http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lurch/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:58:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418622/posts Phone, cable and broadcast companies can get away with a lot in DC, but they best not stand between a man and his football games. As we noted yesterday, Time Warner Cable and News Corporation are engaged in a retransmission fee fight that could wind up with Fox programming being pulled from Time Warner Cable's channel lineup. This apparently displeases football fan and U.S. Senator John Kerry, who sent a letter to News Corp. warning them that Uncle Sam would step in if Fox programming is disrupted later on today DSL reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418622/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404443/posts Sen. Kerry Will Travel to Copenhagen Global Warming Summit by Commercial Airliner Thursday, December 10, 2009 By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will travel to the United Nations global warming conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on a commercial airliner, a senior Kerry aide told CNSNews.com. “The senator expects to travel commercially as he has to past climate conferences,” the aide said, adding that the details of Kerry’s travel arrangement were contingent opon the Senate’s schedule. Published reports have indicated that many public officials have been arriving at the Copenhagen in private jets, meaning they are... CNSnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404443/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:58:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373460/posts GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe meticulously deconstructs John Kerry’s eco-hysteria. Must-read here and must-watch: Unfortunately, this is the naked state of the climate change “debate:” (see vids at link) Michelle Malking http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373460/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:28:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364964/posts John Kerry, the US senate's foreign relations committee chairman, has said it would be "irresponsible" to send more US troops to Afghanistan. Kerry's comments on Saturday came as a deepening election crisis that has placed the Kabul government's legitimacy at stake continues. "It would be entirely irresponsible for the president of the United States to commit more troops to this country, when we don't even have an election finished and know who the president is and what kind of government we're working in, with," said Kerry. "When our own commanding general tells us that a critical component of achieving our mission here is,... Aljazeera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364964/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:27:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350224/posts In the coming weeks, President Barack Obama will make the most difficult choice a commander in chief can face: whether to send more troops into harm's way. The challenge of making the right decision was dramatized recently by the grim disclosure that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has warned that unless he gets more troops the eight-year war there "will likely result in failure." The general provided a bleak catalogue of misaligned military operations, a corrupt Afghan government, and an increasingly lethal insurgency. He wants more troops and civilians to execute a nation-building counterinsurgency... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350224/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:22:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329758/posts After flirting with Barking Moonbat status since losing the 2004 presidential election, Waffles Kerry has officially joined the club: John Kerry has written an op-ed for the Huffington Post comparing the inaction in response to a heating planet to the inaction of President Bush before September 11th. Kerry reaches deep into the bag of global warming hysterics to uncork this piece, saying that the fate of the nation hinges upon the passing of some sort of climate change legislation. And what did he write? On August 6, 2001, President George W. Bush famously received an intelligence briefing entitled, "Bin Laden... RWN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329758/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:25:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2293840/posts Palin Vs. Kerry (And MoveOn.org) By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:20 PM The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's soil, off America's shores and even in America's rocks. Judging from the reaction from Sen. Kerry and... Investors Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2293840/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293557/posts Politics: John Kerry, replying to an op-ed Sarah Palin wrote on cap-and-trade, suggests the Alaska governor "check the view from her front porch." What she sees from there, senator, is energy wealth going to waste.The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293557/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292632/posts Kerry: Palin should check out 'the view from her front porch' Posted: 06:33 PM ET From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart WASHINGTON (CNN) – Call it Kerry vs. Palin, Round 2. Massachusetts Democrat Sen. John Kerry and Alaska's Republican Gov. Sarah Palin are sparring again, this time over climate change and energy policy. Kerry has taken to liberal Web site The Huffington Post to respond to an op-ed by Palin published Tuesday in the Washington Post. In her op-ed, Palin slams President Obama's cap-and-trade energy plan, saying she believes the plan is "an enormous threat to our economy." In his... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292632/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:31:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274788/posts THE grass-roots protests that have engulfed Iran since its presidential election last week have grabbed America’s attention and captured headlines — unfortunately, so has the clamor from neoconservatives urging President Obama to denounce the voting as a sham and insert ourselves directly in Iran’s unrest.... ....What comes next in Iran is unclear. What is clear is that the tough talk that Senator McCain advocates got us nowhere for the last eight years. Our saber-rattling only empowered hard-liners and put reformers on the defensive.... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274788/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263526/posts The Internal Revenue Service has filed a tax lien seeking more than $800,000 from Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, escalating a dispute over payroll taxes that the lawmaker's office blames on faulty government paperwork. The episode has left a candidate who fell just a few percentage points short of winning the White House trying to convince the government's tax collector that his campaign already paid the taxes and doesn't owe any more. The IRS filed the lien in the District of Columbia earlier this year, claiming that a previous attempt to collect the money was unsuccessful. "We have made... Wash Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263526/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:48:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210693/posts Senate Foreign Relations Chair John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Friday morning applauded President Obama's video address to Iran. "President Obama's eloquent address to the people and leaders of Iran commemorating Nowruz can be a watershed moment in public diplomacy, with a unique president using the powers of persuasion to great effect," Kerry said in a statement. The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210693/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:19:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189453/posts US Senator John Kerry made a rare visit to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Thursday, but stressed this did not reflect a change of policy towards the territory's Islamist rulers listed by Washington as a terror group. The visit "does not indicate any shift whatsoever with respect to Hamas," said Kerry, who heads the Senate's powerful foreign relations committee. His first stop in the impoverished Palestinian enclave was the American school left in ruins by the deadly 22-day Israeli offensive that ended on January 18. Talking to a Palestinian lawyer amid the dust and rubble, Kerry defended Israel for responding... