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Longwinded Kerry Prompts Audience Walkout
newsmax.com ^
| Oct. 22, 2004 6:29 p.m. EDT
| newsmax.com
Posted on 10/22/2004 3:42:44 PM PDT by notkerry
John Kerry has tightened up his rhetoric on the campaign trail, but he's still sometimes too longwinded on the stump - even for some of his biggest fans.
Tuesday night, for instance, when he arrived in Waterloo, Iowa - Kerry kicked off a rally at the airport with a bang. But as he continued to drone on his audience grew so bored one of them actually almost passed out.
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After launching into an attack on Bush, saying it was time to give him his "two-weeks-notice," Kerry almost immediately began to lose focus. CBS News.com describes what happened next:
"Shortly thereafter, Kerry wound up drifting, even after promising 16 minutes into the event that he would wrap up his remarks as an audience member became woozy.
"While the man was being tended to, Kerry told the crowd he was going to 'wind up ... because I don’t want to keep everybody late.'
"It eventually took him over six minutes of winding to finally 'wind up,' though several audience members wound up walking out, choosing not to wait for the end."
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: kerry
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posted on
10/22/2004 3:42:45 PM PDT
by
notkerry
To: notkerry
Kerry prescribes to the Fidel Castro school of speaking. Only here people don't have to look and act enthralled whenever he speaks, yet.
2
posted on
10/22/2004 3:45:42 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Liberal = The antithesis of Freedom and Patriotism)
To: notkerry
3
posted on
10/22/2004 3:45:55 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: notkerry
Is it November 2nd yet? How long can that windbag go on?
4
posted on
10/22/2004 3:46:36 PM PDT
by
GOPRaleigh
(Vote for Bush - It may save your life.)
To: notkerry
To: notkerry
Even this Kerry story was too long to retain my interest.
6
posted on
10/22/2004 3:46:57 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Harsh not my mellow)
To: notkerry
7
posted on
10/22/2004 3:47:18 PM PDT
by
walford
(http://utopia-unmasked.us)
To: notkerry
There it is.
I heard the guys hosting Hewitts show talking about this.
8
posted on
10/22/2004 3:47:33 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(We've turned the corner and we're not smokin crack.)
To: notkerry
Give a whole new meaning of knocking the audience over .. LOL
9
posted on
10/22/2004 3:47:37 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(This Sept 10th attitude is no way to protect our country)
To: martin_fierro
Ditto.
How many times can you say "I have a plan"?
10
posted on
10/22/2004 3:47:40 PM PDT
by
GOPRaleigh
(Vote for Bush - It may save your life.)
To: notkerry
You know your speech is too long, when the biggest applause comes right after you say, "and in conclusion..."
11
posted on
10/22/2004 3:47:42 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: notkerry
[Deadpanning slowly in monotone, voice slowly trailing as audience falls asleep, as in a Senate filibuster]
Can you imagine watching a State of the Union speech by this distinguished presidential candidate? Umm. Uh. Umm. Uhh. Uh. Uh. Zzz.
[Energetic, emphatic]
REPLY: NO! NOT THAT!
12
posted on
10/22/2004 3:47:46 PM PDT
by
dufekin
(President Kerry would have our enemies partying like it's 1969, when Kerry first committed treason.)
To: notkerry
Back in college I had a 7:30AM Calculus class. The professor wasn't very exciting. One morning I was sitting in my desk fghting to stay awake. Well I lost that battle. I got the attention of everyone in the room when I fell from my seat onto the floor.
13
posted on
10/22/2004 3:47:56 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(John Kerry: Better than Ted Kennedy!)
To: notkerry
He shares Fidel Castro's sense of brevity.
14
posted on
10/22/2004 3:48:01 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(Vikings plundered my last tag line.)
To: notkerry
About the time K reaches the third subtle premise of sixteen in his nuanced argument most listeners would be wondering if they left the iron on or if they should go home anyway to check their email.
15
posted on
10/22/2004 3:48:32 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: notkerry
The french are that way; when my Parisian wife talks the champagne is warm before I can say a word.
To: notkerry
If Kerry wins, there will be no more walking out. Names will be taken and the gulag will have new residents.
17
posted on
10/22/2004 3:49:07 PM PDT
by
cynicom
(<p)
To: notkerry
Does therein lies Kerry's "plan"?
He will bore everyone to death and thus end all conflicts?
18
posted on
10/22/2004 3:49:37 PM PDT
by
Trepz
To: Redcloak
He shares Fidel Castro's sense of brevity. And his appreciation of liberty....
To: notkerry
20
posted on
10/22/2004 3:50:40 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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