Posted on 10/16/2006 7:41:06 AM PDT by presidio9
Sen. John Kerry says he deserves a second chance if he decides to take another crack at becoming president.
The Massachusetts Democrat, who lost to President Bush in 2004, said it is a basic principle that "Americans give people a second chance. And if you learn something and prove you've learned something, maybe even more so. Now, I don't know what I'm going to do yet. We'll make that decision down the road."
Ronald Reagan twice unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination for president before he got it — and won two elections for the White House.
"John McCain, their leading candidate — didn't he get kicked around South Carolina by the same president because he wasn't patriotic enough as a prisoner of war? He's now their leading candidate for president," Kerry said of the Republican Party. " Richard Nixon seemed to get kicked around pretty badly both running for president and governor, turned around and came back and got elected president."
Kerry faces a major challenge trying to convince Democratic activists that a recently defeated candidate can still carry his party's hopes for recapturing the White House.
If Kerry runs, he would have to overcome other Democratic presidential hopefuls such as Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Joe Biden of Delaware, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut.
The list of potential opponents also could include New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, former Indiana Gov. Sen. Evan Bayh, Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, and even Kerry's ex-running mate in 2004, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
Curiously, all Republicans.
John F'n Kerry, you are no Ronald Reagan... heck, you're not even a Richard Nixon.
Still want to know how he'll run for President and for his Senate seat at the same time
Spending $500M with nothing to show for it is quite a feat. Maybe he'll top himself.
Not for a Senator, it isn't.
Kerry running again isn't scarry. That people would actually vote for him is. Then you run into them at the supermarket, the mall, at work...
The comparisons to Reagan and McCain are idiotic - they lost PRIMARIES. Kerry won the primary, he lost the general. Reagan won after he was nominated, and if McCain were to be nominated (not my choice), he would certainly beat the likes of Kerry.
I thought it was a rumor that he was in Vietnam.
Did John Kerry serve in Vietnam?
Apparently. He also was sent by Richard Nixon to Cambodia before Nixon even became President.
I heard that Barney Frank wants to run for Senate - Kerry's seat????
LOL Personally, I'd love it if John Kerry ran for prez.
He deserves a second chance to appear on the stage with the "Jersey Girls" and pretend to love the USA so that he can lose again.
I think Hillary wouldn't mind to have some actual opponents in the primaries just so she can claim she had to "fight" for the nomination.
Oh, yes, yes, yes, run, John, run. I have a bunch of jokes about how you look French that I haven't used yet.
Kind of like a PHIRANA feeding frenzy. It will be fun to watch! There will be blood in da water for sure.
i really couldnt care less who the rats run, I only wish we had a conservative running who I could vote for without holding my nose
The last time Kerry tried to misrepresent the conflict between Bush and McCain in 2000, I posted a thread that went to the transcript of the CNN debate in which it occurred to reveal the truth.
DON'T GET SPUN! Part 1: True Context of 2/15/00 Bush-McCain Clash In Kerry Smear Ad
Who's "swiftboating" whom?
The MSM thinks they are picking our candidate for us right now. They thought the same thing six years ago, when they gave McCain the nomination before South Carolina. Most voters will not be paying much attention until next Christmas, and probably later than that. Front runner status right now (and, BTW, it is Giuliani, not McCain), means little except for fund raising purposes.
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