Posted on 09/03/2018 4:54:00 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
John Kerry On John Edwards: Vice Presidential Qualities ‘Didn’t Measure Up’ 7:08 AM 09/03/2018 Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry suggested in a Sunday CBS News interview that he regrets choosing John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate during the 2004 presidential elections.
In an interview on “Face The Nation,” former secretary of state John Kerry answered in the affirmative when asked if he regretted picking then-North Carolina Democratic Sen. John Edwards as his running mate.
“I write in the book about the qualities that you are looking for when you choose a vice president and I think when you articulate those qualities and then you measure what took place against the qualities that I very much lay out there that you’re looking for, it — it didn’t measure up. It wasn’t what we had hoped for,” he told host Margaret Brennan. “So there was some disappointment in that.”
The “book” Kerry referred to is his soon-to-be released memoir: “Every Day is Extra.” The upcoming autobiography details Kerry’s life as a soldier, Vietnam War protester and subsequent political career. The subject of his life was discussed at length during his exchange with Brennan. The timing of his memoir stokes further speculation that the longtime Massachusetts senator is mulling another presidential bid — something he did not deny.
“I’m really not thinking about it,” he said when asked point-blank if will run in 2020. “Talking about 2020 right now is a total distraction and waste of time. What we need to do is focus on 2018.”
Kerry — who is living on Martha’s Vineyard for the time being — made a number of other notable comments during the interview.
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Stated by the epitome of “Don’t measure up.”? That’s rich. Go do some kite boarding assclown.
John is telling us he cannot pick the right people. Not the quality I want in the White House.
Pot meet Kettle.
The voters rejected YOU not John Edwards. You are a sad excuse for an American. Quit acting like Hillary and “eat your peas.”
As long as we’re at it, while Hillary was the worst SoS in the modern era, you were a close 2nd. Trump has mostly undone your work to the benefit of America!
The one notable exception is McCain and Palin. Like many others, I held my nose and voted for McCain in the hope he would quickly stroke out so that Palin would become president.
Did you know that Kerry served in Vietnam?
Lessons Learned. Plenty of FReepers still support Rip Van Recuse Me Sessions. They’re not to be trusted either IMO
Unlike Kerry, Edwards had his own money (through his sleazy personal injury law practice) and didn’t need to marry an heiress.
To be honest in the beginning I did too, but finally had to admit Sessions is useless.
I understand why the President can not fire him, at least not yet. I do hope things change after the mid-terms.
How very unfortunate. I wonder who was responsible for making the mistake of selecting him.
Cue the gin soaked raisins!
I wasn’t aware that Democrats had any qualities,particularly any that “measured up”.
And you did????, get over yourself Frankenstein
Did he say anything about how when he was Secretary of State his stepson and Joe Biden’s son became multi, multi-millionaires? I think perfumed princelings should be discussed. Why didn’t the national media ask about that?
Anyone know?
Proving Lurch was a bad decision-maker. His whole political career has demonstrated that, actually.
Maybe they are from the same stable...
Kerry didn’t measure up. Edwards was actually pretty good all the way until he wasn’t. He had a serious womanizing flaw. Who did he think he was; JFK?
No, the Breck girl.
“John Kerry On John Edwards: Vice Presidential Qualities ‘Didn’t Measure Up’”
Neither did yours’s dickwad.
So Kerry is admitting that he screwed up just about the biggest decision of his candidacy - the choice of running mate. If Edwards didn't measure up - which was evident to anyone on FR - it's on Kerry for choosing him.
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