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08/25/2004 Archived Entry: "If He Only Had a Heart"

Posted by steve @ 05:56 PM EST [Link]

A CHARM VACUUM: Dana Stevens caught John Kerry on last night's Daily Show and was far from impressed.

From the moment the senator appeared and sat down on the gray sofa where, just last week, Bill Clinton basked in the audience's applause like a cat lapping up cream, Kerry's charisma was less than zero: It was negative. He was a charm vacuum, forced to actually borrow mojo from audience members. He was a dessicated husk, a tin man who really didn't have a heart. His lack of vibrancy, his utter dearth of sex appeal made Al Gore look like Charo. (I've always found Al Gore sort of hot, actually, like a stuffy high school principal just begging to be broken down. But I have some issues with authority.)

This despite the fact that Jon Stewart treated him like a kid brother with almost fawning questions. I'm almost anticipating a debate between Kerry and Dubya.

Read on.