Potomac Flacks: Whose Job Sucked More: Allen's Flacks', or Kerry's?

November 02, 2006

Whose Job Sucked More: Allen's Flacks', or Kerry's?

Johnkerrysoccer_1 After John Kerry's "botched joke" and George Allen's fight club, Heard on the Hill wonders, "Whose job sucked more [on Tuesday]: that of Allen’s press staff, or Kerry’s?"

GOP spinmeister Terry Holt: "Team Allen might not be able to block, but at least they didn’t throw an interception for a touchdown."
"Senate Democratic leadership staffer": "John Kerry’s a moron, but he’s not running for anything [in ’06]. And there’s no way he’d lose his Senate seat."
Kerry spokesguy David Wade: "Any day working for George Allen is worse because, um, you work for George Allen. Fortunately, no one will be working for him after Nov. 7. John Kerry is a tough son of a bitch and I’d follow him anywhere. He was right about Vietnam and he’s right about Iraq. That’s more honor than George Felix Allen will ever have."

Posted by Matt Mackowiak on November 2, 2006 in Campaign Trail , Capitol Hill | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

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