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Alexandra Kerry: Dad Gave Hamster CPR
NewsMax .com ^ | 7/30/04 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 07/29/2004 9:33:18 PM PDT by kattracks

Would-be first daughter Alexandra Kerry revealed Thursday night that her father's habit of saving men overboard didn't end with his Swift Boat rescue of fellow Vietnam veteran Jim Rassman.

In a bizarre recollection, Alexandra told the Democratic Convention crowd how the family waited dockside one summer day to embark on a trip, when the cage housing her sister's hamster "Licorice" tumbled into the drink. "My dad jumped in, grabbed an oar, fished the cage from the water, hunched over the soggy hamster and began to administer CPR," the Kerry daughter told the audience. "There are still to this day some reports of mouth-to-mouth, but I admit it's probably a trick of memory."

Actually, the textbook definition of CPR is mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, though what techniques may be appropriate for hamster rescue is anybody's guess.

Too bad Sen. Kerry didn't have his trusty 8mm camera along to reenact his hamster heroism for posterity.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dncconvention; hamsterhero; hamstersavior; kerry
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To: beaversmom

Somewhere I read that Kerry DID vote to ban partial-birth abortion for HAMSTERS.


41 posted on 07/29/2004 9:52:01 PM PDT by Toespi (,)
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To: Charles Henrickson

43 posted on 07/29/2004 9:52:21 PM PDT by Critter (...an online gathering place for sissy boy, girlie men, nanny staters, and jackboot lovers.)
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To: Charles Henrickson; celtic gal
You gave me an asthma attack, I laughed so hard

Don't apologize, whatever you do! ; )

44 posted on 07/29/2004 9:52:46 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: kattracks
Reminded me of a SCTV sketch where the director tried to give mouth to mouth to a woodchuck after John Candy ran over it.
45 posted on 07/29/2004 9:53:38 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
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To: kattracks
Well, the sick news is this was the hamster Richard Gere gave his daughter as a gift.

I hope they washed it first.
46 posted on 07/29/2004 9:53:52 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: kattracks

Ya know, when your kid's pet is dying and your kid's heart is breaking, there's not much you won't do...

You should see the elaborate coffins that my daughter's gerbils are buried in. hehehe


47 posted on 07/29/2004 9:54:43 PM PDT by Critter (...an online gathering place for sissy boy, girlie men, nanny staters, and jackboot lovers.)
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To: kattracks

What that was, was merely someone going through the motions for the sake of their children. Nothing more, nothing less.

What concerns me more is the fact that this girl, now an adult, still believes he was actually trying to do so.

Weird.


48 posted on 07/29/2004 9:54:43 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Liberals - The Other White Meat.)
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To: SunnySide

Presidential Candidate, John Dolittle Kerry!
49 posted on 07/29/2004 9:55:06 PM PDT by hookman
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To: kattracks

50 posted on 07/29/2004 9:55:30 PM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Are you serious? I just knew Gere was involved in this somehow.

Where hamsters go, Gere follows....


51 posted on 07/29/2004 9:55:48 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Toespi; null and void

To quote null and void:

You've never been to San Fansisco, have you?...


52 posted on 07/29/2004 9:57:42 PM PDT by kenth (We want a cowboy for President, not a gay rodeo clown.)
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To: Critter

It is true we do things for our kids and ourselves when a much loved pet passes away or is lost..but to make this a highlight in a speech...well it leaves Kerry open to some fun being poked at him. Vanessa's rendition of her conversation with her dad when she was unhappy about something when she was 19 was more impressive than CPR to a hamster...perhaps he should have taken time to explain why taking a little hamster on such an aquatic trip could endanger the little critter's health.


53 posted on 07/29/2004 9:59:24 PM PDT by celtic gal (just a thought...)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult; celtic gal; ocanada; Happygal; King Prout; Dan from Michigan; tiamat; ...
Sorry for the following non-sequitor.

Your mention of SCTV prompted me to action.

You don't know who Ken Finkleman is? Then you're simply not Canadian enough. BE MORE CANADIAN DAMMIT!

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

54 posted on 07/29/2004 9:59:40 PM PDT by The Scourge of Yazid (Paid for by the Palestinian National Authority. Actually paid for by those infidel devils. Shussshh!)
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To: kenth
I gave mouth to muzzle resuscitation to a newborn puppy once.

Does this mean I can be President some day???
55 posted on 07/29/2004 10:02:50 PM PDT by null and void (Freedom is written with blood on the streets, not with ink in congress.)
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To: Toespi

You're right. No real person takes a hamster for a boat ride.... unless they intend to drown it. What a ridiculous lie.


56 posted on 07/29/2004 10:02:50 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: Lijahsbubbe

YOU HOLD THE HAMSTER LIKE SO AND THEN....


57 posted on 07/29/2004 10:03:58 PM PDT by GeronL (geocities.com/geronl is back)
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To: kattracks
Duh!

Kerry keeps making a big deal about being a vet.

He means veternarian!

Duh!

58 posted on 07/29/2004 10:04:54 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Strategery - "W" plays poker with one hand and chess with the other.)
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To: GeronL

Doesn't he already have the rat vote?


59 posted on 07/29/2004 10:05:18 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Democrats are Communists in Americans' clothing.)
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To: kattracks
My dad...hunched over the soggy hamster and began to administer CPR.

Question:

Did the hampster live?

Can you imagine having a near-death experience, only to be revived to the sight of John Kerry breathing down your throat? That would be enough to give the poor animal a heart attack!

60 posted on 07/29/2004 10:05:31 PM PDT by wai-ming
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