Kerry strikes out as Boston Red Sox leave him red-faced
SENATOR John Kerry’s efforts to portray himself as "just a regular American guy" suffered a blow this weekend when he comprehensively messed up the scoreline at a game featuring his beloved Boston Red Sox.
Twice on Sunday, the Democrat said he was basking in the glory of Boston’s 10-9 win on Saturday night. The problem was, the Red Sox won 11-9.
"Ten-nine, the Sox did fabulous," Mr Kerry said with a big smile as he ducked into church on Sunday morning in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Inside, the minister asked worshippers to clap "if the Lord has done anything wonderful in your life this week", to which Mr Kerry applauded.
"I had a special reason to clap," Mr Kerry explained. "The Red Sox won 10-9."
Mr Kerry’s spokesman, David Wade, said the senator got the score wrong because 10-9 was the last update he got during his late-night flight to Florida.
The problem is, the score never was 10-9. The Sox won on a two-run homer, meaning they went from nine runs to 11. Regardless, Mr Kerry’s adviser, Mike McCurry, explained to reporters: "The senator had bad intelligence last night."
However, the confusion struck again within hours of his team’s second game.
Landing in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the Democratic candidate bounded off the plane wearing his Red Sox cap to exclaim:
"Seven-one Red Sox!"
The Red Sox were winning 6-1 at the time. They went on to win 6-2.
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1238772004
What a dork.
I WANT MY GI SON TO SERVE UNDER BUSH
by Steve Dunleavy
THE cliché goes: "Just business, nothing personal."
The hell it is.
John Kerry makes me weak in the ankles — and now it's personal, not business.
In the next few days, there will be a person reporting for duty in Iraq. His name is Army Capt. Peter J. Dunleavy.
Capt. Peter J. Dunleavy is not one ounce more special than the guys and gals he will go to Iraq with — no more special than the thousands of the brave boys and girls who have gone before him, and those who will certainly go after him.
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And yet, John Kerry makes it look like those guys and gals are just victims — wrong war, wrong time, wrong place.
How dare he say that to our brave boys and girls? How dare he whisper it — let alone shout it to the whole world?
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"Dude, don't worry about it," Capt. Pete says again.
And that's the attitude of the thousands below him and above him, the brave men and women doing the fighting.
But this father does worry — and worries even more about John Kerry.
When John Kerry says wrong war, wrong time, wrong place he undermines not my boy, but our boys. He embarrasses the United States abroad and he saps morale.
And that demands the severest reprimand. It is duplicity and cowardice and political opportunism of the worst kind. It's enough to make you cry.
I don't care what's on your watch, Sen. Kerry, this one's on my watch.
http://www.nypost.com/commentary/32733.htm
Several personal friends are among a group of Pubbies sueing the Iowa Secretary of State over his ruling that Iowans do not need to vote in the precinct in which they are registered.
http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041026/NEWS10/410260370/1001/NEWS