{"id":895,"date":"2004-06-07T21:21:46","date_gmt":"2004-06-08T05:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/06\/07\/kerrys-guys\/"},"modified":"2004-06-07T21:21:46","modified_gmt":"2004-06-08T05:21:46","slug":"kerrys-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":""Kerry's Guys""},"content":{"rendered":"

On a listserve I subscribe to, someone pointed out this interesting (well, not really) New York Times <\/i>article <\/a>about John Kerry’s inner circle – the people who have Kerry’s ear. There are 30 people mentioned in the article:<\/p>\n

John Kerry*
\nDavid Thorne, brother of K’s first wife*
\nRon Rosenblith, K’s political director 20 years ago*
\nMichael Whouley, Democratic Party’s pre-eminant field general*
\nJohn Marttila, a strategist*
\nTom Kiley, Boston pollster*
\nLouis DiNatale, political analyst, UMass Boston
\nRev. Robert F. Drinan, who K served as campaign chairman
\nElly Peterson, Repub state chair of Michigan, for whom Marttila worked
\nKevin White, elected mayor of Boston in 70s, helped by Marttila
\nLouise Day Hicks, White’s opponent
\nJoe Biden, for whom Martilla and Kiley worked
\nDan Payne, consultant*
\nThomas Eagleton, Sen from Mo., for whom Martilla and Kiley worked
\nMorris Udall, for whom Martilla and Kiley worked
\nBarney Frank.for whom Martilla and Kiley worked
\nEdward Kennedy,for whom Martilla and Kiley worked
\nMichael Dukakis, for whom Martilla and Kiley worked
\nBob Shrum, K’s top consultant*
\nCameron Kerry, K’s brother*
\nRichard Daley, idolized by Whouley
\nRaymond Flynn, supported by K for mayor of Boston
\nLuis Granados, corporate lawyer, donating afternoons to K campaign*
\nMarco Trbovich, policy adviser*
\nJohn Hurley, unpaid veterans’ coordinator*
\nFrank O’Brian, handles K’s direct mail fund-raising*
\nLarry Carpman, coaching K’s family on dealing with media*
\nMichael Meehan, spokesman for K, specializing in adversarial situations*
\nJim Jordan, dismissed campaign manager
\nHoward Dean, attacked by K as inconsistent<\/div>\n

Of the 30 people named in the article, 28 are men. Neither of the 2 women are connected to Kerry at all.<\/p>\n

The 15 folks whose names are marked with a * are the people who are working on Kerry’s campaign. All of them are men.<\/p>\n

Needless to say (and as the person I’m swiping this from pointed out), not a single woman is being considered for the VP nomination.<\/p>\n

I’m just sayin’.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Although the Times <\/i>article doesn’t mention her, Kerry’s campaign manager is a woman (Mary Beth Cahill), so that’s something..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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