Reply #88: Pepperbelly----you say he's fallen under the handling of professional [View All]

[Starpass]

politician builders and is being managed........thank god, I thought it would never happen!! Seriously, I loved hearing him and then hated the attacks bastards in the media and some of our own shoved at him and thought: oh dear god Wes, get some real old-pro political handlers because otherwise these bastards design traps, lead the unsuspecting into it and dispose of the unsuspecting with a sharp box cutter across the throat. My only concern was when I heard that a guy he let go was a Gore manager----I wrote that here before. I remember gulping and hoping he didn't have a lot of those people on his staff because they fucking messed up Gore. Gore may have won but it should not have been this close. I have to admit I haven't seen or read much about Wes in the last couple weeks; but the few things I have seen impressed me and I'm not sure what problems people have been seeing. If I, who am a political junkie and who supports Clark, had something or things fly over my head, I doubt if it's hit many people. The one thing I can glean from remarks made in this thread that disturb me are as follows:

Right now he has to play to the base. It's like the damn Red Socks not replacing Pedro soon enough and with that other good pitcher because he was slated for game #1 of the Series......you gotta get to the Series before you can pitch in the damn thing. After winning the primary is when he has to appeal to all sorts--including moderate repukes and independents. This is EXACTLY what Dean is going to do which will leave his people pooping in their drawers but he is politician enough to keep the sheep bleating behind him as a populace savior. Wes didn't learn this trick. But he needs to learn it fast. It may be ugly, but it's politics and virgins don't win popularity contests.