McLaughlin(g) Group's eclectic crew includes Monty (the original metrosexual) Clift's sister-in-law, Eleanor, self-loathing former silk-stocking-cum-neocon, Mort Zuckerman, and of course PAT! Buchanan, the original Southern Strategist. PAT!, having drunk more of his own than the Bush party-line kool-aid over the years, is the only one who withheld an endorsement.
Clift considers him "sane" and "moderate" and believes the Bush name won't hurt him, and that American's are "comfortable" with the Bush "brand." Maybe in her toney DC neighborhood full of brownstones and lobbyists.
Zuckerman, from his media empire bubble, called the Crown Prince "extraordinary" and "phenomenal," and according to Mortie, a room full of plutocrat donors gathered recently for a donation shake down by the Crown Prince "knew it." Zuckerman all but wants to make love to JEB! At that point PAT! had enough, and asked the smitten neocon suitor to "gesture toward him." PAT! conceded the Crown Prince was smart to announce his Restoration effort early, but heaped no more more praise on the royal.
Old man McLaughlin was the only one not drinking the house tipple, and dared to ask the group how much of "non-aligned" America would vote for another Bush. PAT! rose to the occasion and pointed out one recent poll that indicated 49 percent would not, under any circumstances, vote for a Bush in 2016.
That message probably won't ever make it to Georgetown, Park Avenue, Lenox Hill, or the Hamptons.
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