Posted on 09/21/2004 7:51:06 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
NEW YORK (AP) - Why did it take so long for the Bush and Kerry campaigns to agree on a debate schedule? Sen. John Kerry had the answer for television's Regis Philbin, who has hosted the quiz show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
"The big hang-up was George Bush wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody," the Democratic candidate for president quipped Tuesday while appearing on "Live With Regis and Kelly."
Contestants on the multiple-choice quiz show could contact a knowledgeable friend for help if they were unsure of an answer.
Kerry has been making the rounds of talks shows, taping a broadcast of "Dr. Phil" last week and appearing on "The Late Show with David Letterman" Monday night. His "Top 10 Bush Tax Proposals" for Letterman included allowing Vice President Dick Cheney to claim Bush as a dependent.
For the most part on Tuesday, Kerry left the wisecracks to Philbin and co-host Kelly Ripa. Ripa suggested actor Tom Cruise play Kerry running mate John Edwards if a movie were made of the 2004 campaign. Asked who should play him, Kerry said, "I don't have any idea." Ripa nominated actor Harrison Ford and Kerry liked that casting suggestion.
Kerry campaign donors apparently come in all sizes. He told Philbin and Ripa that a woman in New York gave him $385 that her 8-year-old son had raised selling homemade campaign buttons, and a 6-year-old in Philadelphia handed over a plastic container with $685 he had earned selling homemade campaign bracelets.
ba dum bum!
I'm here all week, try the Democrat-ka-bob.
Life lines, eh? Not bad, that's actually a little funny.
How in hell is this a news story, AP?
good grief. that's all i have to say about this.
Tom Cruise doesn't need to "play" a loser, it won't help his career.
The obvious retort is to say that the next time Kerry changes his position on Iraq, someone should ask: "Is that your FINAL answer??"
Lifelines usually are experts or good friends, neither of which Kerry has.
That's $200 more than Kerry donated to charity for several years during the '90s.
Can't say the guy doesn't have chutzpah. Although maybe he knows that the MSM is always willing to carry water for him.
Horse walks into a bar, bartender says, "Why the long face?"
No, it goes like this:
Horse walks into a bar, the bartender says, "What'll it be, Mac?"
John Kerry walks into the bar, and the bartender says, "Why the long face?"
Bump for rhetorical perfection.
And please keep bumping this until it gets to the White House.
I love it! Doing it for the children! What a bafoon! When this is all over, he'll be lucky to even get his seat in the Senate back.
"Ripa suggested actor Tom Cruise play Kerry running mate John Edwards if a movie were made of the 2004 campaign."
Alec Baldwin can play Kerry. He doesn't know his career is in the toilet either.
LOL!!!
Because it's only the 4th time Kerry has taken questions from any media member since August 2.
And that's counting Jon Stewart, Don Imus, David Letterman and Regis Philbin as "media members".
HEHEHEHEHEH.. nice one Huck!!! :)
bttt
Because AP stands for Associated Partisans
Tom Cruise is already a loser.
hehehehe...
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