Posted on 10/14/2004 8:08:45 AM PDT by tallhappy
“Married Up” – Kerry’s Blundering Reagan Rip-off
As we all know, President Reagan passed away this summer. In the multitude of heartfelt remembrances and eulogies, Brian Mulroney, former Primer Minister of Canada, related this story:
President Reagan had spoken to Parliament, handled complex files with skill and good humor -- strongly impressing his Canadian hosts -- and here we were, waiting for our wives.When their car drove in a moment later, out stepped Nancy and Mila -- looking like a million bucks. As they headed towards us, President Reagan beamed, threw his arm around my shoulder and said with a grin: "You know, Brian, for two Irishmen we sure married up."
In that visit -- in that moment -- one saw the quintessential Ronald Reagan -- the leader we respected, the neighbor we admired and the friend we loved -- a president of the United States of America whose truly remarkable life we celebrate in this magnificent cathedral today.
In yesterday’s debate John Kerry rather shamelessly appropriated Reagan’s line about marrying up. Here’s what Kerry said:
Well, I guess the president and you and I are three examples of lucky people who married up.And some would say maybe me moreso than others.
But I can take it.
Reagan’s joke was self deprecating and good natured and even played in to the American dream of the underdog being the winner. The class and beauty of their wives formed the basis of the gag. Class and beauty is what they “married up” to.
Kerry, on the other hand, transformed “marrying up” in to marrying wealth. His crass “me moreso than others” took the class and beauty out of it and made him come off as the smarmy gigolo he is.
He tried to rip-off Reagan but couldn’t even do that right because Kerry just doesn’t get it.
The third debate was a continuation of the spanking Yaawn got in the second debate. He kept jumping back to questions or continued to not answer the ones that were asked such as the, “how you going to afford your healthcare plan, question. He went off about tax-cuts for the rich rather than give the foggiest idea. How difficult is it to say the gummit has a program for that?? It is far more difficult to explain to the Country how the Free Market and growing the economy with better education can solve more problems than the gummit can cause. One is the canned 1960's Socialism is the answer to all our problems, and the other is the invisible hand will create solutions.
What Yaaawn failed to do in these debates was to raise his game to the level of W. Perhaps he fell asleep listening to his own long winded, winding whiney answers or he misunderestimated, but he failed to bring his “A” game to the field. His answers never failed to have a “but” midway or two name drops, to the point you wondered if The Pope was trying to get an audience with Mr World?? His delivery was robotic to the point that the facts and figures became impossible to follow and made you reach for the Excedrine.
His worst two answers of a night full of poor answers and the petty political cheap shot was the two at the end. The question of how your faith enters in your ability to lead was insulting. After W described how it gave him strength and wisdom in his times of trouble along with the value of prayers for him, the country have a clear view inside the man. Yaawn comes in with some PC answer about getting blessed by a “native American” along with a canned Universal Religion answer. No glimpse inside the soul only rehearsed dead cliche’s and then finally turns it into an attack on the President? You attack out of a personal faith question?? Talk about judge not lest you be judged! Faith questions give a look inside the man and for Yaawn it made his anger and hatred transparent.
The strong woman answer was his worst of the debates. After W gives a lovely answer that was warm and original and humorous that gave a clear look into his heart and marriage, up steps Yaawn. The great reason for this question was that it was out of left field and the Candidate had to speak from his heart on his feet. Yaawn went to the old cliche’ “We married up”. Forget that this was plagiarized from Reagan and W when they talked about Nancy and Laura or that it fell flat, but it is meant about looks. They both married beautiful women. When he says it about an unattractive older billionaire widow, it means something else entirely. Not to mention he left his first millionaire wife and daughters then annulled the marriage to marry into the Heinz fortune. You can bet that Dingbat asked him what he meant by that! As dingy as she is, she didn’t deserve that embarrassment. He had 2 minutes of listening to W to come up with an original answer and that was the best he could do, a stolen line? It just shows that there is not any there, there. This was a nightmarish way to end the debates for him and dingbat.
The three debates give us a clear picture of both candidates and the differences couldn’t be clearer. Yaawn is a say anything to anyone politician and W is W. Yawn wants a Global Test and Universal Healthcare with higher taxes. The only question about taxes is whether everyone is going to pay higher taxes or just the rich....Right! The debates have shown why Yaawn has accomplished nothing in the Senate since he has no beliefs, backbone or soul. A good resume for a legislator from Mass but hardly the qualities you need leading the most powerful country in the world.
Pray for W and Our Troops
The best line of the debate in my mind was when Kerry was talking about the "back door draft" and Bush countered with his description of the soldiers being happy to serve their country. Kerry's face looked so bad, like he was caught being a whiner. It was priceless.
They were asked about the Strong women in their lives. We have to remember Kerry left his first wife and left her devastated, suicidal, depressed. His mom had no words of love for him on her death bed. And Teresa flinches when she sees him. And his two daughters were without a father in their home growing up with a depressed suicidal mom.
Seems like Kerry is hard on strong women.
gigolo bump!
I made another comment in the official debate thread last night but things were flying so quickly that I doubt many people saw it. I was wondering why Kerry had to invoke Ronald Reagan. Hasn't he done this in all three debates now?
Reagan didnt marry two women significantly wealthier than he was. He certainly didnt marry a billionaire. It was quite tasteless although I laughed as it was one of the few things he said all night that was true.
Well, to be fair, yes Kerry did.
Yes, that was the point--too understated, obviously. Sorry.
I thought F'in and wife 1 separated in the early 80's, divorced in the late 80's, and Kerry met Tahrayza a few years after that. Sorry if I am mistaken -- it wouldn't be the first time!!
I do not get their relationship. It seems like neither really loves the other. What is going on?
even that mutant TeRayZa was smart enough to have a pre-nup
agreement with this goober.
I received an email months ago which stated that she is only staying with him so her sons will have political connections so they can run for President one day. Anyone else hear anything like this?
Who poisoned Builderburgers ?...
Let the ashtrays fly!
Or the mother-in-law of all gaffes!
Kerry was trying to get a laugh from the audience, as the President had done numerous times during the past two debates. He just picked an inept way to do it.
What Kerry did is known as "trading up," not "marrying up."
It rippled with me right off the bat and my husband missed it too.......I think this is not going to be good for the women's vote for Kerry. He publically humiliated terrezza last night and it was one of the final messages of the night that's why it's still lingering..........
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