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Posted on 11/16/2004 10:48:35 PM PST by kattracks
WASHINGTON - On his first day back in the Senate since losing the presidential election, Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] hunkered down for hours in his aptly labeled hideaway office in the U.S. Capitol and spurned questions about how he was adjusting.
Heading for his office, the Bay State senator told reporters he could not answer how it felt to be back because he was busy with ``stuff,'' then darted up a stairway.
Kerry attended a morning meeting at which Senate Democrats chose their leaders for next year, but did not address his colleagues.
He skipped the weekly Democratic caucus luncheon, instead dispatching one of his aides for Chinese take-out to eat in his private office.
Former Kerry running mate Sen. John Edwards [related, bio]
did speak at the luncheon, encouraging his colleagues to find a way to let voters in ``red'' states know that Democrats are on their side.
Sen. Harry Reid, who won election as Senate Democratic leader, said his colleagues are letting Kerry decide what he wants to do next.
``Sen. Kerry's going to find his own role,'' Reid (D-Nev.) said at a press conference. ``Sen. Kerry is not a shrinking violet.''
Kerry thanked some senators individually and granted interviews to Massachusetts television stations, remaining vague about possibly running again in 2008 by saying he's ``not shutting any doors.''
But he brushed off reporters who waited hours outside his office. Asked by one what the senator missed most or least about the campaign trail, Kerry replied, ``I'm not going to do an interview right now.''
After snapping ``What?'' at another journalist, who again inquired what Kerry was up to, he replied, ``Work.''
Waiting for an elevator, Kerry elaborated, ``I'm always happy to be back here. It's a privilege to represent Massachusetts.''
Kerry held a meeting to thank his staff, and aides said he spent the day making phone calls and working with staffers to prepare legislation for the next Congress. Although aides had touted a speech Kerry planned to make from the Senate floor about the national debt, it looked likely yesterday to be put off.
"Did he ever find his hairbrush?"
Yes he did. His daughters had it. They were braiding each others back hair. ;O)
The first words that come to mind......angry and bitter!
Johnny still hasn’t signed form 180.
I'm not sure right now if I'll be able to go home to the folks for the holidays. If I can't, I'd love to go carolling on a snow covered Boston night outside his Beacon Hill place, singing:
F*ck the halls of John F Kerry
Ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha
Tis the season to be jolly
Ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha
(feel free to fill in the rest of the verses)
I need to memorize the following insult chant if I ever see sKerry on the street:
LIBERAL
LYING
TRAITOROUS
COMMIE
Sorry, I need to go, there's some movie on the toob with a woman who likes to expose her jumbo breasts!
---Man alive---
Texas? Louisiana?
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There's always one in every crowd.
Its up for sale now...
Naw. He's crying because due to all the campaign publicity he had to show up for work after 20 years.
Not that swift was he?
I figured you'd like that.
Did you click on the image to get the song?
No, I'll do it now
aaarrggghhh... I like it
Kerri makes it so easy......
Stuff? Well, that's a step up from "shove," isn't it?
On the plus side (For Kerry), he can call his girlfriend back from Africa now....
Thank you once again for your assistance in helping me to dodge two bullets in a row.
Love,
The USA
How's he gonna pay off that mortgage on his Beantown brownstone, now?
Yeah, it's tough catching up. He has get to work on planning for the next long weekend. Sun Valley or Nantucket? Decisions, decisions.
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