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Kerry, trying desperately to look cool. Instead, he looks like a complete idiot.The image-conscious candidate and his aides prevailed upon reporters and photographers to let him have a first run down the mountain solo, except for two agents and Marvin Nicholson, his omnipresent right-hand man. His next trip down, a reporter and a camera crew were allowed to follow along on skis â just in time to see Mr. Kerry taken out by one of the Secret Service men, who had inadvertently moved into his path, sending him into the snow. When asked about the mishap a moment later, he said sharply, "I donât fall down," then used an expletive to describe the agent who "knocked me over." Nice. A Secret Service agent, assigned to protect him, gets called an "asshole." Way to win friends and influence people, senator. The incident occurred near the summit. No one was hurt, and Mr. Kerry came careering down the mountain moments later, a look of intensity on his face, his lanky frame bent low to the ground... Still, Mr. Kerry could not entirely escape the hazards of the arena he had left behind. He had just sat down for a bite to eat on the crowded patio near the lift line when a waiting skier, John Norris, shouted: "Hey, John! What foreign leaders talked to you?" Heh. Pretty good for an area full of super-rich liberalsâ ski homes. Posted by: growler 2004-03-19 |
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