In the comments Ricky P. replied
Litotes : "John Kennedy is an underwhelming campaigner"
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simile : "like" or "as"
And that had me giggling throughout the rest of the day, because, well...
It's just so bloody true.
I mean, how many attendees are in that photo for Kennedy's campaign kickoff tour? Two dozen? Then subtract the Kennedy people and the media.... etc. That's hilarious.
And one of the remaining souls is probably my main man, Brian Welsh
"Today marks the official first day one of my campaign for the U.S. Senate," Kennedy says. It's the first day of state Treasurer John Kennedy's campaign bus tour, which he calls "Stand Up Louisiana."
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"We're always in for a good fight." Democratic Party spokesman Brian Welsh is following the "Stand Up Louisiana" tour. He calls it "nonsense on a bus" tour. "Four years ago, he voted for John Kerry. He called Bush's tax cuts nonsense on a stick. He was the liberal Democrat against Chris John and David Vitter," Welsh says.
Welsh is going to have a field day with this assignment. Look at how he gets more quotes in the article than does Kennedy. And not just snarky little jabs, either, but solid, narrative-building daggers (Kennedy is a flip-flopper...etc). That's the mark of a skilled operative. I'm pretty biased towards Brian. He and I worked on the Draft Wes Clark campaign together, as well as a State Senate campaign for a candidate who was running against Derrick Shepherd (among others). Still, I gotta say that the Louisiana Democratic Party would do well to hire political professionals like Brian Welsh. That would be an instantaneous and huge improvement for the LDP.
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And speaking of Wes Clark, I couldn't agree more with Somerby's political analysis in this Howler post.
Labels: Dems, John N. Kennedy, Landrieu
