Tuesday, July 13, 2004
If Kerry doesn't show up, he'd get blamed for that, if he shows up late (perhaps to minimize the disruption his presence would bring to the ceremony?), he gets blamed for that. I'm about as far from a Kerry fan as you can get, but the difference in the Globe (left) and Herald (right) approaches is striking. While the Herald's framework is the complaints of some of the families, the Globe barely mentions Kerry was in attendence.
BostonHerald.com - Election 2004 News: Kerry show irks 9/11 families
The senator, in Boston for the day, hopped in his motorcade at the Four Seasons, drove around the Boston Public Garden and arrived at the memorial with his sizable entourage in tow.
Press were kept away but several family members, speaking privately, said they were miffed that Kerry arrived after most other pols - such as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Rep. Martin T. Meehan, and Attorney General Tom Reilly - had all left.
And Kerry stayed much longer than the other leaders, shaking hands, posing for photos before he left with just as much commotion.
``I bet he couldn't even name anybody on that wall,'' said the wife of one 9/11 victim, who spoke on the condition her name not be used...
OT: Funny, you may have seen it already
http://jibjab.com/thisland.html