Posted on 03/20/2005 6:29:03 AM PST by bitt
Some backers won't count him out. Others don't want a "shopworn" candidate.
WASHINGTON - John Kerry had come so close; on election night, before the dream died, his chief strategist had even said, "Let me be the first to call you Mr. President." Yet there he was on Inauguration Day, a mere spectator wearing a wan smile in the cold wind.
And when President Bush took the oath of office, Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa seated beside Kerry, placed his gloved right hand on the vanquished candidate's spine. He rubbed up and down, repeatedly. And as Bush intoned, "... so help me God," Harkin finished with a pair of gentle pats.
Those gestures spoke volumes about Kerry's sense of loss. And Kerry would not have the luxury of recuperating in private. He couldn't grow a beard and vanish, as Al Gore did; he couldn't go to Hawaii and teach college, as Mike Dukakis finally did. No, Kerry had to go back to his day job - becoming the first losing presidential candidate to return to the Senate since George McGovern in 1973.
But unlike McGovern, who stayed low-profile after a landslide defeat, John Kerry is already working hard on a resurrection. In a rudderless, leaderless Democratic Party, he is determined to fill the vacuum.
And don't be shocked if he launches another presidential candidacy in 2008, despite the fact that no U.S. senator has ever run, lost, and won a subsequent nomination. History notwithstanding, however, it may not be easy for Kerry to simply walk away, not after winning 59 million votes - although there are plenty of Democrats who wish that he would.
There he was Thursday, for example, in a Washington hotel, with that familiar ramrod posture, and the familiar portentous voice projecting...
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
'The word in Washington is that Kerry will sign the form(180) soon
Pass the toilet paper.'
Exactly, but the fact that a journalist has written these words should be enough for all of us to forward this article to Drudge, CBS, FoxNews, etc., and push it as news...lol...
The dems will use the idiot kerry and "teresa big bucks" to make hillary and the 2008 primary look legitimate.
SO sorry! Wrong thread!!
Thanks for the ping!
Selfish, hateful rhetoric is his hallmark and that will never change.
"At least Kerry has a spine, unlike the con artist who served two terms but never won a majority of the votes."
If Kerry had a spine, he'd sign form 180.
I swear to God, I have the same thing, except for me the spasms are all down my back and my right arm is going numb near the elbow and my right hand is itchy. It's been like this for a couple of weeks now. My wife has been a programmer for the past 20 years or so and she has this awful thing happen every once in awhile. On those occasions she needs to go for physical therapy, deep electrical stimulation, etc.
When I go out and work in the nursery it goes away, but as soon as I get back on here it comes back.
I guess I need a different chair.......... or less tension ......... or fewer threads.
;-)
But......Kerry is a war hero..............
"...And don't be shocked if he launches another presidential candidacy in 2008, despite the fact that no U.S. senator has ever run, lost, and won a subsequent nomination. History notwithstanding, however, it may not be easy for Kerry to simply walk away, not after winning 59 million votes - although there are plenty of Democrats who wish that he would...."
Remember the "Move On" FReepers who said
Ashcroft WOULD prosecute kintoon, hitlery and reno?
These same crowd of "Move On" FReepers NOW
want to give Hanoi Kerry a free pass.
ATTN : Any "Move On" FReepers who think Hanoi Kerry did not have a key part in the March 19 anti war protests contact me.
I have a bridge for sale!
WAKEUP AMERICA!
For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.
Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen
Why is Kerry still in the US Senate?
This is in violation of
U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 Sec 3
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html
And the FBI has proof of his treason.
Hanoi Kerry Timeline of a traitor
includes FBI files
May 1970
Kerry and Julia traveled to Paris, France and met with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, the Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam (PRG), the political wing of the Vietcong, and other Viet Cong and Communist Vietnamese representatives to the Paris peace talks, a trip he now calls a "fact-finding" mission.
(U.S. code 18 U.S.C. 953, declares it illegal for a U.S. citizen to go abroad and negotiate with a foreign power.)
http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html
a) A person charged with absence without leave or missing movement in time of war,
or with any offense punishable by death,
may be tried at any time without limitation.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm#*%20843.%20ART.%2043.%20STATUTE%20OF%20LIMITATIONS
"Live" with TAE: John O'Neill (in-depth interview with a leader of Swift Boat Vets)
American Enterprise Online ^ | April 2005 issue
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1363400/posts
O'NEILL: ...None of us will ever forget the day Kerry testi-fied before Congress. It was like the Kennedy assassination.
And so we just couldn't live in the United States if we didn't make a statement about his testimony in 1971...."
'"At least Kerry has a spine, unlike the con artist who served two terms but never won a majority of the votes." '
do you know who he is referring to? I am dense this a.m....
Misgivings?? What a joke!! Democrats just want him to disappear so Hillary won't have to spank him in the 2008 primaries.
bump
"Trust me, Kerry will never run again."
All hitlery needs to do is "faint again" or have some other health issue.
And don't forget, Hanoi Kerry, like Marc Rich is a billionaire.
Money buys lots of corruption now a days.
BTT!!!!!!
You are right. However, in Massachusetts Kerry has not been invisible. The Boston Globe and local TV etc, have been licking his boots since 1971 or so. It was pretty clear for a long while that Kerry aspired to the Presidency.
Currently the opposite is in effect regarding republican governor Mitt Romney. The local press has been quite active in attempting to hurt his image.
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