I hate that Birkenstocks are always associaated with liberals. They are the best sandals made, IMO, and so darn comfortable. I wear them a lot.
Posted on 03/30/2004 8:25:13 AM PST by dirtboy
From ABC News' Kerry campaign reporter Ed O'Keefe:
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29 — Senator John Kerry kicks off a 20-city fundraising tour this week with four Golden State stops. All told, the effort is expected to raise $15 million-$20 million toward a pre-convention grand total of $80 million.
The Senator's fundraising speech remained largely the same as his adjusted "Real Deal" stump, but he did find ways to weave local humor into his pitch, joking, " … last week on 'Meet the Press' Ted Kennedy gave Arnold permission to run for President. Did you see that? And how do you think that made me feel? It's taken me 20 years until last October to get him to give me permission to run for President."
Kerry, who hosted Schwarzenegger's wife Maria Shriver for a post-dinner glass of wine at the Esquire Grill in the capital city Sunday, said, "Arnold and I have been friends for 30 years . . . so I hope California does well."
Kerry raised between $250,000-$300,000 in Sacramento before strolling down I-80, and, according to Kerry campaign estimates, nearly $3 million at a grand ballroom fundraiser in San Francisco's St. Francis hotel.
At the Bay City event, an ensemble band including Boz Scaggs, the Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann, and Ray Manzarek of the Doors entertained as the crowd waited for Kerry.
When Kerry arrived, he thanked the Dead trio and said, "The Dead have been a big part of my life . . . the Secret Service codename for my campaign last October was 'The Dead'."
Kerry's time in San Francisco was not entirely filled with well-wishers and wallet openings. During an unscheduled stop at Fort Point, local Scott Rick questioned the Senator's pro-civil union, anti-gay marriage position.
After hearing Kerry's response, Rick said, "If you deny someone a right, that's discrimination. You call yourself a Democrat?"
Kerry engaged Rick for a short while before moving on to other workers and tourists gathered near the Golden Gate Bridge.
On Tuesday, Kerry sweeps south, holding star-studded fundraisers in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills. Published reports indicate the $1,000 minimum Jeffrey Katzenburg-chaired event in Beverly Hills has attracted the likes of actors Warren Beatty, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, and director Francis Ford Coppola.
The Senator dabbled in gas politics Monday during a town hall in Sacramento, saying, "This administration has one economic policy: three million jobs lost and driving gas prices to $3 a gallon."
In San Francisco, Kerry sounded a similar theme: "Those are not Exxon prices; those are Halliburton prices, ladies and gentlemen."
And those pumps are not in Idaho, Senator, they're in Tikrit. They have a little bit of a...delivery problem there.
He is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hip...
Hell, he's even mistaking himself for John Kennedy now. If it weren't for the dead voters in Illinois, Kennedy would never have been President.
I hate that Birkenstocks are always associaated with liberals. They are the best sandals made, IMO, and so darn comfortable. I wear them a lot.
How does Kerry get away with this $3 a gallon lie? New York City has some of the worst gas prices in the whole country, due to cost of living and the taxes, and regular gas is *still* under $2.00 a gallon (it's running about $1.89 a gallon). Across the river in New Jersey, it's running about $1.60 a gallon. It sounds like Senator Kerry is out of touch with how much gas really costs!
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