Amen to that but...I STILL haven't been able to view the video. Does ANYONE have the transcript of what was said???? I HATE missing out on this exchange between a Freeper and the likes of bob kerreeeee especially since the Freeper won!!! :)
It's up in the main article, but I'll reprint it here for easy reading:
Kerrey was walking with a group of men about forty feet parallel with us up the steps to the entrance of the Mellon Auditorium.
I called out to him, "Senator Kerrey, do you think Sandy Berger should go to jail for stealing classified documents and possibly withholding information from the commission?" He didn't answer and kept walking.
Raoul followed up, asking, "Hey, Bob, you gonna stick around for the entire meeting today?" Kerry stopped, turned around and glared at us as he read our signs. He took a step toward us, then thought better of it and turned back for the door and disappeared.
Raoul asked him again, "Bob, you gonna stay for the whole meeting or do you have a fundraiser to go to?"
Kerrey came back out with a furious look on his face and stormed down the steps, making a beeline right for us. The media, baking in the July sun and bored out of their skulls, swung into action as they suddenly had "news" to cover!
Kerrey gets right in our faces, demanding to know our names, as the cameras circle 'round us. I extend my hand to introduce myself. Kerrey responds in kind. As we're shaking hands he asks for my name again and I repeat it for him.
He turns to Raoul and demands his name. Raoul says, "Naw, Nevermind."
Kerry said, "You know mine, right?"
Raoul said, "Yeah, and I know you walked out. You said it was very important (Kerry, "So you can..") and you walked out."
Kerrey said, "I'm not in, in politics." Raoul said, "I'm a member, a member of the public." Kerrey snarls, "So am I, a--hole."
Shocked at such a display of foul temper, I talked over Kerrey, repeating his profanity as a question to him, implying 'how could a man in your position use such language in public?'
Kerrey responded, "Yeah, a--hole. I'm not a senator, anymore."
I rejoined, "But you're a public official ."
Kerrey retreated, knowing his attempt at intimidating the two protesters had blown up in his face in full view of the media. Raoul said, while he was walking away, "Yeah, you're a public official doing the public's business. Try and stick around all day today."
As Kerrey started up the stairs, I reminded him "Senator Kerrey, you'll note that unlike Democrats we didn't kick you and throw dirt on you like Al Gore's people did in 2000."