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In reply to the discussion: How the hell is this all OK? How the hell can this be happening? [View all]LisaM
(27,812 posts)Problem was, he couldn't get covered. At first, everyone was all over Dean. When that fizzled out and Kerry was left as the strongest candidate, for some reason, the media just didn't engage with him.
He came to speak in Seattle and his speech was riveting. It was completely geared to local issues and you could tell he'd written it himself and was extremely well versed in things that mattered to the Pacific Northwest. He talked about the logging and fishing industries, about the environment, about Boeing, and just everything that mattered here. It definitely was not a routine stump speech. He was also very charismatic.
The local media chose to report none of that on the news that night; instead they snarked that he'd taken his wife to an expensive anniversary dinner at Canlis.
In Gore, Kerry, and Clinton we had possibly three of the most qualified, experienced, and best-prepared people to ever run for office. I don't think we need to apologize for that. I don't think that these brilliant people should be called mediocre. It's the voters who have become intellectually mediocre and lazy. And the media kind of plays along, talking about where and what someone ate, rather than focusing in on a very nuanced and well-delivered speech.
Okay, climbing off the soapbox now!