Posted on 04/23/2002 3:20:21 PM PDT by AStack75
Sen. John Kerry's big push to wrap up the women's vote - by getting New England Patriots heartthrob Tom Brady to host a June fund-raiser - looks like it won't make it over the line of scrimmage.
Because the QB/QT is taking a pass, citing a scheduling conflict on the day of the event.
``This time there was an incomplete pass but there are always other games,'' Kerry's spokesgal Kelley Benander told the Track. ``We are certainly grateful for Tom's good intentions. Even when events don't work out, you can see why Tom Brady led the Pats to a Super Bowl championship.''
Of course, we don't have to tell you that there's more to this story, do we? Seems that Brady, who reportedly pines for a career on Capitol Hill after he hangs 'em up, didn't exactly enjoy his first foray into politics.
It all began March 31, when the Herald's ``Pols & Politics'' column reported that the Kerry camp had scored a major coup: getting Brady to host the June 21 time.
The timing was unfortunate, coming just two days before Brady and the rest of his team were due to call on President George W. Bush in the White House Rose Garden - one of the perks of being the Super Bowl champs.
Perhaps Tom, who is from California and all, didn't get the memo that Kerry's planning to run against the Big Guy in 2004. But that apparently was made clear to him during his foray to D. C.
And since Brady is a big fan of the Commander-in-Chief, he may have had second thoughts about his commitment to Kerry.
We can tell you that two days after the White House visit - and just after the Drudge Report reported that Brady would stump for Kerry - the Super Bowl MVP balked and the fund-raiser was subsequently sacked.
U.S. News & World Report got into the fray last week, reporting that both Democrats and Republicans were vying for the football hero's endorsement.
``As for Brady,'' the maggie said, ``his new White House friends told us he wanted all the politicians to shut up and stop making it sound as if he likes any of them.''
And there's your Very Brady Sequel.
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