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189453/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:45:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136736/posts One Democratic operative suggests keeping track of Barack Obama’s cabinet selections with a March Madness-type tournament chart. While no official announcements have been made, a controlled series of leaks have given a good sense of who's still in contention, and which big names have been bounced from the bracket. The new administration still has some major posts to fill, including heads for the departments of Defense, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Labor, and Energy, not to mention the Environmental Protection Agency. But a number of the biggest prizes seem to have already been won, and a handful of serious contenders... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136736/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:14:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124677/posts There's an old saying that politics in America is played between the 40 yard lines. What this means, for those unfamiliar with football, is that we're a centrist country, never straying very far to the left or the right in elections or national policies. This has been true for decades. It probably won't be after today's election. For the first time since the 1960s, liberal Democrats are dominant. They are all but certain to have a lopsided majority in the House, and either a filibuster-proof Senate or something close to it. If Barack Obama wins the presidency today, they'll have... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124677/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2073976/posts http://www.tinypic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2073976/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:49:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071845/posts Democrats have come up with a new line of attack line against John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin, saying she's another Dick Cheney. Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) described Palin as a member of the "flat-earth caucus," who McCain picked purely to please the conservative base. "With the choice of Gov. Palin, it’s the third term of Dick Cheney," Kerry said on ABC News' "This Week." "He’s chosen somebody who doesn’t believe climate change is man-made." Kerry added that Hillary Rodham Clinton supporters should be offended if people suggest Palin was selected to draw some of the female vote away... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071845/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:26:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070192/posts The Observer finds that Teresa Heinz Kerry appears to believe that the results in Ohio in 2004 are illegitimate: This convention, Ms. Heinz Kerry said, is “full of meaning and full of opportunity, and if you, as I, believe, and I know a lot of you do, we did not lose the last election, nor did Al Gore lose his last election. We won it.” While many Democrats remain angry about conflicts over voter registration and the provision of voting machines, in particular, fewer believe that those provided the margin of victory, or that Kerry was robbed of victory the... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070192/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:50:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069109/posts ..Kerry on a bad day is something to behold. The senator can, famously, radiate a sort of anti-charisma that doesn't repel so much as baffle. When he showed up in Lowell, the crowd instinctively pushed toward him, propelled by the electric charge people feel when they see someone famous. But then came the inevitable disappointment. Kerry was uncomfortable, not entirely engaged. His back-slapping was unconvincing. To denote exuberance, he clapped his hands—but just once. It looked as if he was trying to kill a fly. BostonMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069109/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064206/posts Is U.S. Senator John Kerry really feeling that threatened by a first-time, relatively unknown, challenger? First it was an allegedly torrid Senate summer schedule that Kerry said made it impossible for him even to think about debating his Democratic primary opponent, Edward O'Reilly, before the Sept. 16 election. O'Reilly, a Gloucester attorney, had asked Kerry for a series of 23 debates in public forums and television appearances. That's obviously excessive, but wouldn't one or two be a good compromise? Apparently not. Roger Lau, Kerry's campaign manager, said on July 28 that Kerry couldn't even discuss debates until he knew when... Newburyport News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064206/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:27:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062601/posts Barack Obama has yet to name a vice presidential nominee and some are wondering if he might turn to Massachusetts to round out the ticket. John Kerry for vice president? Don't dismiss the notion just yet. Some political insiders are telling WBZ it could happen. So why would Obama reach out to Kerry as his choice? Kerry brings more money and name recognition to the table than any other name on the Obama list so far. Americans do tend to love a comeback kid and this would be the most amazing political comeback since Richard Nixon came back from the... WBZTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062601/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:08:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051121/posts Here is the political question of the morning: When is the term “tar baby” not a racial slur? Answer: When a liberal Democrat uses it. If you’re a Republican and those two words pass your lips, stand by for a barrage, no matter what the context. Just ask Sen. John McCain or ex-Gov. Mitt Romney or late White House spokesman Tony Snow. Over the last couple of years, they’ve all had to issue groveling apologies for mentioning the old Uncle Remus character. But that didn’t stop “outraged community leaders” from tearing into them as arrogant and out-of-touch. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051121/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:23:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2032857/posts OK when do we hold JANE FONDA accountable for shooting her idiot mouth off and causing so many of the worlds biggest problems? Look how many died in Vietnam after we pulled out? She was instrumental in deceiving the US. Her and John Kerry (did you know he was in Vietnam?) who was there for 3 months, got 3 purple hearts, and "committed atrocities" And how about that stupid "China Syndrome" movie that convinced us all how EEEEEEEeeevil nuclear power was? We could have been a lot less dependant on foreign oil, and needed 2 less Gulf Wars (its all... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2032857/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027663/posts LOWELL – Gloucester attorney Ed O’Reilly got enough support from party officials today to ensure that he will give US Senator John F. Kerry his first Democratic primary challenge in 24 years. At the state Democratic Party convention at the Paul E. Tsongas Arena, O’Reilly got 22.5 percent of the 2,574 ballots cast, more than the 15 percent he needed to secure a spot on the primary ballot. Kerry got the majority of votes, which means he'll get the party's endorsement. "Party officials said this campaign is a nuisance. And it is. It’s a total nuisance," O’Reilly said to the... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027663/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:00:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998343/posts .........On Sunday afternoon, John F. Kerry entered through a back door, rushing past a lesser shrine to his own failed presidential aspirations: an 8-by-10 photo of him and John Edwards as they accepted their party's 2004 nomination, taped to a wall, unframed. Kerry mounted a chair, his pompadour nearly brushing the low ceiling, and launched into what he calls his stump speech to 150 or so activists at the party's steak-sandwich fund-raiser. Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998343/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:07:06 GMT