November 5, 2004
LONG KNIVES:
CULPRITS IN THE KERRY CAMP (Page Six, 11/05/04, NY Post)
A prime target of the finger-pointers is Kerry's filmmaker daughter Alexandra, who made a splash at the Cannes Film Festival last spring when she appeared on the red carpet in a see-through dress. She then hired a pricey publicist at powerhouse agency PMK — on her dad's dime, sources say — and went on the campaign trail.But insiders snipe that all she did was rack up major expenses. "She had an entourage of five people with her everywhere she went," one Kerry confidant sniffed to PAGE SIX's Jared Paul Stern. "A hairdresser, makeup artist, publicist and two assistants. It ended up costing something like $8,000 a month. And she didn't exactly do anything." [...]
Hip-hop hero Sean Combs and his much-ballyhooed "Vote or Die" campaign has also come under fire after young voters stayed away in droves.
"He was just a nuisance," sneers our Kerry snitch. "The whole thing was a joke. No one outside of New York or L.A. gives a hoot about this guy. All he did was get himself press."
Meanwhile, TV pundit George Stephanopoulos says Kerry's main problem was a failure to connect with the common man. Speaking at Women's Wear Daily's CEO summit at the Ritz Carlton in Battery Park City yesterday, Stephanopoulos cracked, "He has seven houses, is married to a billionaire and has French relatives."
Think one in a hundred Americans has ever even heard of the Senator's daughter, wife, or Puffy? Posted by Orrin Judd at November 5, 2004 1:12 PM
Well, they probably remember the dress.
Posted by: John at November 5, 2004 1:26 PMHappy memories indeed.
Posted by: M Ali Choudhury at November 5, 2004 2:14 PM"Filmaker" seems to be an increasingly
popular "job" description amongst the trust-funders. I think the Kennedy's have a couple.
It must be sort of like a "Bon Vivant".
I'm a filmmaker. Sometime I leave soap film on the shower walls.
But there aren't any pictures of me in the shower. That helps make the world a better place.
Posted by: CaseyAbell at November 5, 2004 2:37 PMOn behalf of a grateful nation, thank you, Casey for your self-sacrifice.
Harry, you are right on the care part. I have way too much to care about that the amount of caring I can lavish on the above-mentioned is darn near non-existent.
The knife work is going to be great. The real question is what her career path will be when Thereza throws Cabana Boy on the street. He has a safe government job, her sister is in med school. I see vegas cocktail waitress/light hook.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at November 5, 2004 6:33 PMShe'll marry some butt-ugly computer nerd, 20 years her senior, who made a zillion dollars and spend the rest of her life flitting from fashion shows to Euroscum parties.
Posted by: Bart at November 5, 2004 7:14 PMbut don't stories like these just confirm everything we already knew to be true. P Diddy trying to get the vote out is like Bill Gates evangalizing computers. We all knew what he was up to. He couldn't care less about young people voting. He cares about himself, himself, and himself, period.
Posted by: neil at November 5, 2004 8:17 PMOJ:
Sorry for the P. Diddy reference. But my son is pretty creative for a 3 year-old.
Posted by: jim hamlen at November 5, 2004 10:22 PMMy sources tell me Diddy voted for Bush. Seriously.
Posted by: carter at November 6, 2004 12:41 AM"No one outside of New York or L.A. gives a hoot about [P. Diddy]."
Look at the red/blue county map and you can say the same thing about the guys at the top of the ticket, too.
Posted by: ray at November 6, 2004 12:54 AM