Reporter: Why won't Hillary speak at the convention?
MacAwful: With the liberal orgy fest we've characterized with the term 'Democratic Convention', Hillary couldn't possibly speak and maintain that moderate facade we've been crafting for her, uh -duh!
Kerry aides had defended the move by saying Clinton didn't ask for a role. But that explanation led one Clinton loyalist to grouse, "She didn't ask? Big deal. She's a rock star in the Democratic Party. She doesn't have to."
Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill highlighted the role Clinton was given for the convention - appearing with other female senators on opening night. Kerry chose Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski to speak for the group. And she noted that the convention's keynote speaker is Barack Obama, an African-American running for U.S. Senate in Illinois.
He's a "new leader on the stage," she said. "All along, we looked at this [convention] as an opportunity to showcase tomorrow for the Democratic Party."
But many New York Democrats and Clinton fans think Kerry's camp made a huge mistake.
"She's our rock star in the Democratic Party right now, and they should take full advantage, because they need individuals like Hillary to energize this campaign," said Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings, a Democrat.
Yahoo News thinks this photo of Teresa with a water bottle on her head is newsworthy. She sure seems "up" today, guess those vitamins she is taking have kicked in...hee hee
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., teases Trish May, second left, by holding a bottle of water atop her head as Dr. Anne McTiernan, left, and Bridgette Richardson laugh, Thursday, July 15, 2004, in Seattle. May's company, Athena Partners, bottles the water and gives all of the net profits to women's cancer research and Heinz Kerry said she was helping publicize the product. Heinz Kerry spoke to women and health care professionals at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center about the health-care plan envisioned by her husband and running mate Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites), D-N.C. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
I think the Hillary-won't-speak uproar may be a stunt. They'll pull her out like a rabbit-hat thing during prime time. You watch.