I was interested in this Kerry quote in yesterday's news: 'In speaking of President Bush, Kerry notes, "They have managed [him] the same way they managed Ronald Reagan. ... They send him out to the press for one event a day, they put him in a brown jacket and jeans and get him to move some hay or drive a truck, and all of a sudden he's the Marlboro Man."'
I note that Bush is hardly ever seen playing golf and that he's eschewed Kennebunkport and the "cigarette" boat his father loved to roar around in. Instead, you see him sawing wood with a chainsaw, driving around in a pick-up truck, jogging. IOW, hobbies that most people can afford to do.
Meanwhile, John Kerry's hobbies are flying (even a helicopter --- what does it cost to stay current on a helicopter? Lots.), windsailing, yachting, motorcycling, pheasant hunting ---- what else?
Whats the plan here? And which plan is a winner? It looks like Republicans want to show Bush as a man who is not personally self-indulgent. Is that an outreach to women?
Is this Kerry's way of getting the male vote? Will it turn women off to him because expensive hobbies take money from the home?