This story reminds me that this gentleman, a football hero in Boston:
supports President Bush!!
Funny how Tom Brady isn't ever mentioned in John F. Kerry's sports-loving comments.
Posted on 08/03/2004 10:54:56 AM PDT by Pikamax
LOST FUMBLER If John Kerry loses Michigan, he will probably blame it on his joke writers, then Woody Hayes and the mighty Ohio State Buckeyes. But he only has himself to blame. He should have used that several-decade gap between his job in Vietnam and his job of running for president boning up on his knowledge of sports. The Prowler has documented several examples thus far, and over weekend Kerry really goofed up.
To get his Ohio rallies up and rolling, Kerry used a set of jokes to open his events. In Bowling Green, his shtick went something like this:
"If you elect me and my running mate, John Edwards, we are going to give you the courageous leadership you need. We'll take the tough positions, the courageous positions, the tough stands. But there's one tough position I will not take: I am not going to choose between the Falcons and the Rockets" -- this is a local reference to the well-known rivalry between Bowling Green University and the University of Toledo.
"I will say this," he added. "There is nothing better than Buckeye football, period!"
Kerry used this set piece several times in Ohio, to great effect, never mind the waffling with the generality of "Buckeye" football. Was he talking Ohio State University specifically? Or just football in the state in general? Only Kerry knows.
But then Kerry dug a huge hole for himself. On Sunday and into Monday, Kerry hit Michigan, where he attempted to use the same Ohio jokes. Clearly, the sports humor has to be taken out of his hands before he really embarrasses himself.
"I just came here from Bowling Green," Kerry told the crowd to subdued applause. "I was smart enough not to pick a choice between the Falcons and the, well, you know, all those other teams out there. I just go for Buckeye football, that's where I'm coming from."
At that point, before all the boos began raining down upon him, Kerry seemed to realize his error. In an attempt to silent the angry crowd of University of Michigan supporters, Kerry said, "But that was while I was in Ohio. I know I'm in the state of Michigan and you got a great big M and a powerhouse of a team." Then his face, presumably, the Botox permitting, turned Big Blue.
Kerry can't go a day without some screw up. Hahaa...
" In the past 7 days Kerry has gotten into more gaffes then I've seen in 40 years of watching national elections."
And he hasn't even been the official nominee for a single week, yet !
If 6 days on the stump have brought this level of ridicule and gaffes, the Dems must be panicked about what 90 loooong and stressful days will bring.
I just can't see the Hanoi Hamster going the distance.
The Dilettante of Dork is a mess.
This is probably the first time in his life that he can't order Jeeves to do the actual work and he's clearly floundering.
At some point, the Dems are going to have to worry about the vortex of the SS Kerry sucking in Senate and House seats .
I hope he says something nice about the Washington Ducks when he comes to Seattle>>>>>>>Go Ducks............
Quarterback sack waiting to happen.
I couldn't understand why everyone was so excited. After all, it was Ohio for heaven's sake. What good comes out of Ohio?
I learned quickly why it was such a big deal.
Go right through for MSU . . .
Yes they would!!!! Double time!
The media doesn't want to make him look too bad, though. It means they would have been wrong all along! Besides......................he's their boy? guy? man?
Whatever!!!!!
He's still a worm.
And Ter-RAY-Zuh isn't aboard.
This story reminds me that this gentleman, a football hero in Boston:
supports President Bush!!
Funny how Tom Brady isn't ever mentioned in John F. Kerry's sports-loving comments.
It would have been as much as a lie as Kerry's clumsy BS, but it would have been talented BS.
Kerry is no Clinton. Gore is even stronger than Kerry.
Even a blind pig gets an acorn once in a while.
GO BUCKS!
Kerry is such a poser.
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Considering the seriousness with which many U of M supporters take their football (and especially their rivalry with OSU), this could easily cause some to stay home in November. What an incredibly stoopid gaff.
This year, the Pats are looking the best they've EVER looked
ROFL. Pretty much says it all, huh?
He already has.....fumbler.
IN SURPRISE MOVE, PRESIDENT KERRY QUITS
Tells stunned nation in brief radio address, "Been there, done that, got the super 8 footage - I'm outta here!"
Washington, DC - May 20, 2005
Just four months and twelve days into his term of office, President John F. Kerry has handed his resignation to Secretary of State Ben Affleck, and left the capital to return to his family home in Boston. New President John Edwards was sworn in during a hasty ceremony in the White House today, and pledged to "finish the job John Kerry has so bravely begun."
Thus ended one of the briefest Presidential reigns in the nation's history, so plagued by mishaps - a fall from his snowboard, a twisted ankle in a Rose Garden touch football game - that the President quipped he should get "three more Purple Hearts"...
et cetera
Maybe we should send him on a tour of the Middle East. He can be in Israel one day, and Saudi Arabia the next. When he starts saying "go Zionism!" Well, it won't be pretty.
Wolverines, Badgers, Buckeyes, Gophers, Nittany Lions. Alot for one man to keep straight. Too bad he didn't wear Fatso's Spartan lid to the rally.
If Bush made a gaffe like this, it would quickly become part of the national lore. But the press will bury this.
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