Posted on 07/25/2005 7:39:31 PM PDT by bitt
John Kerry needed cash, and soon. In July 1996 the Massachusetts senator was locked in a tough re-election fight, so he was more than happy to help when he heard that a generous potential contributor wanted to visit his Capitol Hill office. The donor was Johnny Chung, a glad-handing Taiwanese-American entrepreneur. Chung brought along some friends, including a Hong Kong businesswoman named Liu Chaoying.
Told that Liu was interested in getting one of her companies listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange, Kerry's aides immediately faxed over a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The next day, Liu and Chung were ushered into a private briefing with a senior SEC official. Within weeks, Chung returned the favor: On Sept. 9 he threw Kerry a fund-raiser at a Beverly Hills hotel, raking in $10,000 for the senator's re-election campaign.
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Didn't he already run against him once, and lose?
Well, the FReepers and R's up there are going to have to become real activists to get the job done. I think he would be an awesome Senator! Get 'er done, MA!!! Does he stand strong against all the opposition that he has to deal with?
gonna get that book.
He does what he can, but will not be re-elected. There is no more outrage in Massachusetts, (or CT for that matter, [our so-called R gov is a bigger lefty than Lieberman]).
From Saturday Night Live:
"Norm MacDonald: Now, Al, uh, you've been covering these midterm races?
Al Franken: Uh, yes.
Norm MacDonald: Any general trends seem to be emerging?
Al Franken: Uh, yes, Norm. This appears to be the roughest campaign year ever.
Norm MacDonald: Negative campaigning?
Al Franken: Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've been covering politics for a long time and this is, without a doubt, the most mean-spirited year I've ever seen. Now, take for example, Massachusetts [scattered applause] where Senate challenger Mitt Romney is spending millions of dollars on attack ads like this one. Watch.
[Dissolve to ad with photo of a ruddy-faced Ted Kennedy accompanied by minor key music and a deep-throated, smarmy announcer's voice over.]
Announcer V/O: On October 14th, 1978, Ted Kennedy is seen puking in the parking lot of the U.S. Capitol. ... On February 8th, 1983, Kennedy relieves himself on the leg of a Georgetown waitress. ... Two years later, Kennedy passes out on the floor of the Senate, soiling himself in the process. ... Kennedy -- He's a big, fat drunk. ...
[Cheers and applause as we dissolve back to Al and Norm at the desk.]
Norm MacDonald: Yeah. Yeah, that was tough.
Al Franken: It's a tough year. Tough year. ... And it's really become a no-holds barred contest. Uh, watch this. This is one of Kennedy's attack ads on Romney.
[Dissolve to another ad with minor key music and a deep-throated, smarmy announcer's voice over.]
Announcer V/O: [Image of Brigham Young] Mormon prophet Brigham Young believed that a man ought to have as many wives as he wants. Apparently, Mitt Romney agrees. [Side by side images of Young and Romney] After all, he's a Mormon. [Upbeat trumpet fanfare as we dissolve to a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kennedy.] Ted Kennedy -- One Wife at a Time. ...
[Cheers and applause as we dissolve back to Al and Norm at the desk.]
Norm MacDonald: Okay, so Massachusetts, then, is the nation's dirtiest race.
...."
I pray that you all can elect someone who will stand up agianst the DUmmies and make MA a stronger state to live in!
This all sounds very treasonous.
Save your money...
Everything you'll ever want to know is at YTEDK.com
YTEDK
Sorry I missed responding.
With Ted Kennedy, it's all in the name and the power in that state that he obtains...shamefully, hands down. If you get a chance, go to www.ytedk.com and read all about how the state of Mass. covered up for him, big time. You or I would've been hung out to dry, in the hot Phoenix sun.
I don't know if I could stand to read it without throwing up! Just looking at the fat drunken pig makes me sick at my stomach--then he opens his mouth! Barf!
....or the hot Texas sun! :o)
Ted Kennedy is just one of those rotten democrats out there that are damaging this country. It's hard for me to comprehend, that he's ignorant of the ugly rant he's spewing out to embolden the terrorists.
..and yet....it's Bush's fault!
He is a true slimeball!
This is bad, but I keep hoping he'll get up to do one of his rants and will just fall over. God forgive me!
Ted Kennedy is liken to a recurring, on going bad dream.
Yes, it would nice if he would just go away.
He will probably outlive us all! The mean and onery usually do. And, darn it, the Kennedy's who die naturally, seem to live a long time! :o(
Yes... a majority are not immoral... but they allow the immoral to rule them.
They're pods.
Sorry, but I must have missed the part where you laid the blame on a corrupt White House, Attorney General's office, and 45 Senate Democrats who refused to view evidence and rendered public verdicts before the "trial" was even held.
Yes, it's all the GOP's fault. Everything is.
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