John Kerry's Magic Cellphone [Kerry Heard From Reeve On Saturday. Reeve Went Into Coma Thursday.]

Wizbang ^ | Oct. 12, 2004 | Kevin Aylward

[knuthom]

Kerry said the last time he heard from Reeve was on Saturday, when the actor left a message on his cellphone, enthused by the Massachusetts senator's decision to raise stem-cell research in Friday's second presidential debate.

Anyone have a source for the actual quote. It might be easier to ascertain which Saturday this was if we read Kerry's actual words.

[ShandaLear]

Reeve deserves the tributes he's getting regardless of what the grave robber has to say about it.

[silverleaf]

Davey- we hardly knew ye!

C'monguys- you have to recognize that John Kerry HAS made sacrifices for the downtrodden. It's a dirty job, marrying rich looney women to have the wherewithal to support leftwing causes.

[kinsman redeemer]

That's what I figured.

But in all fairness - maybe it was a long distance call and it took a while for the electrons to reach sKerry's phone...

[Fruitbat]

"The idea that Kerry would lie about his deceased friend for political purposes is contrary to his character..."

...and right in line with his hunger and quest for power in his own little lifelong pursuit of it not giving a crap on whose body(ies) he has run over to get there!

[Congressman Billybob]

Maybe the Yahoo story has changed since you found it. Your link now leads to a story that makes no mention of when Reeve fell into a coma. Did it mention Thursday when you first found that story?

Billybob

[alrea]

...Kerry said the last time he heard from Reeve was on Saturday, when the actor left a message on his cellphone, enthused by the Massachusetts senator's decision to raise stem-cell research in Friday's second presidential debate.

NOT magic, just Divine.

[Phantom Lord]

I searched google and hundreds of stories say he went into a coma on Saturday. The WHO story is the only one that says Thursday.

Is the WHO a typo, or did the rest of the media fall inline and report Saturday to avoid showing Kerry to be a liar? I find that hard to believe.

[DoctorEd]

Check out this site:
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041011/ap/d85lcvio0.html

Here is the quote to remember:
"[Kerry] said Reeve left him a long voice mail on Saturday thanking him for campaigning on the possibilities of a cure for conditions like his. "


Now check out this site:
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2412092

Here is the quote to remember:
"The actor fell into a coma on Thursday after going into cardiac arrest at his New York home. "

[GOP_Proud]

He'll just say he hadn't checked his messages for a few days...yeah...right.

[RottiBiz]

Yesterday, when I told my husband that Chris Reeve had died, he said that explains why Kerry mentioned "my friend, Chris Reeve" in the debate.

Kerry had a heads up that Chris was at death's door and chose to use his death for political advantage.

No doubt he'll be eulogizing "his friend" at the funeral.

Democrats, especially Kerry, have no shame. Wellstone redux?

[knuthom]

Thanks. You answered my question four seconds before I asked it. Talk about magic....

[freeperfromnj]

Maybe that's why they call Kerry "The Undertaker"!

If you recall, Kerry dropped Marlon Brando's name after he died as well. Said they often discussed the situation in Nicaragua.

[mtbopfuyn]

Do we have the Rueters story cached?

[traderrob6]

Just got off the phone with WHO TV...theu said that the quote "fell into a coma thursday"....came from (of all places CNN

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

AFP IS a wire service: Agence France-Presse!

[OXENinFLA]

Reeve believed that research would someday help him walk again. He made it a major campaign issue. Sen. John Kerry talked about Reeve Monday, after finding out about his death.

Kerry says, "I was really blown away, because on Saturday, after the debate, I picked up my cell phone and I had a wonderful long message from Chris, who called me to thank me for talking about the possibilities of a cure."

[kabar]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=600642&section=news

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Thanks for the links ;-)

[conservativewasp]

If he had a heart attack on Thursday, would his family/doctors allow him to watch the debates? make cell phone calls? Bear in mind that he also had a bad infection and was in generally poor health. Doesn't seem likely.