Posted on 07/10/2004 2:55:24 AM PDT by kattracks
The Bush camp forced John Kerry yesterday to disavow raunchy celebrity comments at the Democratic gala at Radio City Music Hall as the presidential campaign erupted into a war over who has better values.Republicans hit the ceiling because John Mellencamp sang a song calling President Bush "a cheap thug" and Whoopi Goldberg joked about George Bush's last name and Dick Cheney's first.
The flap accomplished two GOP goals: trample on Kerry's rollout of John Edwards as running mate and block his attempt to move away from Howard Dean-style anger toward a voter-friendly message of hope.
Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman branded Thursday's $7.5 million Democratic fund-raiser a "star-studded hatefest" and demanded Kerry release a video of the show.
Kerry's camp refused, saying Bush doesn't even let reporters cover his fund-raisers. "The hypocrisy ... is almost unimaginable," said Kerry adviser Tad Devine.
Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill said Kerry rejected some of the comments, which included Chevy Chase saying of Bush, "This guy's as bright as an egg timer."
"He does not approve of some of the remarks that were made last night and he has made that clear," Cahill told reporters. In fact, Kerry did not comment on the flap.
The Bush camp said Kerry should have disavowed the comments as soon as they were made."John Kerry just sat there, grinning like a mule eating briers," said Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.), a Bush supporter.
The Kerry camp noted Bush never condemned Cheney for telling a Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on the Senate floor to go f--- himself.
Campaigning in Pennsylvania, Bush called Kerry "out of step with mainstream values" because he voted against funding troops, federal support for religious groups and a law requiring parental approval for teenage abortions.
Kerry and Edwards accused Bush of trying to distract voters from economic issues.
They said they represent "real American values" because they want to focus on education, health care and jobs instead of abortion, gay marriage and foul-mouthed celebs.
Originally published on July 10, 2004
good idea, done.
thanks for the addresses!
bump
He has been. He is about the ONLY conservative scheduled to speak there. Prime time goes to abortion supporters, gun grabbers, adulterers, and is fully supported by the Log Cabin sodomite lobby.
Way cool! Thanks for the link!
The democrats need a drunken black whore waving a wine bottle on a stage to come even reasonably close to the same effect.
I doubt the media will help anyone to hear a Zell Miller speech to the Republican convention.
You might not have heard the word yet, but no one is posting whoopi goldberg pics on FR anymore. Do not disgrace FR with her image.
I was just going to look for your post with the Slim-Fast contact, on the other thread, and put a link to it here.
Glad you brought it here.
Hope you'll post it all over the place on all these threads.
No More Slim-Fast!
I think Beav is drawing a distinction between "profane," which the Kerry fundraiser was, and "obscene," which both events were.
I can believe the lack of hygene. She probably uses her odor as a weapon to keep people away from her.
PS- I was a CR student, got up to 200 WPM and got stuck. :-(
I hope the Dem convention is just like this...the coalition of the wild-eyes, making crazed, hysterical and crude remarks about the leaders of this country. Then we'll have ours. Guiliani (the man who saved New York after years of Democratic rule), Schwartzenegger (The guy who's saving California after years of Democratic Rule) and Zell Miller (An honest and respected Democrat). Let's see who people really want to run the Country.
well three of my family members have turned to the republican party this year so i will give you two of mine so you now have six:).
one of my sisters is going to vote for the first time in twenty years shes that worried so i will keep her on my side of the ledger hehe
Here is SlimFast's Ad Agency:
You can send email to their President/CEO Steve Blamer at this link:
http://www.greyny.com/grww/normal.html
Two Johns don't make a right.
What makes you think they didn't smuggle in a video camera? ;) Maybe Mr. Bush & Co. are just giving the morons a chance to voluntarily give the video up for view.
semi-literate, I think the word is, but semi-illiterate is good enough for these condom flingers.
I know what will happen, and this country is DEAD!
The Dems/socialists rule!
The Niger story is revealed in the article.
Well, we all know just what a brilliant and witty man Chevy Chase is. We can watch him every night on the "Chevy Chase" late night talk show... Can't we?
Mark
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