Posted on 06/04/2004 2:12:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON -
Just kidding.
John Kerry (news - web sites) told a Detroit radio station on Friday he'd name his running mate "in a matter of days," throwing the Washington rumor mill into high gear. Later in the day, he grinned when told that his interview was taken seriously.
"All you have you do is listen to it," Kerry said aboard his campaign plane. "It was plain (that it was a joke). Don't ever write about me being dour and sober and somber."
"There is no announcement imminent," Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said. "And we won't have more to say on the subject until Senator Kerry makes a decision on who is the best possible running mate."
Democrats say they've been told by the campaign not to expect Kerry's choice until next month.
In an interview with WJR in Detroit, Kerry was asked who he was considering for vice president.
"Yeah, we'll have that done very, very shortly. We've really got most of them in place and we're on the short list and we'll have it done in a matter of days," Kerry replied.
Asked if he would announce the choice on he show, the senator said sarcastically: "Yeah, absolutely. That was my plan, and let me see now, I'll run through the list."
"Senator Kerry was just making a joke after the radio host asked if he'd make his announcement on the radio show," Cutter said.
Democratic presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) (D-MA), (L), listens to remarks by Dr. Margaret Hamburg of the Nuclear Threat Institute of the University of South Florida during a discussion with first responders and emergency management experts at the University in Tampa, Florida June 2, 2004. REUTERS/Joe Skipper US ELECTION
I did say I was going to name a VP candidate before I decided not to.
Or perhaps every choice he's made has given an emphatic "No!" as an answer?
yet another flipper
You know...he really does look like Lurch from the old "Addams Family" television series.
He does not look well....seriously.
"Don't ever write about me being dour and sober and somber."
Ok, humor...ar,ar!
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., listens to a speaker during a panel of first responders and public health officials at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday, June 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Any choice he makes will be a joke.
Presidents OR Presidential candidates SHOULD know better than to "joke" with the media warthogs. They bite.
LMAO!! So true!
Somebody must have told him to banter with the host, and he's so bad at it that it sounded serious. Based on the way he delivers every speech with the demeanor of of someone with a stick in an uncomfortable place, that's my gest guess.
Flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop.....
Glad to hear this was something as stupid as giving a rodent's rear end as to who is the VP chump.
Would have been greatly worried if - after he wins the election in November - about 18 months from now it's: ". . . should I use the military, or not????"
Flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop.
Just that wacky sense of humor Kerry has, always joking around.
Boy, that's a real kneeslapper!
It's clear that the "I'll announce it on your show" thing was a joke. It's equally clear that the part about naming the running mate "in a matter of days" was not.
his vp choice should be barnyard frankie.
How is this "joking"? It's not even a bad joke. Unless it was meant as a haughty put down to this lowly Detroit jockey.
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