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The Torricelli Option: Will Dems dump Kerry? Hugh Hewitt believes candidate could face coup
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, April 28, 2004 | Hugh Hewitt

Posted on 04/28/2004 12:06:48 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

The Torricelli Option: Will Dems dump Kerry?


Posted: April 28, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

There is palpable fear among Democrats as they contemplate their presumptive nominee, John Kerry, the candidate who couldn't keep his lies straight.

Kerry followed a week made disastrous by his military records fiasco with a Monday morning performance with Charlie Gibson of ABC's Good Morning America that will live in TV history alongside the 1980 Roger Mudd-Teddy Kennedy exchange through which it dawned on America that a senator in search of a verb wasn't really equipped to be a president.

Gibson's refusal to be deflected by Kerry's rambling incoherence led to a post-interview denunciation of ABC by Kerry. "They are doing the work of the Republican National Committee," Kerry muttered. Yeah, that's the ticket. Jennings et al., are working for the GOP which is working for Fox News' Roger Ailes who is, of course, working for Halliburton. Hillary's vast, right-wing conspiracy just got vaster. Like the Borg, the VRWC has absorbed Disney-owned ABC. Who knew?

There are powers in the Democratic Party, and they cannot be pleased. Tom Daschle, for one, has got to be thinking through the impact of a presidential contest that is over once the polls close at 6 in the East. That sort of wave in 1980 took out George McGovern and a lot of famous liberals just like Daschle.

Streisand's got to be worried as well. She knows what happens when the movie tanks in the first 10 minutes. People return her phone calls, even though she doesn't make any sense at all. Rob Reiner knows a thing or two about stiffs as well. Remember 1994's "North"? Neither does anyone else. Reiner knows that hopes and dreams do not a success make.

And the Clintons-in-Exile, they must hear the music. Forget their ethics and policies, they have a well-deserved reputation for perfect pitch when it comes to politics. Imagine Bill and Hill watching Kerry strangle himself. How they must laugh ... then cry. Hillary gets the nod in 2008, but what will be left after the wipeout?

Another movie analogy: Jim Carrey in the bathroom scene from "Liar, Liar" when he tries to injure himself. That's John Kerry over the past six weeks, throwing himself against walls in front of the national TV audience with the effect of inflicting maximum damage on himself.

It has worked.

Too well, I am afraid. Dems know he's a loser. But can anything be done?

Who knows? Don't bother looking up the rules governing nominations. There were rules in Florida, and the Florida Supreme Court tore those up when Gore needed help. There were rules in New Jersey, but when Torricelli flamed, the New Jersey Supreme Court tossed those aside. There were rules in California, and three judges ordered a halt to the recall that only went forward because the luck of an en banc draw brought sanity to the review panel.

No, the rules won't stop Kerry's recall. Only Teddy can, and the weight of the senior senator from Massachusetts shouldn't be underestimated. The Kerry campaign is his last hurrah, and the convention's in Boston, for goodness sake. What kind of a reception would follow a party that tossed Kerry onto the tracks?

Does Daschle care? Does Patty Murray? Barbara Boxer? Any of a half-dozen endangered Dem incumbents in the Senate and a score in the House? So the receiving committee is a littlie frosty and Teddy dumps them from the Christmas card list – they'll still have jobs.

And Dean – what's he thinking when he can get the voices to quiet down? He was robbed, you know ... by the same people now conspiring against Kerry. Dean doesn't forget, and there's not enough Ambien in America to get him a night's sleep. What if, with another yell, he decides to demand an open convention. "Let the delegates vote!" isn't a bad slogan. Bring back all the orange hats and the blog and all that. Quite a party could be had by all.

Bill Clinton just announced the publication date of his new memoir: Late June. How unfortunate for Kerry – Bill has to do a book tour for the month running up to the convention, sucking the air right out of an already spent balloon. Sorry, couldn't be avoided. Publisher deadlines and all.

So as Kerry melts away, there – on every television screen in the land – will be Saturday Night Bill, playing his sax, blowing his own horn, saying stuff. All sorts of stuff. Looking incredibly large, opposite the incredibly small Kerry.

Tick, tick, tick. The Torricelli Option. Coming to theaters near you this summer.





TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004; buyersremorse; christianlife; dropoutkerry; hughhewitt; kerry
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To: bondjamesbond
Thanks for the clarification, but the point is he had the corruption charges hanging over his head. There is less to justify the Dems doing it this time. My bet is they will not replace him.
141 posted on 04/28/2004 11:40:17 PM PDT by Roy Tucker
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To: All
What about Kerry's senate term?
When is it up?
Who cares? TERAYZUH???
142 posted on 04/28/2004 11:55:57 PM PDT by oreolady (John Kerry threw my tagline over the fence!!!!!)
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To: RonDog
I don't put anything past the rats these days. I hope that the Bush team has enough of a election "War Chest" left when CFR comes into play. If Hillary steps in at the last minute, between that and talk radio, it's all we'll have to combat her "heinousness".
143 posted on 04/29/2004 5:42:00 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Roy Tucker
Lost in all of the Draft Hitlery thought, is that the Dems need Kerry to be close, but the Clinton's want him to lose. As long as Kerry is close in the polls, they have what they want. The Clinton's will want to step in, only if Bush melts down with bad news. The Dems will want a fill in only if Kerry is 'off the map' in polls, which at this time, he isn't.
144 posted on 04/29/2004 7:16:12 AM PDT by jps098
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Now, this business of "no new taxes" is bogus, and a lame attempt to explain away those votes, when you stop and think about it. Voting for Perot again in '96 ushered in the largest tax increase in this nations history, because protest voters allowed Bill Clinton four more years

