After 'botched joke,' former presidential hopeful Kerry assessing prospects for another run

IHT ^ | Dec 1, 2006 | Staff

[wouldntbprudent]

[snip]

Behind the scenes, Kerry apparently has been having doubts, calling current and former Democratic confidantes to inquire just how much his gaffe hurt his presidential chances, according to several Democrats who spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations were private.

Kerry, who turns 63 later this month, had been planning to announce a comeback campaign in December or January. He had thrown himself into helping his party reclaim Congress in the midterm election, campaigning for roughly 80 House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates.

[snip]

Nonetheless, Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, hope to boost their public reemergence with a book about the environment slated for publication next April. \

[wouldntbprudent]

This article has a lot of Rats "speaking on the condition of anonymity." WOO HOO!

Also note Carry is going to try to follow in Algore's footsteps by flacking the "environment" in a book co-written with the Missus.

[ASA Vet]

[Hildy]

A BOOK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT!!! ROFLMAO!!!! How much oil do you think the Heinz-Kerry's use in a week, flying around in thier private planes and heating their mansions around the world? This is going to be hysterical!!!!

[Jeff Head]

Kerry just doesn't get it. Despite all his antics, despite all his claims, despite all his attempts to the contrary ...he just doesn't understand that it is he, himself, who is the botched joke.

[mad puppy]

When he calls me... I'm telling him to run run run.

[meowmeow]

Yikes! Talk about someone who just doesn't get it. His arrogance is as astounding as his stupidity.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"After 'botched joke,' former presidential hopeful Kerry assessing prospects for another run."

I guess Teddy hasn't thrown him overboard yet.

[rjp2005]

John, you gotta be kidding me. You had your shot, and then you shot your own foot last month.

[Vigilanteman]

Yep. A nuancy boy who's only accomplishment is being the world's most successful gigolo.

[zbigreddogz]

When he calls me... I'm telling him to run run run.

I'll join you. We should start a 'Freepers for Kerry' club, dedicated to getting John Kerry the Democratic Nomination in 2008!

Won't matter who we nominate, he'll crush John F'n Kerry.

[ASA Vet]

Yes, he's a joke.
Hence the photo in #3.

[Spok]

"Nonetheless, Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, hope to boost their public reemergence with a book about the environment slated for publication next April."

More fearmongering. And more Teresa. Ya gotta luv it!

[Hildy]

They say Bush is out of touch...has John Kerry read the newspaper lately?
Americans Don't Like John Kerry: Poll

[adorno]

After 'botched joke,' former presidential hopeful Kerry assessing prospects for another run

I have no problem with Kerry running again. There are some positives to it.

There would be some temporary corporations created by it and therefore some jobs. With more campaigns will come more jobs, more spending, and more spreading of the wealth.

More radical left campaigns will provide more fodder for us to attack. And Kerry will provide a lot of material for us FReepers. I miss the good old days of "swift-boating".

[Emmett McCarthy]

The "environment" is already Boy Al's schtick, Monsieur. I think Kerry would have a lot of catching up on his dope smoking to come up with stuff like Al, anyway.

[DustyMoment]

Does this mean that he has signed his SF 180?

All the unresolved '04 issues will re-emerge if he's DUmb enough (redundant, I know) to run again.

Can't wait for it. The debates between him and Hillary will be classic!!

[ElPatriota]

OR... he can be become another "associate" in this prestigious firm! (failed presidential canditates) - LOL

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[HIDEK6]

Yep. A nuancy boy who's only accomplishment is being the world's most successful gigolo.

To be fair, there's lots of competition for that title, and he has done a very good job of it.

[70th Division]

Did he get a Purple Heart for it. Isn't it amazing that he has no REAL issues. So he has to make up one to run on. People in Mass. who voted for him must be really REALLY stupid.

[wouldntbprudent]

A BOOK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT!!! ROFLMAO!!!! How much oil do you think the Heinz-Kerry's use in a week, flying around in thier private planes and heating their mansions around the world? This is going to be hysterical!!!!

Exactly!!!

I just read another article where Teresa was hailed as the "Siren of the Serengetti."

Maybe that will be the title of their book?

[truemiester]

Please run!

Please Run!

Please Run!

election '08 will be a landslide! (for REPUBLICANS!)

[Holicheese]

Yes, but his "enviromental footprint" is still smaller than other billionaire gigilos!

