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The Candidate: Behind John Kerry's Remarkable Run for the White House

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Alexander pens a concise review of the 2004 primary with what he calls an "insiders perspective." Unfortunately what results is not news but rather a simple historical review of what happened. This book is poor on analysis and perhaps even poorer on its account and its claims of access to the candidate and the campaign.

However, for those looking for a short read on the simple events of the 2004 Democratic primary, "The Candidate" will suffice. Unfortunately, if one is searching for the magical key to Kerry's historical turnaround or how the Dean machine fell apart, bitter disappointment is the only result.

Forgive me while I start laughing. To me, Kerry always looked like a run-down, gaunt twin of the Eagles' much healthier looking Glenn Frey (makes you also wonder who really had the alledged coke habit)

Mr. Alexander's account is nothing but a slavish, fawning account why he liked a guy who besmirched his fellow servicemen, voted against almost every weapon development or intelligence-gathering operation designed to protect us before 9/11. A guy who went down to Nicaragua to endorse the Sandinistas, only to have those Marxist thugs make a fool of him by curtailing the liberties of the trampled Nicaraguan people. A rich patrician married to another rich patrician, both willing to increase our taxes, not only the rich like them, but the poor and middle class like the rest of us. Someone willing to outsource jobs even when Kerry was railing about "Benedict Arnold Corporations". Don't want to believe me? Just ask Teresa - or check those Heinz Ketchup bottles coming straight out of that well-known part of the Union called Canada.

And simply put, a big loser.

"Lincolnesque"? - no, to compare John Kerry to Honest Abe is a terrible insult to a brave, kind, decent man who was our greatest President. Mr. Alexander clearly needs to have his head examined.

This book truly shows the remarkable man John Kerry really is. It gets away from the portrayl the right-wing media/Fox News gives to this stoic man. I would recommend this book to anyone who is in search for the truth and tired of reading about the lies of those "Swift boat captains" who've shamed the political landscape for years to come.
This book deserves an excellent review.

Folks, I've read some whoppers in my day, but whoa! I really don't know where to begin. All I know is that John Kerry and this Paul Alexander character must be in love. Which really is no small feat because it is obviously difficult for Kerry to love anyone as much as himself. Folks, if you are a mental defective, you may buy this "John Kerry is George Washington, Paul Bunyon, and John Holmes all wrapped up into one" nonsense; but as for the rest of us, we know a steaming pile when we smell one. I have never heard of a boat taxi getting into so much harrowing life and death action in just 90 days, I mean this thing reads like a Swarzenegger flick! I expected the last few pages to reveal that Kerry saved the President's life, rescued his sweetheart from an international drug cartel, and made life on Mars inhabitable for the human race all in one day! I suppose the sad thing is that the only person who truely believes this drivel is actually the only person who should know it's a fraud. This is one narcassistic, power hungry, self deluding, compulsive liar; and one sick puppy. I hope he does become President, the ensuing terrorist attacks on this country will thin out the population and inevitably remove most idiots who believe this book from the gene pool. Happy reading (just don't forget the rubber gloves and golashes, because it gets thick real quick)!