JOHN KERRY, MIA

New York Post ^ | 5/13/04

[kattracks]

May 13, 2004 -- John Forbes Kerry, presidential prospect, is ignoring his day job. Kerry says he supports extending emergency federal unemployment benefits. Whether that's a sound position is another matter, but it is Kerry's position.

Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted 59-40 in favor of the extension.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

I heard some staffer for Kerry respond to that already. You know the answer. it's Bush's fault.
If Bush hadn't been so busy losing and outsourcing jobs then we wouldn't need an unemployment extension.

of course the main issue of Kerry not being available as teh critical vote for one of 'his' issues was never addressed.

[rewrite]

Saw a Democratic strategerist on Fox and Friends 5/11 Steve Doocy hit her with the missed vote boo boo...I wish I could have done a screeen cap of the look on her face. She looked like a prime candadate to be in one of those "I'd rather be anywhere but here" commercials by Southwest Airlines.

[BigSkyFreeper]

[maryz]

I heard some staffer for Kerry respond to that already.

A couple of weeks ago -- before the unemployment extension came up -- a staffer was quoted in the Boston Herald, responding to questions about his continued absence from the Senate as saying he hadn't missed any "important" votes.

Someone posted Kerry's record of votes and missed votes this session in the Senate (I wish I could remember who or on what thread). At that time, I think he had shown up for two. Of course, the way he votes, it's just as well if he doesn't show up!

[Enduring Freedom]

DID YOU EVER SEE JOHN KERRY
(To the tune of 'Did You Ever See A Lassie?')

Did you ever see John Kerry,
John Kerry,
John Kerry?
Did you ever see John Kerry
Flip this way and that?
Flop this way and that way,
And that way and this way,
Did you ever see John Kerry
Flip this way and that?

[DustyMoment]

Kerry only missed that vote because he was working hard to be the voice of those who have no voice of their own - the "working" man and woman.

Unh huh. I'm buying that one, just like I'm buying how you actually voted FOR the $87 Billion, before you voted AGAINST it.

[conservative in nyc]

From yesterday's The New York Post:

Kerry, the only senator to miss the vote, said he didn't come back to Washington because "we were told that no matter what would happen, [the Republicans] would change a vote in the Senate and they were not going to let it happen."

Translation: It's Bush's fault I'm not doing my job. I am better off campaigning in Kentucky (a state I can never win) than going to work to avoid looking like a fool.

[GraceCoolidge]

Kerry, the only senator to miss the vote, said he didn't come back to Washington because "we were told that no matter what would happen, [the Republicans] would change a vote in the Senate and they were not going to let it happen."

I read this too, along with an insinuation that the whole thing was rigged by Republicans so that it would be a one vote margin. My immediate reaction is that I wish the Republicans were that crafty and well organized!

[jmstein7]

Hmmmm...

[LisaMalia]

This effects me personally, and this is the second time Effin has Effed me over on this. He was AWOL on the last vote on this as well. Funny, he made it to his "job" on the day of the gun control vote.

I've been working a bit at a time, and using my saving, waiting for this extension to come through. I am helping to care for my teminally ill father, and this would have afforded me the luxury of spending more of his last days with him.

I'm livid. I've worked for 30 years, and have never taken a government handout in my life. Kerry is a fake, a liar, and a fraud and he doesn't give a rat's a$$ about the working people.

With his vote, the extension would have passed. The extension has gone through like clockwork for the last several years. President Bush has supported it. KERRY'S NO SHOW PROVED WHAT HE THINKS OF THE WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. I hope any still out there straddling the fence realize this fact.

[devolve]

JUST TRUST KERRY


     _{CUT & RUN 2}

[RGSpincich]

Kerry helps Bush. The unemployment gravy train ends, people get jobs. Job production goes up. Wall Street goes up. Kerry goes down. Thanks, John.

[sr4402]

Like I say, A great Campaign add for Bush. Kerry - AWOL in the Senate Again.

LOL

[Dixie Mom]

Someone posted Kerry's record of votes and missed votes this session in the Senate (I wish I could remember who or on what thread).

Right here:  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1123653/posts

[maryz]

That's it! Thank you.

[mvpel]

I heard some staffer for Kerry respond to that already. You know the answer. it's Bush's fault. If Bush hadn't been so busy losing and outsourcing jobs then we wouldn't need an unemployment extension.

But wait! I thought Kerry was in favor of outsourcing, after he was opposed to it?

[Political Junkie Too]

Kerry, the only senator to miss the vote, said he didn't come back to Washington because "we were told that no matter what would happen, [the Republicans] would change a vote in the Senate and they were not going to let it happen."

Translation: I was going to vote for it before I wasn't going to vote for it.

-PJ

[LisaMalia]

bump

[LisaMalia]

I take offense to your remarks. The unemployment "gravy train" as you call it, is for hard working people who have been put out of work through no fault of their own. In my case, it was a result of mismanagement by some high on the corporate ladder, plus a glut in the telecommunications market in my area. Ironically, after downsizing two thirds of the company, and filing bankruptcy, those in upper management are fine thank you, and still getting their six figure bonuses.

Welfare is a gravy train. Unemployment compensation is not. Read my post above. But I digress. The point is that Kerry needs to be exposed as the hypocrite that he is.