Is A Dream A Lie That Don’t Come True…
…or is it something worse? ($5 minus $5 shipping and handling to the first reader who catches the reference.) Cornering the market on pompous patheticism (is that a word?), John Kerry has actually managed to hang on to the delusion that he has a shot in 2008. He is virtually alone, a position that he must like, since he finds himself in it so often:
“He is going to have a difficult time overcoming his last campaign and explaining to the party regulars how and why he lost,” said Dan Payne, a longtime Democratic consultant and former Kerry strategist. “There’s only so much that the Democrats can blame on (senior Bush adviser) Karl Rove.”
…In 2008, Democrats will probably be eager for a fresh face, said [Neal Thigpen, a political science professor at South Carolina's Francis Marion University], citing New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s lead in early polls and her ability to raise large sums of money.
“There’s not a lot of fire out there for Kerry,” he said.
Kerry’s image as a Northeast liberal with fuzzy views on major issues like Iraq would make him vulnerable once more, said [Ronald] Kaufman, who was White House political director for Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush.
“I go to bed every night praying Kerry is the nominee again,” he said.
As do Republicans all over our great nation.
JFK II, hang it up…NOT…GOING…TO…HAPPEN….
Bruce Springsteen, “The River”
Congratulations…you move on to the lightning round…
Well, having grown up in New Jersey, I ought to know my Boss Sauce … in fact, there was a guy from my area who was reportedly offered the keyboard spot with Springsteen in the early 70′s, and he declined — sort of like the guy who didn’t sign the Beatles — file under “People Who Will Always Be Known for One Bonehead Move” (See: Bill Buckner) –
Okay, lightning round question: name the club in Asbury Park that often features imprompto Bruce shows, and was home to many of his early gigs…
I’m not a huge fan, but is it the Stone Pony?
You win the lightning round…
Here’s a follow – up question, one in which I don’t know the answer to: did the owners of the Stone Pony get their namesake from Linda Ronstadt’s early band, called The Stone Ponies?
You got me…anyone?…
I would doubt it — Asbury Park is an old seaside resort with a huge boardwalk, and my guess is that the Stone Pony refers to the carousels on the boardwalk –
10th comment and the first to mention the person who is the topic of this post: John Kerry. That says it all, doesn’t it? (and is as it should be).
John who?
Well… actually the Bruce Springsteen line is “…a lie IF it don’t come true, or is it something worse.”