Posted on 07/25/2004 10:33:08 PM PDT by BigWaveBetty
Teresa isn't even looking at him.
Howard Dean (news - web sites) speaks at the Democratic Gain & Rock the Vote jump off party at the Avalon nightclub in Boston July 25, 2004.
"C'mon Teresa, let's show this crowd how I can throw just like a girl!"
Actors Ben Affleck (L) and Amber Tamblyn (C), from the television series 'Joan of Arcadia', listen to actor Danny Glover speak at the 'Power of One' forum to discuss political issues affecting young people in Cambridge, Massachusetts July 25, 2004. The Democratic National Convention to officially choose U.S. Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) as the Democratic presidential nominee will be held July 26-29 at the FleetCenter in Boston. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Hector Acevedo (L) asks what demorcrats plan to do about his dating life to (just kidding, snuck that in) a panel of celebrities including actor Ben Affleck (R) at the 'Power of One' forum to discuss political issues affecting young people in Cambridge, Massachusetts July 25, 2004.
Kerry Diverts His Plane to See Red Sox-Yanks Game
"This plane is diverted," Kerry told reporters aboard his chartered Boeing 757 shortly after it left Columbus, Ohio, ostensibly for Titusville, Florida.
What a dork!
Heheh - great point...airplane glue, back in the day, had some snap to it.
Teresa-in-training?
Actually Ron Reagan hasn't changed one bit since his Dad was in the White House, twenty years ago. He always disagreed LOUDLY with his father's policies, as did his sister Patti. They were darlings of the anti-Reagan media, who just salivated at the idea that maybe they could get at President Reagan through his two younger children. Didn't happen then, and it won't happen this time either, cause Ron will only look like a spiteful brat to those who've come to know and love Ronald Wilson Reagan over the years.
Guess who else lacks stamina for this campaign? John-John has cancelled an appearance at a NC black college...the campaign says he has to save his voice for his acceptance speech - Edwards has three months to go and his voice is in jeopardy already?
Shrill will have to step up and save the party from these girly-boys.
You reckon the President will make an appearance?
Just heard Effin' using the word "struggle" at a town hall meeting in Brevard County FL.
The Last Supper, in butter.
Don't think this thought does not cross my mind and terrify me on a regular basis...Either one of these dorks could crash and burn, IMO.
Filmmaker Michael Moore, director of the controversial political film 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' speaks to the media on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, July 26, 2004. Moore, invited to the convention by the Congressional Black Caucus , is also speaking at 'Take Back America' events outside the convention hall as the convention kicks off. Photo by Gary Hershorn/Reuters
: -) I'm always glad to bring a smile!
MICHAEL Moore is getting some tough love from Ralph Nader, the presidential candidate the portly polemicist supported four years ago. Nader recently told the Washington Post how he nags the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" to diet: "I've been at him for years, saying, 'You've got to lose weight.' Now he's doubled. Private exhortations aren't working. It's extremely serious. He's over 300 pounds. He's like a giant beach ball." (PageSix)
DO NOT ask Hillary about her duds!
Kerry must not be prez
By Cosmo Macero Jr.
Recent Columns by Cosmo Macero Jr.
Monday, July 26, 2004
It's been quite a ride for John Kerry [related, bio].
Left for political dead seven months ago, Kerry kick-started his campaign in time to squelch Dick Gephardt in Iowa and stun Howard Dean [related, bio] in New Hampshire.
Collecting delegates, from then on, was a mere formality.
And so it is that John Kerry has well earned the Democrats' coronation Thursday night as their candidate for president in 2004.
He has earned it. He should enjoy it. But then let it end there.
Because John Kerry must not be president. Not now. Not ever.
1. He serves a constituency of one: Himself.
Kerry's behavior in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention has been disgraceful. Where Gov. Mitt Romney [related, bio] showed courage in helping Mayor Thomas M. Menino navigate a fierce contract dispute with Boston police, Kerry showed zero leadership by weakly dancing the middle ground.
His flirtation with not accepting the nomination as a money ploy was an insult. His insistence on a concert that will squander precious safety resources? Selfish.
2. He promises U.S. acquiescence to foreign interests.
Kerry has pledged to give us ``a new era of alliances.''
Never has the dilution of U.S. sovereignty been so boldly forecast. After all, it was Kerry who boasted that foreign leaders want him to win the presidency.
To Kerry - who once told the Harvard Crimson that U.S. troops should be dispersed ``only at the directive of the United Nations'' - America is but a sliver in some grand, global pie.
3. His wife most certainly hopes to heavily influence the American health-care system.
Teresa Heinz Kerry has used Massachusetts, Vermont, Mississippi and other states as her personal laboratories for health-care policy. That her ``HOPE'' plan for prescription drugs has gone wildly overbudget apparently doesn't matter.
Meanwhile, John Kerry's own health-care plan is littered with ideas and influence drawn from Teresa's hobby-time handiwork.
Consider: First lady Teresa Kerry and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Together.
For the first time.
On a mission.
4. He will punish companies such as Microsoft for returning huge reserves of cash to investors.
The record Microsoft dividend payout of $32 billion may be large enough to be felt by the U.S. economy. But John Kerry's inclination to repeal the preferential rate on dividends would cause companies to think twice about such action. Dividends are more important than ever to everyday investors.
Betting on stock appreciation alone went out with the Internet bubble. Much like the last Democratic president.
5. He has shirked his responsibilities as a U.S. senator.
Kerry missed 64 percent of Senate roll call votes in 2003, according to Congressional Quarterly, and 87 percent of Senate roll calls through June 2 of this year.
Real leaders, quite simply, show up for work.
The Feisty lady - Australian news article
That ride from Boston to Teddy's is more than a two hour drive with usual traffic both in Boston and on the Cape this time of year. The only way you could make it in two hours is with a police escort.
Colleagues say the four-term Massachusetts senator has not made a conscious effort to model himself after Kennedy.
"You don't hear John Kerry quoting President Kennedy. He doesn't wear his strong feelings about Kennedy on his sleeve," said John Shattuck, who attended St. Paul's prep school and Yale with Kerry and is now head of the JFK Library Foundation.
Well except for today in FL when he went on and on about how wonderful times were when Kennedy was prez. But certainly no quotes from the real JFK, people would think he's a republican!
My goodness, look who showed up at the Dim Dorkfest. But her character is NOTHING like hillary in The Manchurian Candidate.
There's our First Amendment locked up in cages
just two blocks from Old North Church.
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