Daily Kos: Kerry: A Nervous Breakdown?

Kerry: A Nervous Breakdown?

by RA

Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:03:46 PM PDT

Field Notes: John Kerry
Reports from the campaign trail

By Ed O'Keefe

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Politics/DailyNews/fieldkerry-1.html

Excerpts:

"At the Senator's first press availability in five days en route from Manchester to Laconia, NH, the Senator spoke for six minutes with his traveling press corps before remarking, "I feel so cob-webby today."

"In Laconia, 400 people filled the Elks Lodge with an overflow crowd. Kerry, who arrived nearly a half hour late for his first and only event of the day, abbreviated his stump to a twelve minute presentation..."

"Kerry stormed onto the "Real Deal Express", ripped off his Timberland Barn Coat, and tossed it into the gray and red striped seat by his side. "Don't they get it?," Kerry bellowed to no one in particular. "I can't have this," he continued, referring to the media horde now watching his every move. David Wade, traveling press secretary, entered the bus and immediately faced the Senator's wrath. Thrashing his arms, Kerry asked several times, "Where are my boots?" Once located, the previously nervous Kerry seemed a bit more serene."

Is Kerry losing it?

Also see "Kerry: Push Polls & Dirty Tricks?"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/1/23/17736/6589

This guy CAN'T be our nominee.

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OK (none / 0)

here's real raw anger, not the crap they've been trying to slam Dean with. Let's see what the SCLM do with this. Wanna bet he gets a pass?

by Phil S on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:07:30 PM PDT
Yes (none / 0)

Let's disqualify every candidate who let off steam to his staff. You'd have no candidates.

A proud member of the "far left."

by Paleo on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:07:35 PM PDT
- except Dean (none / 0)
  
  Unless he was lying, and I don't think he was, Dean said he hasn't blown up on a staff person in 12 years of being Governor. I'm starting to actually believe a politician? yes, i am.
  
  by seamus on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:10:49 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
- What is this pattern? Are the Voices after me? (none / 0)
  
  Is this yet another Rove Review of another Dem frontrunner?
  This reminds me of that Watergate Era New Yorker cartoon which had a guy on his shrink's couch. the caption:
  "Doc, remember that political paranoia you cured me of? what do I do now that it turns out I was right"?
  
  The Perfect is the Enemy of the Better
  
  by dabize on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:13:42 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
we need to stop this (4.00 / 3)

We didn't like it with Dean; let's not do the same with Kerry. There are legitimate reasons to not like him.

Are you a Republican? A conservative? A dumbass? -- The Majority Report

by Passing Shot on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:11:36 PM PDT
- absolutely right (4.00 / 2)
  
  this diary is absurd. I don't like Kerry for a variety of reasons but he is obviously not having a breakdown or otherwise unfit to be the nominee. Get serious, support your own candidate, and leave it at that.
  aimai
  
  by aimai on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:14:36 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - sheesh (4.00 / 2)
    
    seriously, this is the second or third time this has been posted in a diary today. and this is RA's second Kery attack post of the day, both of which were just reprints of ABC articles. give it a rest already
    
    by lukas on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:19:06 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
- I was working so hard to tolerate JK (none / 0)
  
  and now this stuff.
  Feels like my head is in a vise........
  
  The Perfect is the Enemy of the Better
  
  by dabize on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:15:12 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
- Amen (none / 1)
  
  RA, cut the crap.
  
  by Bob Johnson on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:16:51 PM PDT
  
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I'd love to see this type of scrutiny... (4.00 / 3)

...on Dubya. Between "major-league a**hole", "That's a trick question and I'm not answering it" and "Stop asking me your questions and EAT SOME G*DDAMN RIIIIIIIIIIIBS!!!!!" shouldn't somebody put together a kick-ass compilation tape?

