This is fabulous:
Kerry said he writes in long hand, then cuts and pastes pieces of the speech to reorganize his thoughts. He uses old-fashioned scissors and glue, not the computer keystrokes modern writers are accustomed to.
It’s not that he’s opposed to keyboards – he said he uses computers and preferred to compose letters on a typewriter when he was fighting in the Vietnam War. He said it’s just that he writes more effectively on paper.
“I find that this” – he moves his fingers like he’s typing on an imaginary keyboard – “somehow becomes the concentration. … It interrupts the flow for me.”
Did you know that John Kerry served in Vietnam?
*** Update ***
Glen writes in the comments:
You’re starting to worry me: this was Freeperville petty. People work best the way they work best. They don’t always work best the same way all of the time. Hello?
I was not trying to poke fun at Kerry(other than the umpteen millionth Vietnam reference). I was really trying to poke fun at Nedra Pickler, the person who felt it necessary to write this idiotic speech. I guess I am the only one who remembers all the idiotic press in 2000 about “Gore writing his acceptance speech himself.”
Glen England
John,
You’re starting to worry me: this was Freeperville petty. People work best the way they work best. They don’t always work best the same way all of the time. Hello?
Sometimes I keyboard; sometimes I scribble; sometimes I argue with an imaginary person in the room (a/k/a the walls). If I’m blocking in one medium, I try another. The night before any training session or public speaking engagement, I’m sure my neighbors think me quite mad.
And I’m not going to be the next president.
John Cole
Glen-
I am sorry. I was not making fun of Kerry, I was intending to make fun of Nedra Pickler, because this is an entirely pointless article.
shark
Does he REALLY work that way? Probably just another Kerry lie…
Aaron
Is he also going to use idiot cards instead of the teleprompter too?
Brian
If Bush did this, we’d be hearing about how “out of touch” he is.