April 16, 2007
The Flip-Flopper's Ultimate Flip-Flop?
If you thing you've seen the last of John Kerry on a national scale, think again:
DENVER - Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) reopened the door to a possible 2008 presidential campaign during a book signing in Denver and then again, in an interview with 9NEWS.
The 2004 Democratic nominee told a crowd of more than 250 at the Tattered Cover bookstore in lower downtown Denver that he had no desire to endorse any candidate for the office right now, choosing to wait to see how they addressed the issue of global warming.
Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, are finishing up a nationwide tour to promote their book, "This Moment on Earth," which highlights successful efforts at the local level to better the environment.
Jet-setting John Kerry and his rich wife Ter-ayza are the new advocates for global warming? Which one of their five luxury homes will they be giving up? Sorry, but replacing all of your lightbulbs with "enviro-friendly" ones and buying carbon credits so you can still fly around in your private jet really doesn't cut it.
And even though he said earlier this year that he wouldn't run, that could change.
When asked whether he expected that decision to change in time for the 2008 race, Kerry said, "If suddenly the field changed or the dynamics of the nation shifted, who knows? You might look at it differently, but I don't see that. I don't foresee that. That's not where I am today and that's not what I'm doing."
Reminds me of Mrs. Bill Clinton and how she kept saying things like, "I haven't made any decision about it" back in September.
Politicians rarely say exactly what they mean. They are masters at word games, so that they can always have a way to wriggle out of a particular situation. Just look at how Kerry said he wouldn't run:
"But I've concluded that this isn't the time for me to mount a presidential campaign. It is the time to put my energy to work as part of the majority in the Senate, to do all I can to end this war and strengthen our security."
Who knows? Maybe Kerry's time will come later this year. Chris Dodd would certainly benefit, as it would mean that he would no longer have the honor of being in last place among serious candidates.
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The deep-seated yearning for power - for its own sake, since he has no real positive agenda - afflicts Senior Le Fraude de Massachusetts as deeply as I have ever seen it afflict anyone besides Hillary Rodham Clinton, and before her that degenerate to whom she is married.
Senator Obama thinks the sun is shining on him while he lies and lies and lies about his father's reasons for coming to this country and about his reasons for entering politics.
Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid (both legends in their own minds) have convinced themselves that THEY ARE THE PRESIDENT of the United States, although they are ill-equipped and ill-qualified for the office.
I'm beginning to really, really, really dislike the modern Democratic Party - at least the George Soros version of it!
Posted by: Gayle Miller at April 16, 2007 01:45 PMWhen will he just go away? When will he realize that even his own party doesn't really want him - after the embarrassment of the 2004 campaign, and the endless oppportunities for jokes that have been his various public appearances since then - he'd torpedo the entire election for the Dems.
That said - I encourage him to run! In a field that includes the Hilamonster and Obadon't...he could bring the Dem party to its knees...reason enuff to support him!
Posted by: Kris, in New England at April 16, 2007 02:13 PMThere's a funny bit in the Peter Sellers movie "The Party" (I think) in which he plays a struggling actor in a movie whose only scene is a death scene. The actor is supposed to just gasp and die, but Sellers' character can't let go of his one & only chance, so he keeps popping back up and gasping some more.
So why do you suppose I flash on that scene when I hear that L'Fraude is thinking of running in '08 (and '12 and '16 and ...)? He's gasping at straws.
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Posted by: Kitty at April 18, 2007 07:44 AM
