Kerry on Imus this morning: Great, great job

Everything came up: The travel memo, Katie Couric (Ahm, Kerry's in favor of her. Whew, that could have been controversial) Bush leaking NIE data, Iraq and the hazards of sleeping on the road in a truck overnight. I loved this interview.

Best line: "KERRY: I mean, look, I don't know what's more amazing, that Scooter Libby said the president authorized a leak of intelligence or that we now know the White House had some intelligence. It's -- I don't know."

Transcript soon on MSNBC, Imus site.

on Imus though. Imus just couldn't resist suggesting that Kerry should be like he was today in all interviews and mentioned that he TURNED OFF the Hardball interveiw last night.IMO,it'snot the senator's fault that Imus has Attention Deficeite Disorder. I watched the Hardball interview two times and I though JK did a wonderful job in that interview also. it was a different format, why is that so hard for Imus to understand.
Oh, and he could'nt resist talking up your Gov either. Those types of snarky things aren't necessary in interviews. It's like asking him what his personal feelings about Bush are.

I thought Kerry handled himself well. Imus has a man-crush on Romney? Well, so did the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until we got to know him. Now he is roundly disliked and seen as a poseur and a liar.

I liked more than I didn't like in it. And I like to see Kerry taking in-coming shots. He really deflects them so well and he needs the practice.

I like this interview because it was more personal. For instance, finding out that he drove all night in a pickup truck and wondering out loud where that list of preferences while he was campaigning came from and why it came out now. These are little windows into the "real" person. There little things make him seem more "like us" and approachable.

I heard most of it, but missed the beginning. I loved the way Imus tried to sandbag him over HRC, but Kerry saw that one coming from the first word, and finessed it beautifully. Also the Romney thing - that's just Imus, an unregenerate a**hole. It's what he does with every guest he has on the program, not just Kerry - he always tries to trick them into saying something controversial. Kerry's way too familiar with Imus's MO to get suckered in at this point.

One other thing - I love the way Kerry makes Tweety come to his office. It certainly gives him home field advantage, but it also sets him apart from the regular array of talking head types - including McCain. I love it when Kerry's doing a media blitz, but I also love the way he keeps his dignity in the process.

To tell the truth, this time I liked Blitzer better. It was a good interview and Kerry was on his marks. Blitzer abruptly wasted the last two minute sof the interview on pointless 'horse race' specualtion on the future Presidential plans of Dems, but, Kerry got a lot of good info out there.

Tweety asked long, long questions in his interview and focused too much on the Bush/Plame/NIE leaks. The second part of the interview was better than the first. He let Kerry speak in the second part.

Blitzer, annoyed me also with the wasted portion on 2008 politics. That was entirely unnecessary. The comment from some Dem party leader in New Mexico that Blitzer quoted was just done to be nasty. Kerry did handle it well though.

I got really lucky because normally we don't have the Situation Room on CNNi. I normally don't like Blitzer, but I thought Kerry was great. A question concerning the Hardball interview: The video that is online on the MSNBC site in only the first part of the interview, right? They didn't talk about Iraq in this part at all. And Matthews didn't stop talking about the leak story. He talked more than Kerry, that was really over the top. Do you guys know, if there is a video of the second part - the Iraq part - somewhere online? Most of the time I don't care that I can't watch US TV here in Europe, but when Kerry is on it's really annoying that I don't get to see him.

Just that wordy beginning with Matthews going on and on and on. It was dreary.

Hey, how are you doing lately?

Thanks for asking. I have much work lately and less online time unfortunately. But I'm still checking in here now and then and am glad to see that Kerry came out swinging. He really rocks!

and she was a teensy bit apprehensive about the unrest. I just wanted to check in and make sure you're okay and all is well.

Sounds good about the work. And I understand being busy.

We don't have any unrest here in our tiny village and even my daughter in Lyon got lucky because her international school didn't participate in the strikes. The country is in a big political crisis... again, that's true. But I think it doesn't concern daily life of most of the people who aren't really participating in the protests. Anyway, I really hope that all that will change next year with the presidential elections.

There is an interesting article on Yahoo. If you guys are interested in what's going on here, it's a good analysis.

Crisis? What crisis? April in Paris okay for most
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060407/wl_nm/france_crisis_dc

Tweety's questions went on and on, I kept wishing he'd get to the point. I missed some of it. I read the transcripts. Kerry's responses were sharp.

Thinks what he's got to say is the most interesting. NOT. I don't like the way he always skews it toward the gossipy end of the subject, not to mention the rightward slant.

Blitzer at least lets people talk and asks pretty open-ended questions. But he does use those RW talking points and does betray an attitude of wanting to give the administration all the breaks. I thought JK was more engaged during this one. I wish I knew which one came first.

repeating the rumored accusations in total excited detail - and then asked Kerry point blank questions. Kerry qualified every answer with something like "if true". Kerry was absolutely correct to do that, but it seemed a very clumsy attempt to have Kerry make news if he simply agreed. That didn't happen but it made him seem more passive than in the other interviews. (But he did get a few very good lines - which was the best possible.)

He also did a good job transitioning to Iraq before Matthews wanted him to - "last few minutes". Matthews is a creep.

In addition to home court advantage, it really adds a subtle sense of dignity and class. The quiet elegance of his office creates a totally different tone and seems to remind the the talking head of Kerry's position. It would seem wrong to stifle his answer by speaking over his words. It seems to affect Tweety more than Blitzer. It also signals that he is special because he can insist on this.

tendency to shout down the people he's supposedly interviewing: http://www.prospect.org/web/view-print.ww?id=11308

Had you seen it?

Clearly, Kerry's answer should read "Marvin and Setti".

Reading a transcript is almost as nice as seeing it. Actually, this way I didn't have to see Imus :). Reading it, I can hear Kerry's voice in my mind as plainly as if I'm hearing it for real. :)

I liked the joke about "talking to Teresa" over getting some bribe money for Imus. :)

Lots of good press about Dems!

He didn't fall for Wolfie's traps. :hi:

talking about his poverty project.

JK is kickin' butt in the M$M at the moment...good for him.

He's been doing great! :loveya:

and JK's quote:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2558612&mesg_id=2558612