Friday, August 23, 2002
Shannon O'Brien, Hack: She’s a tough cookie, an excellent campaigner, and the front-runner to win the Democratic nomination for governor. But there’s always been something about Shannon O’Brien that bugs a lot of people, including Hub Blog. What is it? It’s that sixth sense Bostonians have about who’s a political hack and who’s not. She’s a hack. Howie Carr has the goods. The amazing thing is that so many people sense this in O’Brien and secretly hold it against her -- but still kind of admire her, as if somehow she, as a female, might be able to rise above her hack heritage. We’ll see.
