Filmmaker Steve Rosenbaum is preparing to release a documentary on the subject of John Kerry's dismal 2004 presidential campaign entitled "Inside the Bubble." It promises to reveal the dirty, day to day details of the almost year-long political root canal.
I've often wondered if having their icons laid bare visually, like this film promises to do, would leave the hard-core liberals stale with the realization that liberal politicians are no different than that of any other variety. Not heroes. Not principled. Just politicians.
The naive among them (the vast majority) appear to be about to receive a wake-up call.
A press release claims the movie - which won't be shown publicly until Thursday - "turns a harsh but deeply revealing mirror on the campaign ... a disorganized, contentious, self-absorbed team that thought they could win by 'not making mistakes,' and keeping their candidate in the public eye without clarifying a position on anything."
If anything, my money is on the idea that most liberal politicians are more self-absorbed and disorganized than conservative ones...by far. While certainly anecdotal, it has been my experience that these two qualities specifically apply to most of the great many liberals I have had the pleasure of crossing paths with here in Minnesota, politicians or not.
With that in mind, I fear that most liberals who watch the film will come away with absolutely no idea what it is about Kerry that people didn't like, with no idea that Kerry is no different than any other power whore. In fact, that he might be one of the most dedicated power whores in modern times.
So much for that wake-up call I mentioned. It's always a good feeling to prove one's own predictions wrong.
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