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  • FLASHBACK: KERRY JOKES ABOUT 'ASSASSINATIONS'

    03/25/2004 3:51:47 PM PST · by aft_lizard · 26 replies · 249+ views
    drudgereport ^ | 25, march | Matt Drudge
    Dem presidential candidate John Kerry lashed out at President Bush over self-deprecating jokes made at this year's Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner. But Kerry himself has had trouble with pushing the humor envelope. "Somebody told me the other day that the Secret Service has orders that if George Bush is shot, they're to shoot Quayle," Kerry joked in 1988. The Massachusetts Democrat then said, "There isn't any press here, is there?" END
  • Kerry's 'joke' could haunt him (said Secret Service had orders to 'shoot Quayle')

    01/26/2004 6:31:07 AM PST · by truthandlife · 35 replies · 187+ views
    Sen. John Kerry got to be the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination through a series of embarrassing verbal gaffes by his major opponent, Howard Dean. But Kerry has made his share of mistakes in the past. One that may come back to haunt him – particularly as he begins considering vice presidential candidates – is the one he told about Dan Quayle on Nov. 16, 1988. "Somebody told me the other day that the Secret Service has orders that if George Bush is shot, they're to shoot Quayle," he said. "There isn't any press here, is there?" After...