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Kerry wasn't too Swift on recent tour (freeper *kattracks* quoted!)
The Boston Herald ^ | 1/16/05 | Howie Carr

Posted on 01/16/2005 7:12:33 AM PST by raccoonradio

You're John Kerry, and this is the worst weekend of your life.

This is the moment when you should be preparing to take the oath of office, trying to figure out how to say, ``So help me God,'' without choking on that last word the way all good Massachusetts liberals do.

You've been globe-trotting for weeks now, bad-mouthing your own country in Third World hellholes, but now you know Joe Louis was right.

You can run but you can't hide. As Hosni Mubarak told you in Cairo, ``You don't have to go home, Senator, but you can't stay here.''

You're John Kerry, and every night sleep eludes you as toss and turn, endlessly pondering the what-ifs:

What if . . . Mary Mapes had had sense enough to go on eBay and buy a 1970 Olympic manual typewriter?

What if . . . dead people and felons were allowed to vote in Ohio like they are in King County, Washington?

What if . . . Bob Shrum had retired one election cycle sooner?

What if . . . Al Gore had never invented the Internet?

You're John Kerry and you can't even go to the game in Foxboro this afternoon, because even if you hid out in Bob Kraft's box, eventually CBS would do a cutaway, and those 60,000 Bush voters in the stands would see you up on the replay screen and give you a worse razzing than the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

This is more painful than ``Christmas in Cambodia,'' worse even than those weekends when you had to sleep on the couch in your ex-brother-in-law's living room.

You're John Kerry, and you flew to Baghdad to rip into someone's ``horrendous judgments'' and ``unbelievable blunders'' - and you weren't even talking about your own campaign for president.

You're John Kerry, and the song they still play when you walk into a room is ``Just a Gigolo,'' not ``Hail to the Chief.''

Here is how bad it is when you lose for president:

You fly to Paris and no one will even give you the number of Suha Arafat, a billionaire heiress who's a little on the chunky side, granted, but considering the fact that she's 25 years younger and a billion dollars richer than Mama T, no self-respecting gigolo could possibly rule her out as a prospect in next year's heiress draft.

You tell the reporters in Paris that you can't speak to them in French because you're ``rusty,'' but you weren't too ``rusty'' to address the Haitians in Florida last October.

You're John Kerry, and these same pajama-clad lowlifes who took down that great American patriot Dan Rather have the audacity to post a photo of you with Chirac in Paris with this caption:

``Est-ce qu'he Jacques, je puis m'obtenir un drapeau blanc ici?''

Translation: ``Hey Jacques, can I get me a white flag here?''

You're John F. Kerry, and don't they know who you are?

It could be worse - you could be Al Gore in 2001. You could have to sit behind Bush on Thursday when he's sworn in. No wonder Al immediately went on the Elvis Presley diet and packed on 50 pounds.

You're just a gigolo, and the saddest thing of all is to realize that even a billion dollars can't buy you the presidency. But what if you had $2 billion?

You're John Kerry, and if somebody could just set you up with Suha, dammit, you know you could turn it around in '08.

You're John Kerry, and you could win, so help you . . . somebody.


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1 posted on 01/16/2005 7:12:34 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Great piece by Howie.


2 posted on 01/16/2005 7:14:50 AM PST by seasaidh
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To: seasaidh

I had a bleep-eatin' grin on my face when I first set eyes on it :)


3 posted on 01/16/2005 7:15:18 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: seasaidh

I bet he asked Bob Kraft if he could throw out the first football today.


4 posted on 01/16/2005 7:16:54 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: raccoonradio

Man that's blistering. Surprised to see it in the Herald


5 posted on 01/16/2005 7:17:46 AM PST by Vision (The New York Times...All the news to fit a one world government)
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To: raccoonradio

Loved it ... and the fact that it's in a Boston paper is ever richer!! great piece.


6 posted on 01/16/2005 7:17:49 AM PST by AgThorn (You're my president, Dubya, but do something about immigration or I'm not voting Republican any more)
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To: raccoonradio

wow, that was fun to read :-)


7 posted on 01/16/2005 7:18:16 AM PST by gtee03
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To: raccoonradio

Great sunday morning laugh


8 posted on 01/16/2005 7:18:54 AM PST by txroadhawg (Don't believe any statistics unless you made them up yourself)
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To: raccoonradio; Freee-dame; Travis McGee

An award-winning column if ever I saw one!!!!


9 posted on 01/16/2005 7:19:22 AM PST by maica (Dems play to "MSM"...and we have learned they cannot defeat anyone.)
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To: raccoonradio

Most excellent. Howie is probably much closer to reality than a first glance would indicate.

Not a good week to be John Kerry - but he get's what he deserves.


