Imaginary Conversations and Random Thoughts

But so what? So does Kerry, in a different way.

Kerry gets his words right, usually, unless he‘s talking about sports. It’s the tone that does Kerry in. He just sounds snooty. He sounds boring. He sounds like a Hollywood stereotype of a high-falutin’ out of touch richie rich senator.

Bush gets all kinds of words wrong, but he manages to sound right somehow.

I call it the Yogi Factor. Yogi Berra is more famous for his wacky comments than he is for his baseball career. Some of you may know a statistic or two from Yogi’s career, but probably all of you have heard “It ain’t over til it’s over.” Nobody quotes Yogi to ridicule him. He had funny lines, and it became an endearing part of his character.

Of course, I’m a Bush supporter, but still. He’s just a likeable guy. And likeable people get passes where people who seem like jerks don’t. The Yogi Factor makes the difference between a cute quirk and a disturbing eccentricity. If you’ve ever said about someone, “Yes, but I still like him,” you may have been talking about someone with the Yogi Factor.