January 13, 2003
SPINE-TINGLING:
Kerry sets tone for campaign (Glen Johnson, 1/13/2003, Boston Globe)In the living room of a New Hampshire farmhouse, standing before a crackling fire and a crowd of about 75 people, Senator John F. Kerry crossed a threshold this weekend.''When I'm president of the United States, we're going to have early childhood education,'' he said Friday night to a hearty round of applause.
It was, according to an aide and a reporter who have witnessed nearly every moment of Kerry's fledgling presidential candidacy, the first time the Massachusetts Democrat had uttered such a statement in public, a flat-out declaration based on the assumption he will be elected president. ''It's very real now,'' said the aide.
What does it say about your candidacy when an empty rhetorical flourish is your defining moment? Posted by Orrin Judd at January 13, 2003 7:56 PM
Didn't Graham and Leiberman make the same flourishes, yet earlier?
Posted by: Buttercup at January 13, 2003 7:29 PMYou know, one of these guys is going to be the Democratic nominee and 50 million people are going to vote for him for President.
Posted by: David Cohen at January 13, 2003 9:12 PMAnd you wonder why I'm pessimistic about democracy?
Posted by: oj at January 13, 2003 9:20 PMWhat's worse is that it is written about in a hushed and adoring way in the Globe.
Posted by: Melissa at January 13, 2003 10:34 PMGreat. Federally mandated audio programs for fetuses.
Why can't kids just go outside and play like I did when I was 3,4,5 instead of attending school from birth?
Even Bush has pushed the Federal government into education where it simply does not belong.