a couple of good quotes, including Lugar concerning Kerry's leadership qualities and this quote by Graham.

http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/11/10/senior-senator-kerry-finds-new-rhythm/

"The one thing that I didn't realize about Sen. Kerry: He's a big Pink Panther fan and so am I, and so is his wife," Graham says. "So you never know about people until you sit down and talk with them. We tell a lot of Inspector Clouseau jokes."
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[wisteria]

1. No I didn't. I like those movies too. Peter Sellers was so funny. n/t

[beachmom]

2. Nice article.

I think the media did a great disservice to Sen. Kerry in the past. Instead of admitting their mistakes, they have decided that a "Kerry has been transformed" narrative will allow them to observe good things he has been doing, while continuing their Big Lie that he never accomplished anything in the Senate before he talked Karzai into agreeing to a runoff. Whatev, guys.

[karynnj]

4. True - and it is really amazing that Kerry suddenly got a sense of humor

and the ability to build coalitions only after becoming the Senior Senator. I doubt either of these things can magically appear to age 65 having never been there before. (The fact is Kerry did an amazing job of leading a very diverse coalition in 1971 - as can be seen in this article - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=273&topic_id=127952&mesg_id=127962 that was added to a wonderful thread you started. )

But, I think you are right, they will never look back to assess what they did in 2004 - and it was shocking to see the Kristoff op-ed you posted recently. Shocking to me, as in the midst of all the garbage in 2004, it did not stand out as unusually horrible. Yet, looked at when you posted it, it was completely dishonest and despicable given when it was printed. That was close to the election, when it was well known what motivated the charges and the fact that they were completely debunked. (To me the most galling think was that he said Kerry "lied" about Cambodia - when, in fact, he at worst, misspoke. I doubt Kristoff can say that he never recounted anything 20 years after the fact where the timing or details were off.)

The beginning of this is jarring too.

"After voters rejected him for president in 2004, Sen. John Kerry kept a low profile."

Now, are there articles that describe Hillary or John McCain as "rejected" - though both were more thoroughly "rejected". McCain was not close and Hillary lost in her own party. Not to mention, he tried to maintain a high profile - they tried to ridicule or ignore him.

[Luftmensch067]

3. I can't stop trying to imagine

the Inspector Clouseau jokes!!!! Help! :rofl:

[karynnj]

5. Here's another "New Kerry" article

describing the same guy we saw years ago. What is maybe true is that he is freer than he ever was. 2004, in addition to being exhilarating and wonderful, until November had to be incredibly difficult as he had to think of all the ways anything could be spun before he spoke. Now, he really is pretty free to say what he thinks needs to be said.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-09/the-new-improved-john-kerry/2/