2 + 2 = 5

by nevsky42 on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:13:15 PM PDT
It should come as no surprise that Kerry will now (none / 0)

... receive the "Dean treatment."
Welcome to the club. The egotistical reporters will now have their say.

by Bob Johnson on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:15:43 PM PDT
- Except (none / 0)
  
  Kerry has already received a version of the Dean treatment last year. So don't expect any big attacks. They might try the "death by a thousand cuts" approach, akin to what they did to Gore.
  
  A proud member of the "far left."
  
  by Paleo on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:19:06 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
Notice (none / 0)

how all of the Dem candidates are being represented as unstable, in some fashion by the mainstream media? They're all psychotic, flip flopping, manic and unreliable. Want to vote for someone like that in a time of crisis or war if you are the average, I-just-get-my-news-in-blurbs voter? I'm telling you, the mainstream media has a product to sell and war and mayhem is BIG business and Bush is the only candidate that is likely to feed them this over the next four years. Don't ever think that the bottom line isn't the bottom line here.
Uber Alles Blog

by Uberdude on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:18:29 PM PDT

I'm not sold on Kerry (none / 1)

but this story is really a nonentity.

Ben P

-3.25, -3.85

by Ben P on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:21:36 PM PDT

Stop the World! (none / 0)

I wanna get off!

Ugh. Can we have an all out media war now please? Destroy the hacks! Destroy the hacks!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-02-19-mccain-roe_x.htm

by joojooluv on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:22:01 PM PDT

hmm (none / 0)

i don't think the diary is posted to show kerry is "unstable" or "angry."

it's to show the freeride that kerry is getting compared to the drilling that dean gets.

(furthermore, it shows that kerry is trying the bush strategy - hide from the media)

by Ekim on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:22:44 PM PDT

Imagine the pressure (none / 0)

It just goes to show the kind of pressure these guys are under.

Running for President is like getting on a psychotic roller coaster.

Dean, Kerry, Gephardt, Edwards, and Clark all have my admiration.

That's just great. It's like psychological torture. We've developed an election process guaranteed to deliver a total basket case to the White House.

Aloha!

by wetzel on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:30:45 PM PDT

Frontrunner Floggers (none / 0)

I guess the All Anti-Dean All The Time crowd has been joined by the AA-KATT team.

"L'enfer, c'est les autres." - Jean Paul Sartre, Huis Clos

"L'enfer, c'est le GOP!" - JJB, from an idea by oratorio

by JJB on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:44:57 PM PDT

Yawn (none / 0)

It's pretty clear at this point that not only does the media intend to crucify whoever the Democratic nominee is, but that they're so bloody lazy about it that they intend to recycle the same fucking smear.

John Edwards or Joe Lieberman could surge to the front of the Gallup polls tommorow, and on Sunday, we'd have headlines just one degree removed from "Why does John Edwards/Joe Lieberman hate kittens?"

The Devil crept into Heaven, God slept on the 7th, the New World Order was born on September 11 - IT

by tomaxxamot on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:49:17 PM PDT

Campaign from Washington (none / 0)

I have no idea of the veracity of this story, but Kerry's in a position where he can afford to chill on the trail and tend to business in the Senate. He can get plenty of free media on issues of his choosing, avoid moments, and get lots of sleep.

Running against Herb "WIRETAP" Kohl in 2012. $1/year. Cash preferred.
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by ben masel on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:54:51 PM PDT

the rest of the story? (none / 0)

What's more pathetic: Kerry getting tired of being in a swarm of humanity or a whiny Kerry hater's selective cut and paste job?

In Laconia, 400 people filled the Elks Lodge with an overflow crowd. Kerry, who arrived nearly a half hour late for his first and only event of the day, abbreviated his stump to a twelve minute presentation, then took forty-four minutes worth of audience questions. After the event, as is quickly becoming custom, a media swarm engulfed the candidate, eventually forcing Kerry to wade step-by-step into a throng of immovable reporters, cameras, and stills. Having finally broken through the crush of media, Kerry stormed onto the "Real Deal Express", ripped off his Timberland Barn Coat, and tossed it into the gray and red striped seat by his side.

