Posted on 05/26/2004 7:38:26 AM PDT by jmstein7
You know that Sen. John Kerry is in trouble when even his close ally Sen. Teddy Kennedy is ridiculing him.
Democrats are so furious over Kerry's waffling about whether to delay accepting the party's presidential nomination that "Kennedy privately mocked Kerry at a party fund-raising event this week for failing to consult him, pretending to take orders from the junior senator over the phone," the Boston Herald reported today.
Massachusetts' senior U.S. senator pretended to be on the phone with his protege and said, "Yes, John. Whatever you say, John," one eyewitness revealed.
One prominent Democrat lawmaker told the Herald: "People are kicking the [expletive] out of Kerry over this. I can't find anybody who thinks this is a good idea."
Daley to Kerry: Stop the Hatred
And you know Kerry is in trouble when a hard-core Democrat pol tells him to stop being so hateful and disrespectful.
Earlier in the presidential campaign, Kerry made a comment to some union employees that the Bush administration was a bunch of corrupt liars.
Oops! He's done it again.
Kerry, in what he supposedly thought was an off-the-record conversation with reporters, said after President Bush's fall from his bike last weekend, "Did the training wheels fall off?"
Five-term Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, who had a similar injury years ago, jabbed Kerry for his sneering attitude toward the president.
Daley reminded his party's nominee-to-be: "When someone falls ... you should not wish ill upon anyone. It's not right. ... You just don't do that. Let's have some respect for one another."
President Bush, of course, made no ugly comments after Kerry recently suffered falls while bicycling and while snowboarding.
"To Daley, Kerry's remark symbolized a hate-filled brand of politics the mayor has long despised," the Chicago Sun-Times reported today.
Hizzoner said: "The thing I worry about in politics is all of these people hating one another: 'I hate Kerry', 'I hate Bush.' I wish the former presidents - Carter and Ford and Clinton and Bush - would all get up and tell people, 'You may support candidates, but don't hate the other candidate.'
"You see too much hate. And I'll tell you one thing - hate will turn on people. ... When hate gets in politics, it's a very, very dangerous aspect."
No word as yet on whether Democrats around the country, including the hateful members of groups such as Moveon.org, have hung their heads in shame.
Ted (the swimmer) will live longer than Moses) he is permanently pickled.
The only part of him that will ever die is his conscitious(i know i spelled it wrong) and that part of him died in the oldsmobile.
The rest of him will be alive and blubbering incoherent "sentences" from now till the day after forever.
You need to add little flowers all over it, like the one he wore on his ski vest zipper pull. That would be sooo cute!
You owe me a new screen, LOL!
I understand what you're saying. For the most part, I agree that showing this type of picture would really be pushing the envelope. That said, I'm pretty much done being polite when it comes to defeating liberalism.
"I'm pretty much done being polite when it comes to defeating liberalism."
Wish I'd said that!!
He just hasn't been caught. Anyone who believes that ugly comments aren't being made by both sides is nuts.
What you said was..........best word??..........stupid.
Let me clarify (even though I have a feeling that you were just trying to be difficult).
The so-called 'Republican attack machine' that Kerry has been whining about is sweet and mild compared to the vitriolic hatred coming from the left.
If you compare ANYthing President Bush says (in public OR in private) with the vile 'he's a stupid liar, who betrayed the country, and should be shot' hatred coming from those who oppose him, or even the somewhat milder (of political necessity) insults from Kerry, YOU're nuts.
Yes, Kerry says stuff like this and, yes, it's a sign that he's a lefty loon. But on a more mundane level, it's a signal that (1) he's so deep in the bubble that he rarely interacts with anyone who disagrees with him and (2) his staff lacks anyone with the stature to stand up to him. That's where this kind of language comes from.
Wake up. Politicians and their teams are all about getting elected at any cost. It's amazing how few people understand this.
On the other hand, I find it amazing when one's words are twisted beyond recognition to make a point.
Who said this?? Certainly not I.
Don't make things up. It kills constructive conversation.
When are the deadlines in the states for getting on the ballot? If it happens it will probably be shortly before that date, unless NJ and Mass are earlier than the others. Those states, at least, can be fixed.
Unless Bush's voters all think think "there is NO way he can win in November" and stay smugly home. It might even be good strategy at this point for crats here and there to voice such sentiments sadly "off the record."
What did I make up?
I suppose the word IF gives you an out for your preposterous supposition, but this statement of yours is absurd.
And since you brought me back here.................IF you think that George W. Bush wants the presidency AT ANY COST, you know nothing about him.
He's competitive, he's politically savvy, and he wants to be reelected, but NOT at any cost. NOT at the cost of character. NOT at the cost of his relationship with his Savior and Lord.
Obviously.
I don't think Bush's supporters are smug about this, though.......the grassroots organization is going full blazes.
And I think most know that the Dems will do anything, illegal or otherwise to keep Bush from a second term.
There's no complacency here. My comment was just in reaction to what a total moron JfK is......
Oh........and btw.......the people on FR who SAY they voted for Bush in 2000 but that they won't because of this or that now aren't included in the Bush support column, IMO.
Now, if he was serious about Kyoto, he would take the train and get a new bicycle......
I remember a couple of years ago when the Bush people were fighting with the McCain people for voters in New York.
Bush had a commercial that was flat out absurd and win at all costs. In this commercial we were told that McCain was essentially pro women getting breast cancer, an obvious twisting of some real information in order to paint McCain as evil and to win at all costs.
Politics isn't a simple game played between good guys and bad guys. Dick Morris going from one side to another illustrates this point perfectly.
Sorry. There's a difference between the way this administration works and the RAT party.
Nobody's talking tea party's here. Just ethics.
(You'll have to prove that the commercial you reference had Bush's approval, and that it was as bad as you imply).
How does one prove that he approved every single commercial and how does one prove how bad a commercial was?
I'll look into finding some info on it but at least it's good to hear that you would admit what I described as win at all cost politics. It will be interesting to hear your reaction if I can find it.
Looking forward to your comment even though I have a feeling it may not fall into line.
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