Today’s Chronicle “Quotable” should actually be plural because we get two. Here’s the first:
“Kerry was very presidential in his demeanor…And I had already reached that conclusion before the people on TV told us what to think.”
— Barbara Walenga, a Republican-leaning independent from Franklin, Ind.
Here’s the second:
“My biggest impression is that John Kerry never answered the questions…he never said what he would do to change things.”
— Dan Roberts, a 45-year-old Democrat from Vancouver, Wash.
Don’t you wonder if some editing snafu happened to mix up the attributions?
It’s interesting how obsessed the media is with labels. Let’s assume the attributions aren’t mixed up. That means the Chronicle found a positive quote for Kerry that appeared to come from a “Republican-leaning independent.” And then the Chronicle decided to balance this by having a quote that wasn’t so favorable to Kerry from someone who says he is a Democrat. I’m not sure what the point is, but it’s amusing, nonetheless.
