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Titanic Swim Team (Dork Alert)
Washington Times ^

Posted on 10/05/2004 7:34:44 AM PDT by Republican Red

Knight Ridder reporter Tom Fitzgerald, covering Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, filed this tidbit Sunday from a campaign stop in Ohio:

"At one point, Kerry seemed a little irony-challenged. He greeted a young man in a 'Titanic Swim Team' T-shirt and asked what events he swam. The embarrassed kid said he was actually on his high school track team. 'So you stole the shirt?' Kerry joked. 'I thought you were on the swim team. You faked me out there.' "

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: oyvey
I read yesterday somewhere that Michael J. Fox introduced Kerry at a fundraiser. Kerry thanked Fox by calling him "Alex Keaton" - his character from Family Ties. Kerry wasn't joking.

What a Dork.

1 posted on 10/05/2004 7:34:44 AM PDT by Republican Red
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To: Republican Red

I read it was "Michael Keaton"


2 posted on 10/05/2004 7:36:28 AM PDT by MarkeyD (<a href="http:\\www.michaelmoore.com>Maggot</a>)
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To: Republican Red

Umm, I don't get it.

What is the Titanic Swim Team shirt supposed to be? A parody?


3 posted on 10/05/2004 7:45:54 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (http://www.drunkenbuffoonery.com/mboards/)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Boat sinks, people have to swim. Lame humor T-shirt


4 posted on 10/05/2004 7:47:01 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: Republican Red

This guy is to dim to be President. Mr. Nuance didn't get the irony, priceless.

TitaniKerry Sets Sail.

http://www.hughhewitt.com/MP3s/titanikerry.mp3


5 posted on 10/05/2004 7:50:22 AM PDT by infogeekmom
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To: Blueflag

Yes, its lame.

Another way to look at it is that the T-shirt is a fitting
example of the Kerry campaign/presidency.

Never quite making it...doomed from the start.


6 posted on 10/05/2004 7:51:58 AM PDT by atruelady
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Quoting Hugh Hewitt,

"My argument remains that Kerry's performance in Thursday's debate badly damaged his candidacy, but in a way that many in the media missed with its collective preoccupation with Bush's demeanor on the split screen and his failure to provide devastating comebacks at every turn. In this shared reaction, the punditry and Kerry campaign hands resemble the folks on board the Titantic in the minutes after its meeting with the iceberg: "Well, that wasn't so bad," they told each other. Three hours later, it was a very different picture."

http://www.hughhewitt.com/index.htm#postid893


7 posted on 10/05/2004 7:54:47 AM PDT by infogeekmom
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To: atruelady

8 posted on 10/05/2004 7:56:43 AM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: evets

Now that is FUNNY!!!!


9 posted on 10/05/2004 7:59:31 AM PDT by atruelady
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To: Republican Red

Oh my.


10 posted on 10/05/2004 8:24:00 AM PDT by conservative cat
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To: Republican Red

If Bush had failed to detect the obvious-but-lame humor of a "Titanic Swim Team" t-shirt, it would be on the front page.


11 posted on 10/05/2004 8:28:30 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: evets

Someone should do a photoshop of Kerry fitting Edwards with a "mansierre."


12 posted on 10/05/2004 8:29:29 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Republican Red
He greeted a young man in a 'Titanic Swim Team' T-shirt and asked what events he swam.

"It's a race to the bottom, sir. And everybody loses - just like America if you win the election."

13 posted on 10/05/2004 8:31:48 AM PDT by searchandrecovery (Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

... a "Bro"


14 posted on 10/05/2004 10:17:11 AM PDT by QuiMundus (Learn, Act, Educate, Repeat)
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