Posted on 12/08/2003 4:20:19 AM PST by Sub-Driver
CHALLENGING DEAN TO UNSEAL RECORDS, KERRY UNVEILS FOREHEAD
Offers Iowa Voters First-ever Glimpse of Brow
Daring his Democratic rival Howard Dean to unseal the records of his gubernatorial tenure in Vermont, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) unveiled his forehead today for the first time in the presidential campaign.
"Unlike Howard Dean, I have nothing to hide," Senator Kerry said, dramatically combing his hair to the side and unveiling his brow to the audible gasps of his Davenport, Iowa audience.
In a new wave of campaign ads in Iowa and New Hampshire, Senator Kerry is shown combing his hair off his forehead in slow motion, as an announcer intones, "Senator Kerry has shown us his forehead. What do you have to hide, Howard Dean?"
Democratic insiders said that by offering voters a rare glimpse of his forehead, Senator Kerry might indeed put added pressure on Mr. Dean to unseal his gubernatorial records, but could also offer a favorable comparison between his own forehead and that of the former Vermont Governor.
"John Kerry's forehead is relatively free of the angry, bulging veins that characterize Howard Dean's forehead," said Arthur Crane, a longtime Democratic operative. "Voters may start asking themselves, which forehead do we want to have its finger on the button?"
But Mr. Crane cautioned that, while Senator Kerry's forehead may turn out to be his secret weapon, unveiling it at this point in the campaign maybe be a case of "too little, too late."
Elsewhere, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) blasted President Bush's proposal to send men to Mars as "too expensive," saying, "If the President really wants to know what Mars is like, he could pick up the phone and ask me."
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