Posted on 07/13/2004 6:08:07 PM PDT by NYC Republican
The Kennedys loved to play football in odd places and so, naturally, does their political descendant, Sen. John F. Kerry. It was searingly hot on the airport tarmac in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., last week. Inside an air-conditioned conference room, Kerry and an aide were tossing a football when Sen. John Edwards arrived. In coats and ties, the newly minted running mates performed yet another bonding ritual, a typical blend of bonhomie and competition. Grinning, Kerry winged a pass across the table to Edwards, who caught it with the practiced, spread-fingered ease of the high-school player he once was. "Look at those soft hands!" Kerry exclaimed. "A good receiver." Edwards, grinning, too, passed the ball back, making Kerry reach a bit to make the catch. "I kind of led him a little bit too much," Edwards said, "but you knew he'd get it."
Seated at the conference table for their first joint interview as Democratic ticket mates, the duo continued their cheerful, if still tentative, game, as the new No. 2 adjusted to his "receiver" role. When Edwards was asked for his views on nuclear proliferation, Kerry—with a polite but firm "Do you mind?"—stepped in to answer the question with an air of authority, leaving Edwards to fiddle impatiently with the football until it was his turn. But when the subject turned to values, it was Edwards who was more sure-footed and upbeat. While Kerry focused on rebutting each and every Bush administration accusation on abortion, gun control and taxes, Edwards smoothly alluded to his own milltown, blue-collar, rural roots and evoked the vision of a brighter future for all. "People are desperate to feel optimistic again," he said. "I know what they need. I know what they want ... They want someone who will lift them up again, in a real way, not rhetoric." Kerry couldn't have said it better—and didn't.
In the Sunshine State, the storied battleground of Election 2000 (and certain to be that again this year), the "John-John" ticket was campaigning as the Sunshine Boys, eager to paint the campaign as a Manichaean struggle between their light and the darkness of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, whom Democrats depict as the gloomy, disingenuous avatars of war abroad and economic inequality at home. To the chagrin of some of his aides, Bush took the unusual step of attacking the other guy's veep pick, implying that Edwards was unprepared for the job. Later, Bush accused Edwards of being a closet pessimist, "whether the message is delivered with a smile or a frown." But with some Republicans suggesting that Cheney is a drag on the GOP ticket—the new NEWSWEEK Poll provides ample ammunition for that view—Democrats saw the veep matchup as a Future versus Past winner. "It's a great contrast for us," said Kerry adviser Tad Devine.
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Shouldn't that be termed a "huge poof-piece?" ;-)
Oh yea. That's what I want the world to say when they think of MY country's President and VEEP. The Sunshine Boys.
Please, America......keep adults in the White House!!!
How disgusting. How disgraceful that Newsweek is so blatant in their support of these clowns... They totally LIE, as anyone who's been following the race knows that BOTH of these clowns have been NOTHING but negative... The only positive thing is that SKUMBAG SKERRY didn't harshly attack Edwards, and vice-versa (Because the race was already wrapped up). Gay-boy Breck Girl Edwards is just as negative with his 2 Americas, only he does it with a smile, trying to fool as many Americans as possible with it and his cow of a wife (I wouldn't have personally attacked her if she didn't make all of those outrageous statements herself last week, that LARD-BUTT).
I cannot help but think that these two sweethearts have time to toss a football for photo-ops but do NOT have time for terrorist briefings.
I can hardly believe that I ever subscribed to that rag.
* Warming Up Kerry
* An interview with the new team (softball questions/puff piece)
* Alter: the Art of the Closing Argument (why Edwards legal skills will help, from commie Alter)
* John Edwards: VP Hopeful, Boyish Wonder (Hello! he's over 50!!!)
* Elizabeth Edwards: A Woman of the People (Another Puff Piece on Fat Cow)
Newsweak sucks.
Thanks. Obviously not a shock to anyone.
Maybe it's just me, but isn't there almost a gay subtext to the article? Soft hands, receiver. I'm not a conspiracy kind of gal, but it just seemed odd.
Second comment. The football throwing seems to me a Kennedyesque image and I would be surprised if it wasn't a deliberate one.
We're back in Camelot - not!!!!!!!!!
Their bias is showing. No surprise, of course.
Sounds like trouble in paradise to me. This incident along with Campaign Carl's report on the 60 minutes interview confirms that clouds are forming over the sunshine boys.
Honestly, it's alomost like we're living in a communist country with the media only telling you what THEY want you to hear... Spinning/omitting/lying about everything else.
Do you have a link on this? I'd love to know what this is all about. Thanks
Terrazo looks rather aloof.
I wish I could remember that website. It was really good. ;-)
FMCDH(BITS)
There's nipple girl just to her left.
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