"Don't they get it?," Kerry bellowed to no one in particular. "I can't have this," he continued, referring to the media horde now watching his every move. David Wade, traveling press secretary, entered the bus and immediately faced the Senator's wrath. Thrashing his arms, Kerry asked several times, "Where are my boots?" Once located, the previously nervous Kerry seemed a bit more serene.

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by bdfstl2 on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 07:07:47 PM PDT

Yeah, that puts Kerry in a better light. (none / 0)

It really explains why the "dignified" Kerry has to resort to push polls too. Thanks.

I hearby announce my endorsement for Barack Obama. I know Senator Obama will want to get pictures with us together like he did with Senator Kennedy. ;)

by RA on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 07:32:41 PM PDT

[ Parent ]

dems (none / 0)

i could care less about kerry or dean - i just want bush to lose. what's been fun is watching the freakout here with the different sides attacking each other with any niblet they can google off the net. selectively quoting a story to make a point is not all that dignified either. at least when letterman does it you know it's suppose to be a joke.

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by bdfstl2 on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 07:55:45 PM PDT

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Sounds like he was ambushed by rival supporters (none / 0)

He probably has good reason to be cranky. Wonder if anyone will spin it?

The most dramatic scene at Thursday's debate occurred before most of the press arrived. Senator Kerry, who stands six foot, four inches tall decided to walk from the "Real Deal Express" to the debate site several hundred yards away.
Before taking ten steps behind a bagpipe band, supporters and small representatives from rival campaigns surrounded the Senator, chanting "Kerry no More" and "Clark '04". As Kerry continued down the road, a swarm of rival campaign supporters attempted to get close to the Senator. Given the enormous press and personal contingency, the campaign fought its way through screaming opponents, near fisticuffs, and several downed reporters and internal supporters. By the conclusion of Kerry's walk, three local police officers had been called over to control the crowd.

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by No One No Where on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 07:54:32 PM PDT

Oh my God! It's over. (none / 0)

We just lost the nomination. A media covered nervous breakdown. Kerry is toast.

Or maybe we should just take a chill pill. Kerry supporters: Just relax (but not too much as NH is still wide open IMHO). Deaniacs: It'll take a little bit more than that to take us down. Didn't you learn from Iowa? We can take a few punches.

Bring.It.On.

DARE MIGHTY THINGS! (Theodore Roosevelt)

by PRSatDailyKos on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 08:54:52 PM PDT

Oh my God! It's over. (none / 0)

We just lost the nomination. A media covered nervous breakdown. Kerry is toast.

Bring.It.On.

DARE MIGHTY THINGS! (Theodore Roosevelt)

by PRSatDailyKos on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 08:55:16 PM PDT

My apologies for the double posting! (none / 0)

DARE MIGHTY THINGS! (Theodore Roosevelt)

by PRSatDailyKos on Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 08:57:47 PM PDT

Kerry: A Nervous Breakdown?

by RA

Fri Jan 23, 2004 at 06:03:46 PM PDT

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except Dean (none / 0)

What is this pattern? Are the Voices after me? (none / 0)

we need to stop this (4.00 / 3)

absolutely right (4.00 / 2)

sheesh (4.00 / 2)

I was working so hard to tolerate JK (none / 0)

Amen (none / 1)

I'd love to see this type of scrutiny... (4.00 / 3)

It should come as no surprise that Kerry will now (none / 0)

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Notice (none / 0)

I'm not sold on Kerry (none / 1)

Stop the World! (none / 0)

hmm (none / 0)

Imagine the pressure (none / 0)

Frontrunner Floggers (none / 0)

Yawn (none / 0)

Campaign from Washington (none / 0)

the rest of the story? (none / 0)

Yeah, that puts Kerry in a better light. (none / 0)

dems (none / 0)

Sounds like he was ambushed by rival supporters (none / 0)

Oh my God! It's over. (none / 0)

Oh my God! It's over. (none / 0)

My apologies for the double posting! (none / 0)

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