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Lieutenant Governor: No-Show Kerry Should Quit Senate
NewsMax ^ | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 06/15/2004 4:15:37 PM PDT by Kaslin

Sen. John Kerry is still on the American taxpayers' dole for a job he refuses to do, and his state's lieutenant governor says enough is enough.

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey notes that the presidential candidate has missed too many votes and has not represented constituents.

According to the Associated Press, Kerry has bothered to vote only 14 times out of the Senate's 112 votes this year.

"It's not fair, it's not right, and the public is not being well served," observed Healey, who said she was speaking on behalf of Gov. Mitt Romney, a fellow Republican.

"I'm calling on John Kerry to resign so that we can fill that office with someone who is 100 percent devoted to the job of representing the people of Massachusetts."

Kerry has previously refused to resign even though he repeatedly fails to show his face at work.

In 1996, Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas gave up his seat in early June before accepting the GOP's presidential nomination.

But some people are special. In 2000, Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., must have figured it was a poor bet to join Al Gore's bandwagon because he kept his day job. In 1988, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, was likewise too crafty to quit his job when he ran with the doomed Michael Dukakis.

Perhaps Kerry, like these fellow Democrats, expects to lose in November and needs a safety net to fall back on.


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: awol; kerry
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If I were a resident of Taxachusetts I'd be quite perturped (to say it mildly) by this
1 posted on 06/15/2004 4:15:38 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks at the New Jersey AFL-CIO's 26th Constitutional Convention at Bally's Atlantic City in Atlantic City on Tuesday, June 15, 2004.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., speaks at the New Jersey AFL-CIO's 26th Constitutional Convention at Bally's Atlantic City in Atlantic City on Tuesday, June 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)


2 posted on 06/15/2004 4:19:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... In Memoriam Ronaldus Magnus)
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To: Kaslin

If I only showed up 10% of the time, I would be fired rather quickly.


3 posted on 06/15/2004 4:28:20 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (never surrender, this is for the kids)
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To: FreeAtlanta

oh, and I don't get paid nearly as much as Kerry does as a Senator. This disgusts me. Come on Massachusetts! Do what is right and fire this dumb snobby jerk!


4 posted on 06/15/2004 4:30:11 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (never surrender, this is for the kids)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Come on Massachusetts! Do what is right and fire this dumb snobby jerk!


So, what's new? A Democrat that sticks his head in the sand when there is a job to do. That's just "business as usual" for the libs-and the lib voters in Taxachusetts have voted him and Teddy in over and over


5 posted on 06/15/2004 4:36:35 PM PDT by conshack
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To: Kaslin

I don't know what Republicans are upset about. I would think that they would consider it an asset for Kerry not to show up. I know I would.


6 posted on 06/15/2004 4:41:48 PM PDT by taxesareforever
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To: Kaslin

Although I live in Ohio, I have had the honor of meeting Lt. Gov. Healy and hear her speak. She is very impressive. I pray that she takes on Teddy in '06. Or Kerry in '08 (for the Senate).


7 posted on 06/15/2004 4:47:28 PM PDT by cincy29
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Not to defend JF'nK, but shouldn't we first check on other Senator/Presidential candidates voting records before we sling mud. I would hate to see it slung into a fan, especially if we were in front of it, so to speak.


8 posted on 06/15/2004 4:56:52 PM PDT by DaiHuy (MUST HAVE JUST BEEN BORN THAT WAY...)
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To: DaiHuy

Where have you been? Ketsup Kerry's voting records are very well known.


9 posted on 06/15/2004 5:09:47 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: DaiHuy

Why would you consider demanding that he show up for work is slinging mud? *rme*


10 posted on 06/15/2004 5:13:31 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Isn't there some sort of clause or loophole that allows the governor to fire his sadly-elected ass, just like what happened to Roy Moore? If there isn't, there should be.


11 posted on 06/15/2004 5:13:52 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Liberals are social terrorists and seditionists. Treat them as such.........)
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To: Kaslin

WEll lets say a Pubbie senator from the past missed some senate time because of his campaign, if we point out JF'nK, the media will crucify the Republicans for doing the same thing.

Now as for the Mud Slinging analogy, your right I should have used a better term.


12 posted on 06/15/2004 5:29:27 PM PDT by DaiHuy (MUST HAVE JUST BEEN BORN THAT WAY...)
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To: Kaslin

Do we REALLY need more voices from Massachusetts in the Senate?


13 posted on 06/15/2004 5:30:47 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Kaslin

The point was not how he voted, the point is how many times he has voted since his coronation as the "candidate"


14 posted on 06/15/2004 5:30:49 PM PDT by DaiHuy (MUST HAVE JUST BEEN BORN THAT WAY...)
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To: Kaslin
Back in '96 when Senator Bob Dole gave up his senior senate seat to run for president, against Clinton, it seemed to be expected of him. But alas, Bob Dole is a Republican, so much more is expected of honorable men ... not so, sleazy democ"rats".
15 posted on 06/15/2004 5:38:57 PM PDT by BluH2o
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I don't know about every one else, but I'd support an amendment that apportioned Congressional salaries to the percentage of votes attended. Or perhaps something preventing seated Congress folk from running for anything other than a Congressional seat while in office.

You wanna be Prez? Resign. Getting a Senator's salary while missing Senate business is nothing short of stealing from the taxpayer.

16 posted on 06/15/2004 5:47:17 PM PDT by Hessian (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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According to the Associated Press, Kerry has bothered to vote only 14 times out of the Senate's 112 votes this year.

Good for you MR.

17 posted on 06/15/2004 6:01:14 PM PDT by Lady GOP
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To: NormsRevenge
Opps how did that get there..???

From Drudge's home page...



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18 posted on 06/15/2004 6:09:59 PM PDT by Lady GOP
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To: Hessian

I don't know about every one else, but I'd support an amendment that apportioned Congressional salaries to the percentage of votes attended.



If he's absent then the following would or should apply...

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/2/39.html


19 posted on 06/15/2004 6:18:33 PM PDT by deport
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To: BluH2o
The first JFK didn't resign from the senate eithe until safely elected president. Kerry will hold on to his day job until something better comes along. Count on it.
20 posted on 06/15/2004 7:42:49 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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