What I deduced from this morning's call to the Presidential candidates.
I was in happy coffee and Age land this morning when I came across the world news section (or, as the inimitable MX refers to it, 'Boring But Important'). Aside from the tiny articles about thousands of brown people being swept away in floods, there was yet another piece about the scandal surrounding John Kerry's war record .
Even from afar, it seems absolutely clear that the group calling themselves 'Swift Boat Veterans for Truth' (way to go with the catchy name there, ageing war mongers!) are 1) connected to the Republican campaign, and 2) making a hell of a lot of absurd-sounding allegations (my favourite is that the Vietnamese teenager Kerry chased down and killed was naught but a 'teenager in a loin-cloth'. And I have to admit, the thought of Chesty Bonds hunting down Mowgli from the Jungle Book absolutely tickles me.
). So this morning I called John Kerry (202-712-3000), only to find that his message bank was full . What does this indicate to me? That he's a very popular chap. Good for him.
Undeterred and, it must be said, somewhat full of coffee-induced bravado, I tried another number (206-281-9124) and spoke to someone in his campaign office. After a somewhat vague introduction (you try not sounding like a loony when you've got your morning voice on and you're telling someone: 'I'M FROM AUSTRALIA, AHAHA') I made it clear that even on the far side of the world it was pretty obvious there was a whole lot of bullshit going on with the Swifties. Then, for good measure, I added a cheery: 'And get that little bugger out of the White House!' before hanging up.
Was that enough for one morning? No. I thought ol' George might want to know that he wasn't fooling anyone and that I was totally onto him . So I called the White House (202-456-1111) and what did I find? They were closed for the day and couldn't even take my very important message !
So from this I deduce that John Kerry is a better man for President because he is listening to 'The People' and that he is on call, even at 7:30am Melbourne time. I'm smart like that.
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Hmmm. I'm not usually one for overseas politics, or Australian politics for that matter, but your words gave me an interesting visual moment of 'Chesty Bonds hunting down Mowgli from the Jungle Book'
Hi, I managed to get a copy of an amazing documentary about Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel. I think you'd like it and at the same time hate it. I do some vol work at RRR, let me know if you'd like a copy.
Anon, I would love it. BOTB pigeon-hole is yours for the dropping. cheers.x
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