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John Kerry Says He Deserves 2nd Chance In '08
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| 10/15/06
Posted on 10/16/2006 7:41:06 AM PDT by presidio9
Sen. John Kerry says he deserves a second chance if he decides to take another crack at becoming president.
The Massachusetts Democrat, who lost to President Bush in 2004, said it is a basic principle that "Americans give people a second chance. And if you learn something and prove you've learned something, maybe even more so. Now, I don't know what I'm going to do yet. We'll make that decision down the road."
Ronald Reagan twice unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination for president before he got it and won two elections for the White House.
"John McCain, their leading candidate didn't he get kicked around South Carolina by the same president because he wasn't patriotic enough as a prisoner of war? He's now their leading candidate for president," Kerry said of the Republican Party. " Richard Nixon seemed to get kicked around pretty badly both running for president and governor, turned around and came back and got elected president."
Kerry faces a major challenge trying to convince Democratic activists that a recently defeated candidate can still carry his party's hopes for recapturing the White House.
If Kerry runs, he would have to overcome other Democratic presidential hopefuls such as Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Joe Biden of Delaware, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut.
The list of potential opponents also could include New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, former Indiana Gov. Sen. Evan Bayh, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, and even Kerry's ex-running mate in 2004, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
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KEYWORDS: ahorsewalksintoabar; johnfkerry; whythelongface
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To: presidio9
Kerry '08: Because He Deserves Another Break.
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:01:55 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
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To: beaversmom
I heard he served in Vietnam you know.He just changed flights there -- never got out of the airport, so they didn't even stamp his passport. But I understand he fell in the airport and got some band-aids put on his Leftist weenie arse, and picked up a few purple medals for his suffering ...
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:03:40 AM PDT
by
Babu
To: presidio9
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:03:44 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: presidio9
Only an unindicted traitor could possibly think he had any possiblity of winning a national election in a country he had betrayed.
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:06:01 AM PDT
by
hgro
To: shankbear
No fooling! I heard that once (once an hour when he was running for Presidente).
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:10:06 AM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
To: presidio9
Psychiatrists would have a field day with this. He
DESERVES a 2nd chance??!!!??
Complete narcissism
46
posted on
10/16/2006 8:10:27 AM PDT
by
Hildy
To: presidio9
Were they separated at birth?
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:11:35 AM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:12:12 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: dead
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:12:16 AM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
To: trisham
Remember: "I have a plan." LOL
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:16:21 AM PDT
by
1066AD
To: presidio9
Fine. The Swift Boat Vets can wipe the floor with him again.
AND maybe, the US/Viet Nam experience can finally be told fully and fairly before this race is over. I guess his continued 'candidacy' will serve SOME purpose for this country. I always thought of his last candidacy and defeat as the necessary step US political life had to initiate to truly begin recuperating from the Viet Nam experience. Another Kerry defeat, (and believe me he will lose again) ought to just about do it for the Veterans and for the voters as well. Then we can get to work on proper text books, to preclude backsliding on this page of US history.
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:17:14 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else." Lucius Septimus Severus)
To: 1066AD
"To all the volunteers, all across this country who gave so much of themselves... I say to them now, don't lose faith... ...we go on to make a difference another day. I promise you, that time will come... I believe that what we started in this campaign will not end here. And I know our fight goes on to put America back to work and make our economy a great engine of job growth. Our fight goes on to make affordable health care an accessible right for all Americans, not a privilege. Our fight goes on to protect the environment, to achieve equality, to push the frontiers of science and discovery, and to restore America's reputation in the world. I believe that all of this will happenand sooner than we may thinkbecause we're America. And America always moves forward." Senator John F. Kerry November 3, 2004
*************
His time has come! What a visionary. Really.
I mean it.
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:22:05 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: TommyDale
Okay, I will give Kerry a snowball's chance! I would like to introduce him to the Chance brothers....
FAT CHANCE
SLIM CHANCE
NOTTA CHANCE
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posted on
10/16/2006 8:38:21 AM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
To: presidio9
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posted on
10/16/2006 9:09:11 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(If there is any dream left in the Left, it is a dream of power - Lars Hedegaard)
To: maggief
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posted on
10/16/2006 9:13:25 AM PDT
by
Radix
To: presidio9
I want him to run again! And Gore too. It'll be a free-for-all between them and her heinous. May the best man win!
To: presidio9
John Kerry deserves a second chance....to lose again....
To: presidio9
To: lexington minuteman 1775
Would it not be fun to see Dems tear one another apart in their primaries to stop Hil? Go Kerry, Edwards,Clark, Biden et al.
To: presidio9
I knew Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine. You, John Kerry are no Ronald Reagan.
I do urge you to run for nomination as your party's nominee for presidential candidate for 2008. Why should you take a back seat to Hillary who merely contemplated joining the Marines when you are a self proclaimed hero of the Vietnam war, still carrying inoperable grains of uncooked rice around in the cheeks of your @$$.
If your party rejects you,John, no one could blame you for doing unto your ungrateful party as it does unto you.
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posted on
10/16/2006 9:37:20 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
( I predict a victory for Republicans that will make Dims remember 1994 as the good old' days.)
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