"I'm John Kerry and I'm reporting for Jury Duty!!"
Posted on 11/23/2005 6:46:35 AM PST by NormsRevenge
BOSTON - Sen. John Kerry's public profile and prosecutorial past didn't spare him from performing that most mundane of civic responsibilities — jury duty.
Kerry was not only chosen this week to sit on a jury in Suffolk Superior Court, but also was elected foreman.
The case involved two men who sued the city for injuries suffered in a 2000 car accident involving a school principal. The Kerry-led jury rejected their claim Tuesday, and his fellow jurors said the state's junior senator was a natural leader.
"I just found him to be a knowledgeable, normal person," said Cynthia Lovell, a nurse and registered Republican who says she now regrets voting for President Bush in last year's election. "He kept us focused. He wanted us all to have our own say."
The former Democratic presidential candidate reported for duty Monday and none of the lawyers in the case objected to putting him on the jury.
"I was a little surprised," Kerry said of being selected for jury duty.
"I enjoyed it," he said. "It was very, very interesting and very instructive."
They just HAD to mention that, didn't they?
John Kerry? Nope the name doesn't ring a bell.
I'm just surprised that they rejected the claim. It's probably one of the few times that Kerry has had to work directly with his constituents.
I voted him "NOT GUILTY" before I voted him "GUILTY"
Imagine being in the jury room and having to listen to Kerry's incoherent ramblings.
Imagine being sequestered on the same jury with him.
Now you definitely have a reason to celebrate tomorrow, don't you.
bah! :)
Did you know that Kerry served in Vietnam?
So he did jury duty. Big deal. What does he want, another medal?
Beats having him to it to everyone while in congress.
RINO
The city better get ready to pay some big damages
Well you know, he was in Vietnam.
Ah, to fix things.
"I just found him to be a knowledgeable, normal person," said Cynthia Lovell, a nurse and registered Republican who says she now regrets voting for President Bush in last year's election. "He kept us focused. He wanted us all to have our own say."
This is so typical of the LSM. There is NO WAY this woman is a true republican/conservative who now wishes John Kerry had been elected. NO WAY! (rolling eyes)
Crap, beat me to it.
The way Kerry flip-flops I guarantee a hung jury.
John Kerry a normal person? I don't think so as he is suffering PTSD from being in Cambodia that Chrismas. He is a vietnam vet, isn't he?
Massachussetts political stunt -- John Kerry is a former prosecutor in Suffolk County, he knows the prosecutors and judges there. They got him on this jury and they put him in with a "registered Republican who says she regrets having voted for Bush".
"DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?"
With Kerry on the jury, it might as well be a one-man jury.
I'm sure John F'n said he had seen a similar case when he was in Cambodia.
I think he was in Vietnam...
Good Lord, I would have objected. How could I possibly have thought the other members would have acted independently of alQuerry? With stature such as his, his implied opinions would have lead the jury.
Leni
Well...it apparently drove one Republican nurse insane.
If Kerry had lost, she would not have had this wonderful opportunity.
I meant, "If Kerry had won..."
Knowledgeable???
With legal training, of course he was knowledgeable.
He obtained that training after he served in Vietnam for his 90 day tour.
LOL.I actually heard that guy or one similar the other day call in to C-Span!
Figured that...
:-)
LOL!
"I'm normally a straight ticket Republican, but this year I'm voting for Mondale/Dukakis/Clinton/Gore/Kerry!"
They failed to report that Kerry couldn't make up his mind which way to vote.
When was the last time this guy actually showed up for work. Maybe we should institute the same penalties for absenteism from the senate as we do for avoiding jury duty. Then on the other hand, maybe it's better that this guy is missing in action.
Boy, that extra Kerry vote in MA really would have put him over the top!
16 hours later John Kerry was still trying to explain his "guilty but not guilty" verdict!
The fool hasn't even come to a decision on the Cape Cod wind-turbines... it's been a couple years now and he says he still needs more information.
I don't pity his fellow jurors though. They voted for this POS... year after year... after year....
If I were a lawyer I'd absolutely object, he's clearly biased against many things fundamental to the US legal process... not to mention the fact that his presence will turn the courtroom into a local media circus.
I think he bought their votes with the catered lunches.
I see he finally found his proper level of government elected office.
ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa, went the the twin engines on John kill em all kerry's boat (real heros have nick names like that). It was a dark and quiet night, John kill em all Kerry turned to his first mate and (in a quiet yet confident voice) said...."it's quiet...too quiet I don't like it.
If only we can get a bit farther up river without getting spotted we'll be able to drop off secret agent x-183".
In the blink of an eye the calm of the night was SHATTERED KAPOW KAPOW WOOOOSH BLAM BLAM the night came alive with a song of DEATH! They had sailed into a clever ambush set by Charlie (John kill em all Kerry's long time foe).
The crew strickened with fear and unable to move turned as one to the one man who had the courage, the skill, the WILL to save them.
John kill em all Kerry like a coiled spring leapped into action (That's what heros like to do in these kind of situations) with a sneer on his lips John kill em all Kerry THRUST the throttle forward and mzzz teraza (hero's like john kill em all Kerry like to have names for their boats) LEAPPED like a mighty stallion BAAATTLE STATIONS he shouted! Waking as from a dream John kill em all kerry's band of brothers charged to their stations.
BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA sang the quad 50s in a tune that sang death and destruction for Charlie and his commie stooges, BRRRRAAAAAPPPP the 60's spat out a curtain of lead, BOOOOM BOOOOM the 300mm mortars adding their song to the aria of war!
Now the dirty commies would pay for DARING to attack John killl em all Kerry and his All American band of brothes! With a ferral grin John kill em all Kerry shouted DIE COMMIE SCUM! (see hero types like John kill em all Kerry say things like that, they teach them that at hero school).
Just when it looked like one more (glorious) victory for John kill em all Kerry and his gallant band of brothers, KABOOOOM sneeky underhanded commie frogmen (and they're the worst kind) had placed a mine (the dirty rotten dastardly Khmer rouge bast*rds) on the sleak and deadly mzzz teraza! In a bat of an eyelash john kill em all Kerry knew his gallant little steed was done for,
Flinging the little mzzz teraza at the nearest nest of vipers John kill em all Kerry CHARGED straight into the muzzels of death.
Afraid? Not he, John kill em all Kerry didn't know the meaning of fear
{fear(Function): noun Etymology: Middle English fer,
from Old English f[AE]r sudden danger; akin to Latin
periculum attempt, peril, Greek peiran to attempt
Date: 12th century
1 a : an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by
anticipation or awareness of danger
b (1) : an instance of this emotion
(2) : a state marked by this emotion
2 : anxious concern :
SOLICITUDE
3 : profound reverence and awe especially toward God
4 : reason for alarm : DANGER synonyms FEAR, DREAD, FRIGHT, ALARM, PANIC, TERROR, TREPIDATION mean painful agitation in the presence or anticipation of danger. FEAR is the most general term and implies anxiety and usually loss of courage .
DREAD usually adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests aversion as well as anxiety .
FRIGHT implies the shock of sudden, startling fear .
ALARM suggests a sudden and intense awareness of immediate danger .
PANIC implies unreasoning and overmastering fear causing hysterical activity .
TERROR implies the most extreme degree of fear.
TREPIDATION adds to DREAD the implications of timidity, trembling, and hesitation.}
The mortally wounded boat rammed into the den of inequity, and leapping from the galllant but doomed craft a 50cal in his right hand his (trusty) M-16 in his left a 5in. cannon strapped to his back John kill em all Kerry LEAPPED into the very heart of the enemy AAAAHHHHHH he cried all the while dealing death to the left and right (hero types do stuff like that all the time, that's why they're hero types)
The (dirty) commies quaked in fear at this (magnificent specimen) All American hero type in a blood lust cried "It's kill em all Kerry! Please don't kill us, John kill em all Kerry would have none of that! Not after their dastardly attack and mortal wounding of his (beloved) mzzz teraza, DIE YOU DIRTY COMMIE RATS, I'LL TEACH YOU TO MESS WITH MASSACHUSETTS!
And oh the carnage the ensued, So terrible was his (awesome but sensitive) wrath that soon after those above him (being jealous of his superior combat skills and the love his band of brothers had for him) sent him back to the good old US of A.
Gosh if Cynthia's vote had changed for that election then MA would have been a
blue state rather than a re--blu.... nevermind.
Why is it that there are so many "registered Republicans" who regret voting for Bush, are disappointed with the GOP etc, but whenever the records are checked ...
John Kerry.... the haughty, French-looking Massachusetts Democrat, who by the way served in Vietnam?
Haha ...
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