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Undaunted, Kerry vows `I'm gonna be fighting'
Boston Herald ^ | 11/10/04 | Andrew Miga

Posted on 11/10/2004 4:12:48 AM PST by kattracks

WASHINGTON - Defeated Democrat John F. Kerry [related, bio] yesterday launched his political re-entry, huddling with party leaders and vowing to play a high-profile role opposing President Bush [related, bio] in the next term.


     Making his first public appearance since his presidential concession speech a week ago, Kerry posed for the cameras during a strategy session on Capitol Hill with House Democratic Leader U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
     Kerry also met with Senate Democratic leader-designate Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada to flesh out an anti-Bush agenda for his party in the coming months.
     ``We have a very clear agenda and I'm gonna be fighting for that agenda with all the energy I have and all the passion I brought to the campaign,'' Kerry said.
     Kerry, who plans to be a leading Democratic voice against Bush, vowed to pursue the issues he pressed during the fall race: health-care reform, protecting Social Security and energy independence.
     The Bay State senator has spent the past few days thanking supporters and friends - and consulting with party officials on how he can continue to play a leading role on the national stage.
     ``He's a national figure and he has a huge platform to work with,'' Kerry spokesman David Wade said.
     ``He's very focused on coming back to the Senate and thinking of how he takes the issues he ran on and puts them at the top of the national agenda.''
     Other Kerry sources confirmed the senator has rebounded emotionally and is looking ahead to expanding the political capital he built during the race.
     Kerry has told close supporters he is open to exploring a 2008 White House run, sources said.
     However, even top aides concede another presidential bid would be the longest of long shots.
     Kerry, the aides said, probably will be eclipsed soon by fresher faces such as Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), running mate Sen. John Edwards [related, bio] (D-N.C.), Virginia Gov. Mark Warner or North Carolina Gov. Michael F. Easley.


     Plus, much of Kerry's fund-raising base was built on perceptions he could beat Bush, the aides noted.
     ``Kerry will be a tough sell four years from now,'' admitted one longtime Kerry adviser. ``All this talk about running for president will fade soon enough when reality sets in.''


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: lurch; sorelosers
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To: kattracks

The funniest thing I heard this morning was Clinton speaking about how the right get their morals across better than the left.

He said the left has to work harder to let people know of their morals.

They just refuse to get it. People know about their "morals" and therefore vote against them.


41 posted on 11/10/2004 4:37:10 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: kattracks
Undaunted, Kerry vows `I'm gonna be fighting'

Fighting to hang onto his meal ticket, that is.

42 posted on 11/10/2004 4:39:50 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: fortheDeclaration
"By next year everyone will have forgotten all about him."

Who? ;)

43 posted on 11/10/2004 4:40:04 AM PST by G.Mason (A war mongering, UN hating, military industrial complex loving, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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To: ThirstyMan


Sorry for the double post.
The mac "burped"

Shallow gag reflex.

(And actually, i'm just teasing Peach....She Is funny!)

:-)


44 posted on 11/10/2004 4:41:15 AM PST by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: kattracks
I'm gonna be fighting...

Fighting who, our soldiers again?

45 posted on 11/10/2004 4:46:56 AM PST by SouthernFreebird
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To: SouthernFreebird

pathetic


46 posted on 11/10/2004 4:49:18 AM PST by Wardawg (Beware the Hildebeast cometh. It comes from the left with a shrillness.)
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To: kattracks
I'm gonna be fighting for that agenda with all the energy I have and all the passion I brought to the campaign*,''

*"When I'm not snowboarding, windsurfing or bike riding. "

47 posted on 11/10/2004 4:53:30 AM PST by csvset
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To: kattracks
It must hurt really bad to lose the Presidental race like that.

BTW, what ever happened to Dukakis?

48 posted on 11/10/2004 4:53:35 AM PST by expatguy (Fallujah Delenda Est!!)
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To: Wardawg

You mean John is actually gonna work? He's actually gonna vote? His votes will now be "tainted" by "How should I vote if I want to be President".


49 posted on 11/10/2004 4:54:31 AM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: kattracks

Did anyone tell the pompus a$$ he would have to actually show up to work?


50 posted on 11/10/2004 4:55:56 AM PST by Dave278
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To: Sacajaweau

Maybe he'll tell us all about his secret plans now?


51 posted on 11/10/2004 4:58:44 AM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks

Yeah, what was that book written about his military career, somebody here said, but I just can't remember, was it "Ton of Dooky"?


52 posted on 11/10/2004 5:02:17 AM PST by SaintDismas (Jest becuz you put yer boots in the oven, don't make it bread)
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To: kattracks
He's very focused on coming back to the Senate

He doesn't really need to go back? The senate ran reasonably well while he was AWOL for two years!!!!!

53 posted on 11/10/2004 5:05:26 AM PST by eeriegeno
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To: kattracks

Kerry said, during his "I lost" speech, that he wanted to bring the parties together. Now it seems it's the same old same old. Mr Flip Flop...and no one expected anything different.


54 posted on 11/10/2004 5:11:32 AM PST by BillyCrockett
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To: csvset
*"When I'm not snowboarding, windsurfing or bike riding. "

E-e-e-r, shouldn't that be:
...falling off my snowboard while blaming and cursing the secret service guy, falling off my $4,000 bike as I head into oncoming traffic, looking like a dork in my wetsuit and then proving that I am a geek by throwing a baseball only halfway to the mound and then while trying to imitate the original JFK I try to catch a football with my eyes closed.

That's today's JFK, an imitation from the get go.

(And oh! don't forget my tough leadership war record: 3 purple hearts without one night in the hospital)

55 posted on 11/10/2004 5:12:28 AM PST by ThirstyMan
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To: kattracks

Everybody was kung fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lighting
In fact it was a little bit frightening
But they fought with expert timing.


56 posted on 11/10/2004 5:15:50 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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To: eeriegeno

I do not care where he goes. I am just glad to see that he has put all those damn balls away. He could not have a picture taken without holding one.

After watching him catch and throw the very first time it was obvious to me that the balls were going to be used to cover up obvious inadequacies.


57 posted on 11/10/2004 5:17:11 AM PST by Paulus
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To: js1138

Everybody was kung fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lighting
In fact it was a little bit frightening
But they fought with expert timing.

58 posted on 11/10/2004 5:18:50 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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To: kattracks

It will be interesting to see if the Massachusetts voters rubber stamp his re-election efforts next time around. I'm guessing "Yes," but you'd think the performance he just gave would give them pause.


59 posted on 11/10/2004 5:20:13 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: kattracks
Kerry Says, "He's gonna be Fighting

Put em up... Put em up!

60 posted on 11/10/2004 5:22:29 AM PST by HamiltonJay ("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
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