10 posted on 01/16/2005 7:20:22 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (The Measure of a Man is the Willingness to Accept Responsibility for Consequences of his Acts.)
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To: raccoonradio

LOL Excellent!


11 posted on 01/16/2005 7:20:31 AM PST by Arpege92 (Modern liberalism requires everyone to look different but think the same. - Lizavetta)
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To: raccoonradio; CyberCowboy777

HILARIOUS!!!!


12 posted on 01/16/2005 7:21:01 AM PST by SW6906
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To: gtee03

The Kerry legacy -- better than the Keystone Cops, the Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy, all rolled into one giant dodo of a hard socialist (with a snow-board)...great article!!!


13 posted on 01/16/2005 7:21:06 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: raccoonradio
What if . . . Mary Mapes had had sense enough to go on eBay and buy a 1970 Olympic manual typewriter?

Oh, cripes -- don't go givin' them any ideas.

14 posted on 01/16/2005 7:23:52 AM PST by martin_fierro (Hines Ward is my son! OK, not really, but it'd be nice.)
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To: raccoonradio

Who says Howie Carr doesn't know how to zing?? In this piece, he not only zings Kerry, he flat out rips him a new one.


15 posted on 01/16/2005 7:24:23 AM PST by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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To: raccoonradio

bttt


16 posted on 01/16/2005 7:25:43 AM PST by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: raccoonradio
"I'm John Kerry, and I still haven't reported for duty."
17 posted on 01/16/2005 7:26:23 AM PST by airborne (Dear Lord, please be with my family in Iraq. Keep them close to You and safely in Your arms.)
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To: AgThorn
If you listened to Howie's show (produced by WRKO in Boston and aired nationwide on a couple dozen stations), you'd hear lots of people calling who think "our way". Yet this is still a blue state; still dominated by the Dems in the State House (though we at least put the GOP in the corner office...last Dem elected governor was Mike "Pee Wee" Dukakis in 1986)...

My pleasure to post it (am a proud Herald subscriber).

18 posted on 01/16/2005 7:30:25 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: airborne

I'm Bill Clinton and I'm...reporting for BOOTY


19 posted on 01/16/2005 7:30:44 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

I know who Howie Carr is, but who's John Kerry? The name is sort of familar, it's like trying to remember the name of the dweeb who felt himself up in the back of Latin class in high school, but I just can't come up with it.


20 posted on 01/16/2005 7:32:20 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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To: raccoonradio

Howie kicks ass!

He does a radio show every weekday afternoon that is also fantastic. Howie deserves much credit for keeping the nation free from JF'nK this past November.


21 posted on 01/16/2005 7:33:22 AM PST by islander-11 (Save Nantucket - Vote Republican!!!)
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To: raccoonradio
stolen from Baynative
22 posted on 01/16/2005 7:35:01 AM PST by bitt ('every fifth round is a tracer')
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To: raccoonradio

One trip Kerry won't be taking:

Yahoo! Driving Dirctions
Starting from: 19 Louisburg Sq, Boston, MA 02108-1202

[historical society may soon be putting up a plaque:
JOHN KERRY GOT A FIRE HYDRANT MOVED AT THIS SITE]

Arriving at: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Washington, DC 20502-0001

Distance: 440.6 miles

Approximate Travel Time: 6 hours 46 mins


23 posted on 01/16/2005 7:36:14 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: islander-11

Just as the late Jerry Williams helped save us from Mike Dukakis, Howie saved us from Kerry. You can trust him.
He's not like all the others.


24 posted on 01/16/2005 7:37:06 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I know who Howie Carr is, but who's John Kerry? The name is sort of familar

I think he's a senator, but his name doesn't show up on floor votes last year.

25 posted on 01/16/2005 7:39:59 AM PST by dirtboy (To make a pearl, you must first irritate an oyster)
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To: raccoonradio; All
'You're John Kerry, and these same pajama-clad lowlifes who took down that great American patriot Dan Rather have the audacity to post a photo of you with Chirac in Paris with this caption: ``Est-ce qu'he Jacques, je puis m'obtenir un drapeau blanc ici?''

this was in one of the FR threads, do we 'recognize' the FReeper?

26 posted on 01/16/2005 7:40:01 AM PST by bitt ('every fifth round is a tracer')
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To: raccoonradio
You're just a gigolo, and the saddest thing of all is to realize that even a billion dollars can't buy you the presidency.

The scary thing is, he almost won. Had it not been for the sudden OBL tape, I firmly believe Kerry would be sworn in this coming week.

This empty-suited, 'I have a plan' [but I don't have any details or specifics], do-little Senator ran based on 4 months of service in Vietnam 35 years earlier --- and he almost won.

