THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (Johnny Come lately Visits Florida)

American Spectator ^ | 8/23/04 | The Prowler

[kattracks]

THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY

Sen. John Kerry probably didn't gain any votes while traveling through parts of Florida on Friday. The candidate walked through ravaged trailer parks and decimated neighborhoods, and attempted to comfort some of the people who were returning to rebuild their lives. Kerry, in speaking with reporters, called what he was seeing "inspiring."

"Not sure what's so inspiring about me not having help," said a resident of a trailer park Kerry visited. "He wasn't offering anything. He just wanted to come here because the president came here."

Kerry did travel with Sen. Ben Nelson, some of whose staff advanced the trip and attempted to pick areas that were most heavily hit by Hurricane Charley. But what neither Kerry nor Nelson would tell reporters was that Federal Emergency Management Agency officials had already passed through many of the areas they toured and were helping many in the community.

Earlier on Friday, Kerry had attended a meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, with unemployed workers. The North Carolina Kerry campaign had organized a rally for the candidate at his hotel on Thursday night. The campaign was able to pull about 100 volunteers into the lobby to greet the candidate, but when the campaign attempted to get more folks to attend, they got few volunteers.

"There was a big party down the street from the hotel, about 500 or 600 people were there listening to a live band," a Kerry volunteer said. "But there weren't many interested in coming to meet Senator Kerry. It was a disappointing turnout."

[Casloy]

What did they expect? If people in Florida want to see some Goofy guy with an oversized head they only have to go to Disneyworld.

[sd-joe]

Great comment.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"There was a big party down the street from the hotel, about 500 or 600 people were there listening to a live band," a Kerry volunteer said. "But there weren't many interested in coming to meet Senator Kerry. It was a disappointing turnout."

Next time out: book somebody OTHER than these guys, band-wise:

:)

[reformedliberal]

I knew it!

I was watching last week w/the sound off (as usual when they have the Live Shot Liar on)and I could read the body language on the people trying to clean up. F'n might have been *inspired*, but no one appreciated it at all.

[goldstategop]

Inspiring? Yeah, a guy with five mansions and a private jet can relate to people who lost everything. It was just a pitch for votes. Of course the media won't say its beneath Liveshot but that's to be expected.

[dawn53]

They mean Bill Nelson, I think.

[OldFriend]

First Kerry lied to the Cuban Americans about his senate vote, then he called the folks at NASA dirty tricksters for releasing that photo of him in the little bunny foo foo suit and now he's doing photo ops in the trailer parks damaged by the hurricane.

What a guy!

[Fudd]

Perhaps the damage done by the hurricane "inspired" another Vietnam flashback. He did serve there, if you haven't heard.

[Christian4Bush]

He DID? /extreme sarcasm

[firewalk]

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