The Torricelli Option: Will Dems dump Kerry?

World Net Daily ^ | April 28, 2004 | Hugh Hewitt

[luv2ski]

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.

[hummingbird]

Even more so than Bill,Hillary yearns to play with American INTERNAL stuff.

Hill's has gone from governor's house to White House to senator's house and, I'd be willing to bet, she's interested in the White House again - on her own - just to get to the International House of Hillary. She dreams large!

[nopardons]

Look,she's gone from each position because of Bill and NOT because of who she is.Her aspirations may be QUEEN OF THE WORLD,but like the fairy tale,THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE,she isn't ever going to be GOD;nor the president of the USA either.

Tinfoil isn't for people to wear...leave it on food or in the pantry.:-)

[nopardons]

:-)

[cyborg]

I don't know about Ole Crusty. She seems to be the one wearing the pants in that relationship!

[cyborg]

I don't think she'll be pulling a Lutenberg though... no way. If Hillary ran for president, you'd see republicans mobilize like you've never seen before. Not going to happen.

[cyborg]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126367/posts?page=336#336

one more :( in case you didn't see, a freeper's wife got run down by a drunk driver :sigh:

[hummingbird]

THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING,THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...

It kind of did on 9/11. The democrats are so much more outrageous than the scenarios being bantered around on FR. Look at Kennedy just today or Kerry on any day...they are hysterical and the hysterical are not above irrational/illegal/unpredictable behavior to get back into power. I'm just saying don't sell them short on being devious. Its about them, not the country. Who knows what's possible when evil egos (D) collide! LOL

[hummingbird]

Hillary is dirty,shrill,and wouldn't last through the debate.Bush isn't Lazio.

That is a debate I'd like to see! Remember when Algore tried to put the whammy on Bush during one of the debates and Bush just kind of smirked and nodded at him?

"That was awesome."

[hummingbird]

One of my thoughts on Hillary! running in 2004 is whether she really wants to inherit the war in Iraq and the War On Terror.

Good point, PJT. What do you make of her international travels? Didn't she recently make some very negative statements about the US to Al-Jazerra (sic)? Why does the junior senator from NY seem to travel so much internationally? Who does she meet and what do they discuss that has anything to do with her duties as the junior senator from NY? I know senators like their junkets but Hill does more than run up room service on her trips, of that I'm sure.

[hummingbird]

...must be vigilant and do everything possible to get President Bush re-elected!

Perzackly!

[hummingbird]

Rule #1 when considering The Rapist: NEVER assume that ANYTHING is past him; that kind of thinking allowed him to get elected and reelected.

Rule #2: Understand and evaluate him as you would a corrupt Banana republic dictator or Mafia Don - because his modus operandi is quite similar.

Yes and yes!

[hummingbird]

true!
Polemics. Good word, cyborg, but had to look it up to be sure. Thanks, cyborg. *snort*

[cyborg]

I avoid such debates at inopportune times of the month :D

[hummingbird]

Tinfoil isn't for people to wear...leave it on food or in the pantry.:-)

LOL, I know, but after having my hat custom made (CZ's, ribbons, the works!), it'd be a shame not to drag it out every once in a while! I'll check out THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE...thanks!

[hummingbird]

She seems to be the one wearing the pants in that relationship!

...and wearing them and wearing them and wearing them...

[hummingbird]

one more :( in case you didn't see, a freeper's wife got run down by a drunk driver :sigh:

Awful. I just saw the post that his wife and her friend have both passed away. Thank you for the alert, cyborg.

[Stew Padasso]

"I have a perfectly good sense of humor,know more about politics than that feckless,egotistical blowhard,Rush,any day of the week and 1,000 times on Sunday."

LOL! Too bad your only forum to express such greatness is on a message board. If only others would recognize your talent....you too could have millions of listeners.

Maybe you need an agent? Or most likely a check-up with a psychiatrist?

[hummingbird]

Good call.

FYI, bogdanPolska12's wife has died. There is a thread - URGENT PRAYER REQUEST (FReeper wife killed). Thanks again for the alert, cyborg.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

Haircut $15,000
Botox Injections $5,000
gulfstream 5 $42,000,000
Absolute panic and backstabbing in the Democratic party PRICELESS

[cyborg]

you're welcome :(