Reply #9: I agree - Brown has every right to write a book and tell his story

[karynnj]

Even the complaint that he hasn't achieved that much doesn't ring true, as no one complained about Obama's book. (I don't think Brown's ghost written book will be as eloquent, but like Obama, he does have a life to write about. There is also nothing wrong with people covering it - and given what it is - of course it will be covered.

I agree that had Kerry done the same thing, no one here would be complaining. (In fact, I imagine a Dean supporter or two were unhappy with the amount of coverage that Kerry and Rassman got less than a week before the Iowa caucus. Again it was the type of story that the media ate up. Unlike these Brown stories, it also had many implicit reasons why JK was a good leader.)

The closest parallel was all the stories of Bill Clinton's youth - in fact, his fight with a step father was similar. (Unfortunately I am not saying he copied - but child and spousal abuse stories are often pretty similar.) No one complained of Clinton's stories.

Every candidate uses his biography to win. As qualified as he is, I am not sure without his service and his protests, Kerry would have been the 2004 nominee.