China's feelings about the Bush victory:

The regime regarded Kerry as a self-absorbed, vacillating, weak and an unpatriotic man with little or no character. Just the kind of man they would like to see as president of the United States.
27 posted on 01/16/2005 7:42:10 AM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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To: bitt

'twas Buckhead.


28 posted on 01/16/2005 7:43:52 AM PST by martin_fierro (Hines Ward is my son! OK, not really, but it'd be nice.)
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To: raccoonradio

What if...John Kerry realizes he lost and disappeared for awhile.


29 posted on 01/16/2005 7:45:16 AM PST by alienken (Bumper sticker idea- We have God in heaven & a Texan in the whitehouse,LIFE IS GOOD!!)
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To: raccoonradio; sure_fine
Oooooooo, that's gonna leave a mark. Excellent! Brought a smile to my Sunday-morning-sleeping-in face. Mmmmmmmmmm, coffee. And here in Penna, we've got our first snowfall of 2" coming tonite and tomorrow. Oooooo-rah!
30 posted on 01/16/2005 7:46:35 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: raccoonradio

31 posted on 01/16/2005 7:48:23 AM PST by maggief
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To: Vision
Surprised to see it in the Herald

The Herald is the conservative paper in Boston; The Globe is the Left/Commie rag.

32 posted on 01/16/2005 7:48:50 AM PST by IonInsights
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To: raccoonradio
Well there is always the possibility of a Hollywood remake of the Wizard of OZ. John could have his choice of several roles.

The Cowardly Lion in search of courage who eventually if given a medal he hasn't earned.

The Tin Man in search of a heart, who after being oiled because he is rusty, is given a heart presumably to make him more human then the pseudo robot he is.

The Scarecrow in search of a brain parallels Kerry' most desperate need, a brain.

An last but not least, The Wicked Witch of the East. John can win this role by a chinny chin chin.

33 posted on 01/16/2005 7:49:38 AM PST by hflynn
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MeekOneGOP

ping


34 posted on 01/16/2005 7:51:12 AM PST by bitt ('every fifth round is a tracer')
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To: 7.62 x 51mm

Howie Carr - one of the best things in the people's republic of mahhhsahhchustts..

John Kerry...one of the worst...


During the campaign I wondered why the media never talked to Howie about his opinions on JFrenchKerry. Like the way they made Molly Ivins a star when she bashed Bush in 2000....Hmmm...no bias in the media hey,


35 posted on 01/16/2005 7:52:40 AM PST by samkatz
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To: dirtboy
I think he's a senator

Does anyone know what state he represents?

The canonical answer is "Al-Qaeda"

37 posted on 01/16/2005 7:54:03 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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To: samkatz

LOL! Spot on.


38 posted on 01/16/2005 7:54:37 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: raccoonradio

WAHT IF: You really had earned those three purple hearts, had served honorably and not deserted you band of brothers 4 months into your tour?


39 posted on 01/16/2005 7:57:39 AM PST by Baynative (If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.)
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To: raccoonradio

Excellent piece! In Boston, too, excellent!


40 posted on 01/16/2005 7:58:15 AM PST by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: Baynative

Do you mean, 'what if he had the slightest hint of honor'?


41 posted on 01/16/2005 7:59:06 AM PST by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: bitt

..who stole it from someone else...


42 posted on 01/16/2005 8:00:16 AM PST by Baynative (If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Ilove it!!!! How true is that!!!!!!


43 posted on 01/16/2005 8:01:18 AM PST by laura0826 (lauramc)
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To: raccoonradio

This article deserves a few keyword boosts. LOL...


44 posted on 01/16/2005 8:01:26 AM PST by LowOiL ("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
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To: airborne

"I am John Kerry and I am reporting for duty"

"Go back to bed John, You couldnt cut it in Viet Nam and you cant cut it here"
And take those fake medals back with you.


45 posted on 01/16/2005 8:01:43 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: raccoonradio

Bump! Thanks! ;-)


46 posted on 01/16/2005 8:02:51 AM PST by Tunehead54 (Repeal the 22nd Amendment!)
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To: kattracks

gigantic ping to kattracks


47 posted on 01/16/2005 8:04:16 AM PST by bitt ('every fifth round is a tracer')
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To: raccoonradio
What if . . . Mary Mapes had had sense enough to go on eBay and buy a 1970 Olympic manual typewriter?

Imagine what her Ebay name would be !

Perhaps LuvKerry or ElectionFraud or DanTheManIsMyHero or Cheats4Dems or SoreLoserCheater.

48 posted on 01/16/2005 8:04:36 AM PST by LowOiL ("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
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49 posted on 01/16/2005 8:05:15 AM PST by Baynative (If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.)
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To: raccoonradio

bttt


50 posted on 01/16/2005 8:06:16 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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