Enough with the "flattery" already. Jim noticed a striking similarity between these two posts:
From today's The Kerry Spot on National Review Online posted 7/22 12:20PM:
A little bird in Republican circles points out that John Kerry was not the first choice of the celebrity guests at this year's Democratic convention.
Ben Affleck, star of "Phantoms" and "Gigli", gave $2000 to Wes Clark and $1,000 to Dennis Kucinich.
Bon Jovi, who avoids mockery because he is from New Jersey, gave $250 to Dick Gephardt.
Chevy Chase, who last got laughs in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," gave to $2,000 each Clark and Gephardt.
All of these celebrities eventually gave money to Kerry, but only when he was well on the way to winning the nomination.
From Fraters Libertas posted 6/29 5:45PM:
Jim e-mails to observe:
While reading the New York Times article on John Kerry's recent Hollywood fundraiser, I came across this sentence in the twelfth paragraph:
"Mr. Kerry, as he is happy to tell you, has longstanding friendships with James Taylor and Carly Simon, as well as with Mr. Affleck and Matt Damon, but he lacks the cachet of Mr. Clinton in these parts."
I decided to check Neighbor Search to see how much money these wealthy and famous longtime friends donated to John Kerry. I came up with nothing for the singer James Taylor, however Carly Simon's only donation was $1500 to Howard Dean.
Ben Affleck donated $2000 to Wesley Clark and $1000 to Dennis Kucinich. Not a dime to John Kerry.
Matt Damon gave $2000 to Dennis Kucinich. Again, nothing to Kerry.
All three will no doubt donate the full $2000 to Kerry, but it is interesting that Kerry seems to have been the second or third choice of these supposed longtime friends in the Democratic primary (assuming the NY Times story is accurate -- a risky assumption, I admit).
Aren't there laws against this sort of thing? Get your legal pads ready and your pencils sharpened boys. I think we've got some briefs to file. In our briefs of course.
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