tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post4713204232321959853..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: The Consultant CampaignDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-3163360207903922062010-07-03T09:33:43.016-04:002010-07-03T09:33:43.016-04:00Fuzzy,
Funny.
Yeah, I agree. Ned’s ebullience is...Fuzzy,<br /><br />Funny.<br /><br />Yeah, I agree. Ned’s ebullience is just overwhelming.<br /><br />In person, Foley reminds me a little of Gary Cooper in High Noon; and, of course, he has a good deal to worry about – lot’s of gunslingers around. Somehow, personal characteristics don’t translate well in front of a camera, and pictures are always lies. Most politicians try too hard to be themselves, when someone else is wanting. Good actors try their best to be someone else. The best politicians hardly think of themselves at all; they’re usually ruminating about some grand scheme to make the world over. The great characters in politics never play themselves. I remember sitting with a friend listening to a painfully boring speech by a plastic politician I did not know well.<br /><br />Me: Who is he pretending to be?<br /><br />Friend: Himself.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-16767546390417985342010-07-03T08:56:17.541-04:002010-07-03T08:56:17.541-04:00His commercials are just awful (remember the Mr. S...His commercials are just awful (remember the Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ones?). Here's something his campaign needs to get their head around: No matter how hard they try, the kid from Greenwich will never, ever, look like a tough-guy. Trying to cast Ned as some kind of crusading everyman is like trying to cast Justin Beiber in a role written for Bruce Willis.<br /><br />I really don't know if I can take a Foley v. Lamont campaign. Both are two of the absolute most unnatural and uncomfortable politicians I have ever seen. October will be a painful month if we're forced to watch them duke it out.Fuzzy Dunlopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-2184887567103142352010-06-30T21:33:43.224-04:002010-06-30T21:33:43.224-04:00No strings attached on your road to Hartford?
Don&...No strings attached on your road to Hartford?<br />Don't tell that to the four guys most responsible for you getting the 15% at the Convention (John Destefano, Bill Finch, Mike Jarjura and Eddie Perez - well, you probably shouldn't tout your deal with him). <br />You made a deal with the big cities, and I'm sure there were strings attached!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com