First of all, nothing about my posts is "lame" and secondly, I have thought about it. I was very close to the Perot campaign (we used them to great effect to help Nethercutt defeat Speaker Foley). And the main issue the Perot people had with GHW Bush was the fact that he allowed Sen. George Mitchell to force him to reverse his pledge not to raise taxes. The Iraq war was not even on their radar screen. At the center of their movement was issues over the nation's finances.

Regarding the "largest tax increase in this nation's history", I believe that occured in '93 during Clinton's first term.

145 posted on 04/29/2004 8:37:15 AM PDT by Snardius
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To: Gritty
Clinton/Edwards? Perhaps! But based on what I'm seeing on the NorthLeft Coast, the preferred Lefty ticket will be...

Nader/Kucinich

146 posted on 04/29/2004 9:04:52 AM PDT by Mr.Atos
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To: Defender2; JohnHuang2; RonDog; All
Hugh outlines the Torcelli option, and the Dems respond by gassing up the old windbag, wheel him up to a podium, and turn the crank. Like a player piano, Lautenburg plays any toon that's the Dems stuff into the slot in the back of his head... Blah - blah - blah - lies, AWOL, quagmire.

Replace one monkey with any other. It will still do the same dance...

...and crap on the audience at the end of the show. No one's buying that ticket.


147 posted on 04/29/2004 9:15:44 AM PDT by Mr.Atos
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To: SoCal Pubbie; RonDog
... and while you're at it, can you get him to play more show tunes. There just aren't enough talk shows that focus on the brilliance of show tunes.

Public interest stories would be nice too. Everyone wants to hear a good dog rescue tale now and then... 'dog follows family around the world, shows up on Prague doorstep, 40 years later...' you know, that sort of thing.

I agree! Mark Larson does bring balance to the show... for a Dean, Kerry supporter, he is somewhat sane.... except when he posts the DU under the name SoCal Pubbie ranting about Halliburton and the Mars oil fields... that's just nuts.

And Hugh keeps pushing 'Peeps!' I mean what's that all about?... gooyey, sugarey, marshmallowey treats have no place on a series radio show.

Could you do that too?!


148 posted on 04/29/2004 9:28:49 AM PDT by Mr.Atos
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To: Mr.Atos
Disclaimer: I have actually never seen SoCal post anything about Halliburton nor the Mars oil fields on the Democratic Underground.

Sorry Mark!

149 posted on 04/29/2004 9:34:02 AM PDT by Mr.Atos
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To: JohnHuang2
In the future, please attach a 'tinfoil required' tag when starting threads on this topic. I was unprepared and had to use my emergency tinfoil kit to keep from being fried. Thanking you in advance, FoM.
150 posted on 04/29/2004 9:34:13 AM PDT by familyofman
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To: Yaelle
I believe Hillery is already looking at the odds of GW running Condi as his VP...and this would lock her out of the 2008 election if Condi comes up against her. For this reason, the switch of the candidates is more likely. Kerry will likely announce his cancer will prevent him from carrying the flag...just days before the democratic convention...this will invite tremendous coverage by the media which will pump up the entire nation...then suddenly as the convention opens...Hillery starts to make her run at the votes. Dean will stand there in total outrage...but there is nothing he can do about the situation. Hillery then starts her campaign against GW, with the hope of terrorist actions (similar to Spain) happening, thus throwing the nation against GW in Nov.

I think the scenario is actually possible.
151 posted on 04/29/2004 9:34:28 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: RonDog
I'll take credit for being ahead of the curve on this one (at least I was ahead of Rush Limbaugh) but......I hope I'm wrong.

Kerry is proving to be a disaster for the demoRats. However, he has raised enough money that he should be able to isolate himself, and crush a potential "coup". If sucessful in "removing" Kerry, the demoRats might find themselves in a "pinch" for money. At least I hope so.....
152 posted on 04/29/2004 3:02:45 PM PDT by GeorgeW23225 (Liberals really aren't bad people. It's just that they know so much that simply ISN'T true!!)
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To: AmericaUnited
My sister is a raging liberal feminist...and even SHE wont vote for HITLERY! She said she and her friends can see right through her and believe she is an EVIL power-hungry liar!
153 posted on 04/29/2004 3:14:03 PM PDT by No Fool
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To: No Fool; Jim Noble
Exactly!
154 posted on 04/29/2004 7:05:08 PM PDT by AmericaUnited (It's time someone says the emperor has no clothes.)
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To: JohnHuang2
"Will Dems dump Kerry?"

Just as soon as hillary gives the word.

She will give the word the second that the calendar reads less than 60 days before the election.
155 posted on 04/29/2004 7:09:46 PM PDT by sport
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