[rockinqsranch]

Perhaps there is no "Humor" in this house. We've dissected Kerry's infamous statement every which way and cannot see any "Joke" in that statement. We see only the TRUE Kerry. We think the media is "convincing" us there was a "Joke" there.

[Henchster]

Kerry apparently has been having doubts, calling current and former Democratic confidantes to inquire just how much his gaffe hurt his presidential chances,...

Good news Jean Francois Kerry! It didn't hurt your chances one bit!

You had zero chance before, and zero chance after, NO CHANGE!

[wouldntbprudent]

True, but after seeing the success Algore has had--on a number of levels, including receiving many wet kisses from Hollywierd--with his book, you can expect to see Rat candidates cranking out the books, DVDs, etc.

Maybe even a few songs, since, you know, Johnn Carry used to be in a band.

And just remember: these are SOoooo easy to concoct. No research necessary. Any facts that go against your plotline, just ignore.

[gulfcoast6]

He IS a botched joke!

[Sacajaweau]

Who's John Kerry??

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

He was on Seanitty and Combs. I freaked out after about 5 seconds! He disgusts me. I went to prep school with a bunch of a-holes like him.

[Sooth2222]

ANY random Freeper has a greater chance of being made President than that guy.

Good grief, can't he give up and go back to watching the home movies of his Vietnam tour. John Effing Kerry, you've had your 15 minutes, please, please just go away.

[ElPatriota]

.."Siren of the Serengetti."

Oh.. this is too good of the "Tittle," to let it go to waste.. :)... Well if she is the "SIREN OF THE SERENGETTI," what does that make the husband of "such creature?"

...there is something here... I can smell it. ROFL

[Sacajaweau]

My all time favorite picture besides the pansy football catch.

[wouldntbprudent]

Good news Jean Francois Kerry! It didn't hurt your chances one bit!

You had zero chance before, and zero chance after, NO CHANGE!

bwwwwaaaaahhhh!

How right you are!

[Shellback Chuck]

Pleeze run four us Jon Carry!!

[wouldntbprudent]

Oh, you are on to something, elpatriota. On to something big-time.

I'll think I'll wait for the caption contest on that one!

If Teresa is the "Siren of the Serengetti," what is John?


hee hee

[wouldntbprudent]

Okay, I'm back. lol

"Sirens" got me to thinking about ambulances, etc. and the flashing yellow lights we called "whoopy lights" in the Army.

So if Teresa is the "Siren of the Serengetti," then Lurch is the "Whoopy light of Timbuktu"?

[Nathan Zachary]

"Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, hope to boost their public reemergence with a book about the environment "

In otherwords, being Al Gore copy cats in hopes of riding on his coat tails.
What an idiot. He will launch his "book" just as Gore's fraudulent film has been completely exposed for the trash it is.

It will be interesting to see what sort of environmental "hero" John F'ing Kerry portrays himself as in his book. We all know he just can't resist putting himself on a pedestal. The man is a compulsive liar, he can't help himself.

[ElPatriota]

GOT TO THINK... GOT TO THINK.... yea yea yeah... :)

[ElPatriota]

good one!... more more more.... :)

[Spok]

"John Effing Kerry, you've had your 15 minutes, please, please just go away."

Maybe he's jealous of Jimmie Carter and encouraged by the fact that failure and buffoonery don't necessarily end a Democrat's career!

[doug from upland]

Michael Richards had a botched joke. John Kerry is a botched joke.

[Rummyfan]

They're still floating that botched joke meme? I tell you what, Kerry is a botched joke! In fact he is a pompous, arrogant, vain, thin-skinned blue-blood with no sense of his own ridiculousness*!

* Mark Steyn

[Rummyfan]

Could there be any politician dumber than this gigolo? The troops understand!

[Elpasser]

Botched jokes ... Kerry, Richards, DeVito ...?

[Verginius Rufus]

Taking Kerry at his word, that his "botched joke" was an attempt to insult President Bush rather than the troops in Iraq, it's at the level of playground humor, where one kid calls another an insulting name and thinks it's very funny.

Kerry can't figure out why the rest of the country wasn't rolling on the floor laughing with him rather than at him.

[Cobra64]

[SAR_Bill]

Arrogance and stupidity have no bounds with that loser.

The biggest favor he can offer is to put another microphone in front of his wife.

[Cobra64]

[Cobra64]

Does this mean that he has signed his SF 180?

Yup.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

At least Kerry spawned a whole new genre of joke -- the "stuck in" joke. FReepers cracking wise here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730960/posts