"I knew.... Bob Torricelli.
Bob Torricelli... was a friend of mine.
I'm no.... Bob Torricelli."
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.
Not quite. Ross Perot (19%!!!) and his dim-witted followers saved Bill Clinton in 1992.
Pun intended???
It's too early to predict Kerry's demise in the Democratic party. That may change as the mistakes, flip-flops, and poor appearances mount, but I still think he has a lot of support at the voter level. The only way Kerry is leaving is through Clinton dirty tricks. Not impossible, but not so easy as people think. Kerry doesn't want to get thrown under the bus, and he won't go quietly. Why should he? He's not Torricelli.
Careful. I've seen GW go "ehhhm" and "uhhhhm" for embarrassingly long times while trying to answer impromptu questions.
Of course, stammering over a question like "what became of all those WMDs you thought Saddam had?" is more excusable than the zinger Mudd asked that Teddy couldn't answer: "why do you want to be president"? Really took the wind out of Teddy's campaign when he couldn't even articulate why he wanted the job.
"I knew.... Bob Torricelli.
Bob Torricelli... was a friend of mine.
I'm no.... Bob Torricelli."
They had Howard Dean, but he was too honest about his Liberalism and needed to be taken out quickly.
"...Dems know he[Kerry]'s a loser. But can anything be done?See also, from: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..." - Hugh Hewitt
Son of Torricelli: Now nothing holds back 11th-hour switcheroos.
Wall St Journal ^ | October 10, 2002
Posted on 10/10/2002 5:14:48 AM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:47:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal from Republicans on New Jersey election rules might come back to bite the Justices on their, er, robes.
We had urged the High Court to accept the case, after the state Supreme Court allowed Frank Lautenberg to substitute on the November ballot for disgraced Democratic Senator Robert Torricelli, who was elbowed out because he was behind in the polls. The U.S. Constitution plainly requires state legislatures to set ballot-access requirements in House and Senate contests, and Mr. Torricelli quit after New Jersey's deadline for substitutions. We also thought letting Democrats get away with illegal, 11th-hour switcheroos would be a green light to other politicians...
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He's deaning out too early.See also, this "great minds think alike" thread:
Can the dems pull off another "Torricelli"???
3/19/04 | GeorgeW23225
Posted on 03/19/2004 9:52:39 AM PST by GeorgeW23225
While I am delighted with the recent polls that show Kerry is sinking faster than the Titanic, I worry about one thing. Even though he has the delegates needed to secure the nomination, does anyone know if these delegates are "legally" bound to vote for Kerry, or, can the dems pull off another "Torricelli" and nominate another candidate at their convention ???
If Kerry is "dead in the water" by the time the dems have their convention, I fear that they will nominate someone else, throwing the entire nominating process into chaos, as Hillary rides in on her white horse (Janet Reno) to save the party. Possible ?? Will it work ?? Is it legal ?? Or is this a scenario we should all pray for to happen ??
I just don't trust these people.......I'm afraid that they are so power hungry, that they will try ANYTHING to win.
What do you think ?? Anyone have any answers ?? Opinions ??
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Kerry is so self-absorbed. He is completely oblivious to his contradictory statements, and the effect on the swing vote (where the election will be won or lost).
Kerry said, "I supported spending 87 billion before I voted against it". Amazingly, Kerry's statement was a boast. He was patting himself on the back. He was proud that he had done that. The airhead did not even comprehend the profound contradictions in his statements and that he was making himself look like an unprincipled fool. He saw no downside to the statement. Kerry tells you a lot about the abysmal state of the Dumbocrat party today.
However, I do think the Dumbocrats have an "October surprise" ready to spring on Bush that they believe will clinch the election for Kerry......no matter how many stupid statements he makes.
Bill Clinton just announced the publication date of his new memoir: Late June...See also, from:
Bill Clinton's Memoir Set for June Release
The Washington Post ^ | April 26, 2004 | Linton Weeks
Posted on 04/26/2004 1:40:18 PM PDT by Cincinatus
"My Life" by Bill Clinton, the long-anticipated memoir of the former president, will be published in late June. The announcement was made today by Sonny Mehta, president and editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House.
The first printing will be 1.5 million copies.
Clinton will be reading an abridged version of the book for Random House Audio...
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To: Cincinatus"My Life" by Bill Clinton, the long-anticipated memoir of the former president, will be published in late June.Let me be the first to suggest THIS parody of that title:
"LOW Life"
by
Bill Clinton
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Son of Torricelli: Now nothing holds back 11th-hour switcheroos.
Wall St Journal ^ | October 10, 2002
Posted on 10/10/2002 5:14:48 AM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:47:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Thread History Son of Torricelli: Now nothing holds back 11th-hour switcheroos.
Edited (Excerpt) on 04/22/2004 11:47:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Reason: Full-text posting from wsj.com not allowed.
[Note: Excerpt by machine. Hit abuse if poorly executed--we'll select a better excerpt by hand.]
See also (sadly) from THIS disturbing "end of an era" thread:
Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints
April 5, 2004 | Jim Robinson
Posted on 04/05/2004 3:53:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 04/23/2004 4:13:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Here's an updated alphabetical list of the sites that have complained about copyright violations thus far. The posting program will only allow excerpts and or deny posting where designated from the following sites..
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To: All
Added wsj.com and opinionjournal.com to "excerpt only" list.
250 posted on 04/22/2004 8:50:20 PM PDT by Jim RobinsonCLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
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