"To Be, or Not To Be the Nominee" CARTOON featuring John Kerry as Hamlet

www.iowapresidentialwatch.com ^ | 5/24/2004 | IPWGOP

[IPWGOP]

"Playing Hamlet"

John Kerry political cartoon.

 

May 24, 2004...

To be, or not to be the nominee?

Sen. John Kerry has a money problem. Once he accepts the Dem presidential nomination, he locks into the $75 million from the FEC and his unlimited fundraising comes to a complete halt -- five weeks before his opponent’s, President Bush. That means Bush has five more weeks than Kerry to raise unlimited campaign dollars.

How did this happen? Democrat Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, wanting the selection process for the Democrats to be over early, scheduled the Democrats’ Convention in Boston from July 26 to 29 -- five weeks before the Republicans’ Convention in New York, Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.

What’s a candidate to do? How about this: hold a nominating convention, but don’t accept the nomination... yet. Yes, that way Kerry can have his cake and eat it, too. Having things both ways is very Kerry-esque, nes pas?

Now Kerry – the To Be Or Not To Be Nominee – can boldly state, “I actually will be the nominee before I will be it.”

[OXENinFLA]

Good one!!!

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[Red Badger]

ALAS! POOR ALGORE.....I KNEW HIM WELL!

[Bahbah]

Terrific.

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[billorites]

"Alas, poor Monica.
I knew her, Fellatio.
A woman of infinite heft
Of most excellent panties."

[Old Sarge]

A line or two:

"My hour is almost come, when I, to fast and tormenting fires, must render up myself."

"Alas, poor Clinton - I knew him, Fellatio..."

[NRA2BFree]

LOL! Another good one! :-)

[Old Sarge]

BEAT ME BY A SECOND OR THREE!!! Well Done!

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[ErnBatavia]

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[IPWGOP]

"Alas, poor Clinton - I knew him, Fellatio..."

LOLLOLOLOL!! You all have me laughing so hard I can barely see to type. Such brilliant Shakespeareans!

[Americanwolf]

Brilliant!

[Old Sarge]

HAMLET: "To BE, or NOT To Be - that is the question.."

CLINTON: "Naw, it ain't, there, Hamlet! Y'all gotta know what 'is' means, 'fore y'all answer that!"

[curmudgeonII]

One more line:
Full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.

[Aeronaut]

But..., but..., if the convention nominates him he IS the nominee. What the hey does acceptance have to do with it?

from Mirriam-Webster on line:

Main Entry: nom·i·nee
Pronunciation: "nä-m&-'nE
Function: noun
Etymology: nominate
: a person who has been nominated

[js1138]

I am the very model of a presidential candidate,
From character to senator I know what to assassinate.
I lobby for the victims of injustice and adversity,
And care for those unfortunates who lack my great diversity.
I've bedded movie starlets and I've yachted with the Kennedys,
I've copied their initials and I've shared in their affinities.
And in the field of foreign wars my service is distinguishèd,
Or will be just as soon as all the rumors are extinguishèd.

Or will be just as soon as all the rumors are extinguishèd.
Or will be just as soon as all the rumors are extinguishèd.
Or will be just as soon as all the rumors are extinguishèd.


I'm boarding schooled and finishèd in snowy neutral Switzerland,
My haircuts and my super facials set me back at least a grand.
My visage in the mirror never ceases me to fascinate;
I am the very model of a presidential candidate.

His visage in the mirror never ceases him to fascinate;
He is the very model of a presidential candidate.


I married very well and proper, and I married kind of twice,
The first wife, she had tons of money, and they say the kids are nice.
This was, advancing my career, anulled, but she remains a friend,
My second wife is richer still, and happily sustains a trend.
Two marriages can easily as two conflicting thoughts be hatched.
I'm married to ideas whenever they're to billionaires attached.
The nuances of laws and things are strewn among my haws and hems;
I'm so cerebral sauve and subtle, like Prince Hamlet on the Thames.

He's so cerebral sauve and subtle, like Prince Hamlet on the Thames.
He's so cerebral sauve and subtle, like Prince Hamlet on the Thames.
He's so cerebral sauve and subtle, like Prince Hamlet on the Thames.


Irreconcilable intentions haunt my inconsistent stands,
And ghosts fly out of Arkansas, opposing me and my commands.
In matters war and peaceful I will always spin and vacillate.
I am the very model of a presidential candidate.

In matters war and peaceful he will always spin and vacillate.
He is the very model of a presidential candidate.


If I become the president our kind could safely then inhale,
Unless a vast conspiracy releases the right wing on bail,
Demands a free and fair election in a horrid foreign state,
Or tries to overthrow a brutal and oppressive potentate,
Humiliates or disrespects a terr'ist or a tyrant lord,
Or fails to fly the white surrender flag before the mouse that roared;
I would this mad cabal remand and would severely castigate,
Unless to the U.N. or my successor I could delegate.

Unless to the U.N. or his successor he could delegate.
Unless to the U.N. or his successor he could delegate.
Unless to the U.N. or his successor he could delegate.


I never would betray you and I never would equivocate.
I'm patriotic to a fault and never would renunciate;
My brain, when I am making big decisions, it can herniate.
I am the very model of a presidential candidate;

His brain, when he is making big decisions, it can herniate.
He is the very model of a presidential candidate.