Lurch and Shrum
The war hero was excited back in 2004 because "We've got better vision, better ideas, real plans. We've got a better sense of what's happening to America--and we've got better hair."
Posted on 06/01/2007 2:39:03 PM PDT by Zakeet
In an excerpt from his new book, "No Excuses," Democratic operative Robert Shrum, who advised the 2004 Kedwards campaign, tells the story of how the lovely and talented John Edwards became Kerry's No. 2--and how John Kerry came to regret it:
Kerry talked with several potential picks, including Gephardt and Edwards. He was comfortable after his conversations with Gephardt, but even queasier about Edwards after they met.Edwards had told Kerry he was going to share a story with him that he'd never told anyone else--that after his son Wade had been killed, he climbed onto the slab at the funeral home, laid there and hugged his body, and promised that he'd do all he could to make life better for people, to live up to Wade's ideals of service.
Kerry was stunned, not moved, because, as he told me later, Edwards had recounted the same exact story to him, almost in the exact same words, a year or two before--and with the same preface, that he'd never shared the memory with anyone else. Kerry said he found it chilling, and he decided he couldn't pick Edwards unless he met with him again. . . .
Kerry's relationship with Edwards would sour after the election. . . . When Elizabeth [Edwards] discovered she had breast cancer, John and Teresa [Heinz Kerry] reached out to help the Edwardses find the best doctors they could. . . . Kerry told me that the Edwardses simply stopped returning calls or talking to him and Teresa. Within months, Edwards started preparing for a bid in 2008. Kerry said that he wished he'd never picked Edwards, that he should have gone with his gut.
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Lurch and Shrum
The war hero was excited back in 2004 because "We've got better vision, better ideas, real plans. We've got a better sense of what's happening to America--and we've got better hair."
I don’ t know that Gephardt would have been a better VP candidate but I do know that Edwards “Pretty Boy” was no help to the ticket.
Looks like Sipowicz
sKerry and Mama T must still be fuming over the Wendy’s chili kerfluffle.
Please refer to his correct nickname, "The Breck Girl."
Yeah, Jon Cary never could put up with phonies and liars. :-)
Kerry's second big mistake was picking Edwards for the Breck (I say blechh) Vote...
Thank God we never found out what Kerry's final big mistake would have been.
—Kerry said that he wished he’d never picked Edwards, that he should have gone with his gut. —
Kerry’s gut would have made a dandy VP candidate.
So Did Monica! ! ! !
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What did Edwards son die of, I have forgotten?
Car accident.
How sad. They are left only with those cherished memories of their intimate moments...
The Stepford Candidate.
So kerry was against edwards before he was for him? Is that the gist of the article?
What is double bizzare is his telling the story, twice, like it was first time. Maybe he should have said, “Stop me if you’ve heard this one...” /s
Is he very forgetful, a bold face liar, or so tramatized by the whole thing that he can’t remember if he told this life altering story exactly this way before to the same person?!?!
The sad thing is that as a Presidential candidate and a person, liar is probably the best choice, while the other posibilities suggest serious, serious personal problems.
That Kerry even picked this guy, after something like this, is a shock as well.
BTW, I’m very sorry for your loss. I can’t imagine.
Gephardt was relatively pro-life, and he was an old-school lunchbox Dem, compared to the moonbats now. He may have pulled some votes away from Bush-Cheney in ‘04.
Edwards is quite a piece of work, to exploit his own son's death in such a craven way. I wonder how many thousands were the "only" person to hear that story.
And I would lay odds that it never even happened.
>> Is he very forgetful, a bold face liar, or so tramatized by the whole thing that he can’t remember
Since he’s a trial lawyer, I’m gonna have to go with “B”: bald-faced liar
Kerry wanted to win. Polling indicated that Silky Pony gave him the best shot. I doubt any more serious thought went into the question after the polling data was in.
You mean the "Reagan Democrat" type?
While it's true that his gut or any other inanimate object would have been a better choice, but......wouldn't have mattered. This idiotic traitor would have still lost.
“So kerry was against edwards before he was for him? Is that the gist of the article?”
That and Mr. Schrum is a person who does not keep confidences.
God bless you.
How eloquent...
That is a classic! If the pretty breck boy gets the nomination, this commercial should run non-stop. He will scare the crap out of the terrorists for sure.
That was superb!!! Many thanks.
Am very sorry you lost your son. I have 2 and can’t imagine what would happen if I lost one of them
What does it matter? They’re both treasonous, lying scumbags.
But at least Carry has been to Vietnam I think. Or so I’ve heard.
Quick, get some more raisins!
Old news. Kerry and Edwards sucked before, sucked then, and will continue to suck in the future. Both terrible for America.
This John Kerry.... did he serve in Vietnam?
Did he ever file that Form 180?
Kerry blew it! LOL.
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booo...
You would think that the Dems would have no where to go but up....
And then along comes Hillary.
Hate to say it, but sKerry’s disgust for Edwards sounds...almost...human.
But that’s all it sounds like. Almost human.
ROTFLMAO!
Great minds think alike. :)-
That picture is an insult to Herman Munster!
ROFLMAO!!!
I miss that show...sniff. THe District was really my all time favorite but NYPD Blue was also a great show.
How absolutely thweet.
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