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Sen. Kerry Campaigns in district where Fla. congressman resigned
AP/eyewitnessnewstv.com ^
| 9/30/2006
Posted on 09/30/2006 3:40:22 PM PDT by quantim
MIAMI Senator John Kerry is in Florida today, helping a Democratic hopeful in the district where the Republican Senator abruptly resigned. Representative Mark Foley was considered a shoo-in for re-election -- until it was revealed he had exchanged raunchy E-mails with a teenage page.
Senator Kerry is headlining a fundraiser for Tim Mahoney, who may now have a better shot at winning.
Kerry says the weekend is not about Foley's resignation. He says the people in Florida will make their own decision about that.
Instead, Kerry says, the visit is about mustering support for state Democrats. Nationwide, the party needs to win a net of 15 Republican seats to regain the power lost in 1994.
TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3fauxpurplehesrts; 3monthsinvietnam; americasworstjerk; bigpileofpoop; deathbyhanging; fairy; femininejohnnie; hanoikerry; ichabodcrane; lurch; opportunist; patheticass; terayzasboytoy; traitor; treason; ultimategirlieboy
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John Kerry served in Vietnam.
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:40:23 PM PDT
by
quantim
To: quantim
Didn't he manage to blow some rice into his ass with a hand grenade?
L
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:41:25 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(islam is not a religion. It's the new face of Fascism in our time. We ignore it at our peril.)
To: quantim
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:41:34 PM PDT
by
sofaman
("Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time." Steven Wright)
To: quantim
OK. Who let this self serving dingbat in my state?
Fess up now, who was asleep on the post?
Friggen' opportunistic #%%*$(!&&^&!!!! Botox phony...
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:47:48 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Lurker
Dunno, still waiting on that form 180 to get filled out...
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:48:10 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: quantim
who is there to surrender to??
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:48:23 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Democratic Party - The political wing of Al Qaeda)
To: quantim
Yeah, come on down John Kerry. Maybe Bill will come too. You both really help the candidates you campaign for.
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:49:15 PM PDT
by
Humal
To: quantim
John Kerry served in Vietnam
Really? I didn't know that, Kerry - being the humble sort of man that he is, has never mentioned that as I recall, my goodness, what a remarkable guy! I'll bet he even got a Purple Heart and didn't say a word about it, didn't he?
What? You say he won THREE Purple Hearts?
Oh be still my fluttering, Genghis Khan-inspired heart...
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:49:28 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: quantim
I'm sure that with the events this week this is exactly what the people of this district wanted.
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posted on
09/30/2006 3:50:22 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(Bush Iraq Truth WMD http://freedomkeys.com/whyiraq.htm)
To: quantim
Ol' F'n is out there tooting his own horn again. I have a hard time believing he's a big fundraiser/crowdpleaser for some other candidate. The dems who voted for him in '04 would have voted for a trained pony rather than George Bush; they weren't voting for Kerry.
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:00:54 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: IncPen
The Dem'crats had done a serious job of opposition research on this one, and they knew the facts well in advance of this bombshell being dropped. An honorable rival for the office would have called up months ago, and let Foley know this would be used, would he be willing to step aside now? Even Foley's campaign managers should have been aware of the potential for trouble.
Foley knew. He thought he could tough it out, if any of this became public. If he were a Dem'crat, and not a Republican, this sort of thing might even have been a resume enhancement. He should have been discussing this six months ago, and "taken retirement" much earlier.
But shoulda, coulda, woulda, mean zilch when you get turned out by the opposition. Consider this a hard lesson well learned, and beware the residual power that even a political party in a serious state of decline, like the Dem'crats, can still muster. Like a dying rattlesnake, their venom is still deadly.
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:01:19 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(In war, disproportionate force is the ONLY way to assure victory and subsequent peace.)
To: sofaman
He also has "THREE" purple hearts.
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:02:25 PM PDT
by
Red6
To: mkjessup
Ahhh man, you beat me to it.
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:02:59 PM PDT
by
Red6
how come the floridians cannot pull a torch/lautenberg and swap out foley for some other republican?.
oh..I see..it only works in NJ with those squeaky clean demorats!
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:04:29 PM PDT
by
hnj_00
To: quantim
John Kerry is a vulture circling the carcass. Hope he remembers to pick the flesh out of his teeth before he nests down for the night.
Oh, and he spent Christmas in Cambodia
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:06:26 PM PDT
by
1035rep
To: Red6
Great minds think alike. ;)
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:07:11 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: quantim
Kerry lives in a glass house, he dare not make too much of Foley's resignation.
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:10:46 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
To: Red6
and a sore bum...rice can hurt!
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:12:02 PM PDT
by
sofaman
("Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time." Steven Wright)
To: quantim
the Republican Senator abruptly resigned What Senator?
I thought Foley was a Representative.
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:12:58 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: 1035rep
he spent Christmas in Cambodia Only because president-elect Nixon ordered him there...
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posted on
09/30/2006 4:13:56 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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