Posted on 07/29/2004 9:33:18 PM PDT by kattracks
Would-be first daughter Alexandra Kerry revealed Thursday night that her father's habit of saving men overboard didn't end with his Swift Boat rescue of fellow Vietnam veteran Jim Rassman.In a bizarre recollection, Alexandra told the Democratic Convention crowd how the family waited dockside one summer day to embark on a trip, when the cage housing her sister's hamster "Licorice" tumbled into the drink. "My dad jumped in, grabbed an oar, fished the cage from the water, hunched over the soggy hamster and began to administer CPR," the Kerry daughter told the audience. "There are still to this day some reports of mouth-to-mouth, but I admit it's probably a trick of memory."
Actually, the textbook definition of CPR is mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, though what techniques may be appropriate for hamster rescue is anybody's guess.
Too bad Sen. Kerry didn't have his trusty 8mm camera along to reenact his hamster heroism for posterity.
Which, I've got tell ya, is just the skill I'm looking for in a President!
Is this the guy who believes that life begins at conception, but has no qualms about abortion?
Look, my husband and I are boaters. Out of the 700 boats in our marina, I do not know of one person who takes their hamster with them on the water, "for a Sunday outing." Dogs, yes and one friend has a parrott, but no hamsters. Now come on, I just don't buy it.
For those who believe in same sex marriage, this is a handy skill to have...
Is Alexandra the film lady with the see-through dress? If so, I'd really like to give her CPR. I know she's Kerry's daughter and all, but dayum she's well built (all butterface though)...
"but I admit it's probably a trick of memory."
It must run in the family.
Thus winning him the endorsement of the Hamsters Union.
Look for him to carry New Hamster.
You just can't make up stuff like this.
Charles, that is the best laugh I have had all night. Thanks for the humor, needed that!!!
I know its a Kerry thread... but Edwards reminds me of a Hamster in a way.
WELL HE JUST CLINCHED THE GAY VOTE
For balance, a message from the Kerry campaign:
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He must have read "Rodential CPR: A Primer" by Richard Gere.
Lurch and his "special friend" wannabe Veep Smiley take turns sending rodent Mickey up the Hersey highway until the damn thing NEEDS a blow.
This might be an appropriate thread for your gerbil photo.
Yes they CAN!! They just DID!
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