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Was the Real Choice Wendy's or Fine Dine
Mid-Hudson News Network ^ | August 1, 2004 | Statewide News Network

Posted on 08/01/2004 4:54:01 AM PDT by Peach

Weekend, July 31 - August 1, 2004

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Was the real lunch choice Wendy’s or fine dine

What was being served inside the bus? While Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, and their families were having a “lite” lunch at Wendy’s in the Town of Newburgh Friday, drumming up local support right after the national convention in Boston, their real lunches were waiting on their bus.

A member of the Kerry advance team called Nikola’s Restaurant at the Newburgh Yacht Club the night before and ordered 19 five-star lunches to go that would be picked up at noon Friday. Management at the restaurant, which is operated by CIA graduate chef Michael Dederick, was told the meals would be for the Kerry and Edwards families and actor Ben Affleck who was with them on the tour.

The gourmet meals to go included shrimp vindallo, grilled diver sea scallops, prosciutto, wrapped stuffed chicken, and steak salad. The meals came to about $200.

The entourage had also expected to stop at the Alexis Diner at Route 9W and North Plank Road in the Town of Newburgh. In fact, the Kerry advance team had ordered 125 lunches for the team and supporters. Their buses drove right by the diner on I-84 and proceeded straight to Wendy’s.

Kerry may still have the vote of Wendy’s manager John Garrett. “I’m for anyone who comes in and likes double cheeses”, Garrett said. “I’m a big supporter of anyone who orders our food.”


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: edwards; election; kerry; phony; wendys
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To: Peach

Apparently the restaurants they frequent are the five star kind. The Wendys and Burger King fast food joints are strictly for the great unwashed masses. I wouldn't spend such a huge tab on lunch. As aristocrats, they prefer to keep their contact with ordinary folks to the minimum possible. Upon reading stories like this, its amazing 40 percent of the country would still vote for a haughty eminence grise pair like Deadwards.


41 posted on 08/01/2004 5:40:09 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: AppyPappy
Contrast that with President Bush....

"Just give me a rack of ribs!" :-)

42 posted on 08/01/2004 5:41:45 AM PDT by lysie (Accumulating FRequent FReeper miles.)
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To: Peach
A member of the Kerry advance team called Nikola’s Restaurant at the Newburgh Yacht Club the night before and ordered 19 five-star lunches to go that would be picked up at noon Friday. Management at the restaurant, which is operated by CIA graduate chef Michael Dederick, was told the meals would be for the Kerry and Edwards families and actor Ben Affleck who was with them on the tour.

The gourmet meals to go included shrimp vindallo, grilled diver sea scallops, prosciutto, wrapped stuffed chicken, and steak salad. The meals came to about $200.

What a great article! Do you remember how much press the story about Bush Sr. got when he went through a supermarket checkout line and expressed surprise at the scanner being used?

Two days of saturation coverage of this story would probably destroy Kerry's campaign.

43 posted on 08/01/2004 5:42:07 AM PDT by independentmind
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To: Carolinamom
I wondered about that CIA too, Dane. Thanks for the clarification, but I fear those not on FR will assume a connection to the other CIA and thus REAL important, you know

Reporter laziness, I guess. How hard is it to write Culinary Institute of America.

44 posted on 08/01/2004 5:42:28 AM PDT by Dane (Trial lawyers are the tapeworms to wealth creating society)
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To: Carolinamom

Credit where credit is due...Hubby found it. Slowly he is becoming a FReeper...lurker.


45 posted on 08/01/2004 5:43:07 AM PDT by lysie (Accumulating FRequent FReeper miles.)
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To: Peach

Slightly off-topic, I owned a carry-out pizzeria in Inkster, Michigan in 1980, and the Reagan campaign staff in nearby Dearborn placed an order one night when Reagan was to arrive for a rally to be held the following day. They cancelled the order when Reagan's plane landed early and they had to rush off to meet it.

They could have had the pizza free if I'd thought a slice would make its way to the Gipper. Extra cheese, too.


46 posted on 08/01/2004 5:45:41 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Dane

Yes... how can you live without a great chef? Now I know why the Cheris look down on the food most Americans eat: its not up to their exactingly high French culinary palates.


47 posted on 08/01/2004 5:45:48 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: AppyPappy

LMAO !


48 posted on 08/01/2004 5:47:01 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: lysie

Well, give my thanks to your husband too! It's made my day to see this PUBLISHED vignette of what Kerry/Edwards are really like. In addition, it is the kind of news that regular people can relate to...BIG TIME.


49 posted on 08/01/2004 5:48:12 AM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: Dane
How hard is it to write Culinary Institute of America.

Actually, CIA is the common acronym for the school. I guess you have to be a foodie to know that, though.

50 posted on 08/01/2004 5:48:51 AM PDT by independentmind
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To: Carolinamom; Peach; Neets

I just sent the story to CNN. I'm not holding my breath.


51 posted on 08/01/2004 5:50:46 AM PDT by lysie (Accumulating FRequent FReeper miles.)
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To: Carolinamom

Given what we know about Kerry's staff shorting the Nantucket Caterer via the Nantucket Airport Authority, I'm not suprised that the total "bill" came to $200.

Now what the restaurant actually asked to be paid is an entirely different matter.


52 posted on 08/01/2004 5:51:00 AM PDT by Rebelbase (H.W.O.V. (How Would Osama Vote?))
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To: Rebelbase

FREEPERS AND FRIENDS: WE MUSTN'T FORGET A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM NOT MENTIONED IN THE STORY. DID THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES LEAVE A LOUSY TIP OR DID THEY STIFF THE WAITERS???


53 posted on 08/01/2004 5:53:34 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Peach

http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/reviews/nikolas.htm

NIKOLA'S
Rating breakdown
Overall **** (Very Good)

1 Park Place at the Newburgh Yacht Club, Newburgh; (845) 561-5255; international cuisine; serving lunch and dinner seven days a week: lunch, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner, 5:30-10 p.m. Call for hours because restaurant may close to accommodate private functions; children may be accommodated; smoking is permitted in the bar/lounge area; reservations suggested; handicapped accessibility; all major credit cards accepted.

Entrée price range — $16-$20.


54 posted on 08/01/2004 6:01:39 AM PDT by maggief
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To: goldstategop

Since you can't tip at a Wendy's, they did the next best thing and left their trash on the table for the staff to clean up.


55 posted on 08/01/2004 6:06:05 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Be a Dollar a Day FReeper, and SMILE when you get your Mastercard bill!)
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To: Peach

Review of Nikolas at http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/reviews/nikolas.htm


56 posted on 08/01/2004 6:06:25 AM PDT by RippleFire ("It was just a scratch")
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To: Bahbah
I took it to mean that each meal came to about $200.
57 posted on 08/01/2004 6:06:51 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (High tide has passed and is running out for John Kerry)
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To: maggiefluffs

The lunch was prolly more like $2000 than $200.


58 posted on 08/01/2004 6:07:22 AM PDT by Neets (Conservative women LOVE BURLEY MEN, not GIRLIE DEMS.!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I didn't mean Wendy's. I meant the fancy shmancy restaurant they ordered from


59 posted on 08/01/2004 6:07:44 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Peach

Well this explains what a billionaire does when faced with a forced fast food campaign.


60 posted on 08/01/2004 6:08:26 AM PDT by xp38
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