WOW!!! Soledad Squashes Mitt's Spokesman (Sununu) Re: Medicare Claims

[karynnj]

138. The green tea was interesting - as she got it completely wrong, per the restaurant

Kerry had been there before and he asked for green tea, which was on the menu. The waitress asked if Lipton (and yes Lipton has green tea) was ok. Kerry said yes - and was brought Lipton green tea.

What this indicates is elitism - on Crowley's part - thinking a provincial town in Iowa could not have green tea - much too sophisticted for them! Even if the story were what Crowley thought it was - Kerry asked and then politely accepted what was offered. There is still no story here.

Not to mention, Crowley told this story from the primaries after Kerry lost as an explanation of why he lost. But, the fact is that the facts do not support that. Kerry won Iowa because people did connect with him when he met them in small groups. As to the various wiatresses and other service people he met, Kerry easily won a poll of people in these professions that was done for decades during the primaries. He was polite, respectful and interested in what they had to say. (Not to mention, he would never have had the poor taste to pull the Romney trick of reacting as if one of them had touched him.)