Posted on 06/07/2004 8:17:01 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
Okay, we all know that Kerry has decided to take a week off from campaigning but the question is, will he actuall go the the job he has been neglecting for the past 8 or 9 months? All I could find was the following blurb right at the end of a story:
During this week of unscheduled time off, Kerry said he will do some office work that has been neglected as he travels the country.
He's going to scribe his State funeral plans.
"do some office work" = "catch up on paying back the special interests that keep donating to his campaign"
If it wasn't for this, Kerry would have gone in for another voluntary surgery to keep out of the public eye. The less the voters see of him, the better his chances. And he knows it.
You're not kidding. Just google 'kerry campaign' or "john Kerry" and look at the News section. There is a surprising amount of stuff that comes up that is critical of Kerry.
I agree.
His decision to stay out of the public eye during the Reagan memorials is to his advantage.
Kerry Taking the Week Off to Honor Reagan
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is taking an unexpected week off the campaign trail, canceling all public events through Friday, when the nation buries former President Reagan.
The interruption of his campaign comes as Kerry is in a tight race with President Bush. But with the nation mourning one of its icons, partisan battles are out of the question, aides said Sunday.
"President Reagan's death is a time to put politics aside," said Kerry communications director Stephanie Cutter. "When a former president passes away, it's the end of an important chapter in history and it deserves respect."
Kerry went ahead with a speech Sunday to a Michigan high school's graduating class, but used the address to make a tribute to Reagan. Reagan was president when Kerry was first elected to the Senate in 1984, and the two had differences over economics and foreign affairs. Kerry told reporters that Reagan "always disagreed with a smile, without partisanship."
"Because of the way he led, he taught us that there was a difference between strong beliefs and bitter partisanship," Kerry told graduating seniors at Bedford High School, which held its commencement across the Ohio state line at the University of Toledo.
Afterward, Kerry canceled the rest of his campaign events for the week and flew back to Washington, where Reagan's body will be brought this week for a funeral at the National Cathedral.
The events Kerry canceled include two star-studded fund-raisers that would have raised millions of dollars for his campaign and the Democratic National Committee - in Los Angeles on Monday and in New York on Thursday. Performers who were participating included Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Midler, Jon Bon Jovi, James Taylor and John Mellencamp.
Tickets cost as much as $1,000, and Democrats said they would reschedule the concerts soon. They must coordinate dates with the performers, and some of the stars may have conflicts that keep them from participating on the new date.
Democrats briefly considered continuing the concerts without Kerry present, but ultimately decided that it would be unthinkable even to have associates hobnobbing with Hollywood celebrities while the nation mourns a former president.
Cutter said suspending the campaign was a "unanimous decision" among the campaign and the performers.
Kerry will continue running television ads during the week. His advisers decided by the time they pulled them off the air, the week would be coming to a close. Besides, the ads airing currently do not attack Bush, but positively highlight Kerry's record.
Bush is running ads critical of Kerry and is not pulling those spots, either. Spokesman Steve Schmidt said the Republican campaign would continue many normal activities throughout the week, including announcement of state leadership teams.
But Bush's advisers decided to cancel this week's plans to criticize Kerry for his position on the Patriot Act, which expanded the government's surveillance and detention powers following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Bush's campaign Web site also has been made into a tribute to Reagan, who Schmidt called "a true American hero and the embodiment of our party's ideals."
I heard on Fox and Friends this morning, that his campaign said that because Kerry wouldn't get any campaign coverage from the media he was going to take the week off. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY! Anyone saying that he is honoring Reagan is talking a bunch of Bull.
Two years worth.
You know, I can't help but get the feeling that this man, for whatever reason, needs a lot of "downtime." Is it just me?
I think you are right.
And it makes me sick that somewhere somebody actually said OUT LOUD "You know, we might as well take this week off because we can't get any traction on anything."
Let's see how he horns in on the arrangements.
More botox.
How about doing some "office work" on your $50 million airplane, instead of playing Pinochle with your manservant?
He'll try to talk Jimmy Carter into dying too, so as to take the focus off of Reagan's death.
The problem is...would anyone notice?
"Because of the way he led, he taught us that there was a difference between strong beliefs and bitter partisanship," Kerry told graduating seniors at Bedford High School
George W. Bush has the exact same style, but Kerry tries to define it as the most reckless, ideological, partisan administration in the history of the world.
Pick a VP candidate?
I think everyone keeps turning him down! ROTFLMAO!!!!!
I think you're correct, especially the ones he wanted, like Richardson or Bayh...
He needs the rest. It takes a lot of energy to fake being a sportsman. One day he's going to come to the cameras wearing biking shorts, a baseball shirt, a football helmet, and carrying a hockey stick. That's when we'll know he's toast.
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